Half - Demi (The 1117th Most Common French Word)
The translation for Half in French is Demi. It can be used as noun, adjective, adverb. It is the 1117th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A2 word. This word often comes up when talking about numbers & quantity, measures. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.
Pronunciation
English:
half
French:
demi
Examples
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Kids all grown up, we ought to be able to get by on half pay. | Avec un demi salaire, ça devrait aller. |
The room's area is two and half square meters. | La superficie de la chambre est de deux mètres carrés et demi. |
It's called the Hypothermic half for a reason and that was obvious on Saturday when Lethbridge hosted its Hypo half. | Il y a une excellente raison pour laquelle cette épreuve s'appelle le demi Hypothermique, et elle était bien évidente samedi, lorsque Lethbridge a été l'hôtesse du demi. |
This site is kind of half and half. | Cet emplacement est genre de moitié et demi. |
He is described as half human and half goat. | Il est décrit en tant que chèvre à moitié humaine et demi. |
This site emphasised after half a century of abandonment is devoted to quarrymen, stone extraction methods and stone hewing. | Ce site remis en valeur après un demi siècle d'abandon est consacré aux carriers à l'évolution des méthodes d'extraction de la pierre et à la taille. |
We have about a three-and-a-half hour flight time to houston. | On a environ trois heures et demi de vol jusqu'à Houston. |
Insert the needle half an inch very slowly. | Enfonce l'aiguille d'un demi centimètre. très lentement. |
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Property located 1 hr from Athens & half hr from the airport. | Propriété située à 1 heure de Athènes et demi heures de l'aéroport. |
In korea I went for two and a half years. | En Corée, j'ai tenu deux ans et demi sans. |
Julie, tired, humiliated and half-ruined accepted divorce. | Julie, lasse, humiliée et à demi ruinée, accepte le divorce. |
Mix half of a ripe avocado with 2 dl of low-fat milk and sugar... | Dans un mixeur, couper un demi avocat mûr et mélanger avec 2 dl de lait écrémé. |
Half morocco chocolate corners Bickers signed in London. | Demi Maroquin chocolat à coins signé de Bickers à Londres. |
Binding half morocco havana corners of shagreen green bronze. | Reliure en demi maroquin havane à coins de chagrin vert bronze. |
Half morocco navy vintage signed David corners. | Demi Maroquin marine à coins d'époque signé David. |
Slabs were each half ton and were crushed inside. | Ces dalles étaient en grès, une demi tonne chacunne, et elles ont été brisé de l'intérieur. |
The central barrel consists of 18 supermodules arranged in phi in each half plane. | Le tonneau central est composé de 18 supermodules disposés selon phi dans chaque demi plan. |
The peak of the M-center emission spectrum occurs at 665 nm with a half-width of 0.36 ev. | La crête du spectre d'émission du centre M se produit à 665 nm avec une demi largeur de 0,36 ev. |
Another possibility is to make a tea, pour boiling water for it about a half teaspoon. | Une autre possibilité est de faire un thé, verser de l'eau bouillante pour elle sur une demi cuillère à café. |
My first half was more or less on target, with significant slowing during the second half. | Mon premier demi était plus ou moins conforme à l'objectif fixé, avec un ralentissement important au second demi. |
Apparently a half shark, half octopus has been sighted off the coast two miles south of Playa Del Sol. | Apparemment un demi requin, demi pieuvre... a été aperçu au large des côtes... à deux miles au sud de la Playa Del Sol. |
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