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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
halfway (not comparable)
- Half of the way between two points; midway.
- Moderately; somewhat.
- a halfway decent place to sleep
Derived terms
Translations
midway
- Belarusian: напаўдарозе (napaŭdarózje)
- Bulgarian: на половината път (na polovinata pǎt)
- Catalan: a mig camí
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 半路 (pòaⁿ-lō͘)
- Mandarin: 半路 (zh) (bànlù), 半途 (zh) (bàntú), 中途 (zh) (zhōngtú)
- Dutch: halfweg (nl), halverwege (nl)
- Esperanto: duone
- Finnish: puolivälissä
- French: (à) mi-chemin (fr)
- German: halbwegs (de)
- Irish: leath bealaigh, leath slí
- Italian: a metà strada
- Japanese: 途中で (ja) (とちゅうで, tochū-de), 中間で (ja) (ちゅうかんで, chūkan-de)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: halvveis, midtveis, midtvegs
- Nynorsk: midtvegs
- Polish: w połowie drogi, w pół drogi
- Portuguese: na metade
- Russian: наполови́ну (ru) (napolovínu), на полпути́ (na polputí)
- Sanskrit: अर्धपथे (sa) (ardhapathe)
- Scottish Gaelic: letheach-slighe
- Spanish: a mediados, a mitad de, a caballo entre
- Swedish: halvvägs (sv)
- Turkish: yarı yolda
- Ukrainian: на півдорозі (na pivdorozi)
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