moitié

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié, from Late Latin medietātem (“half”), from Latin medius (“middle, half”). Compare the borrowed doublet médiété. Cognate with English moiety.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mwa.tje/
  • Audio; “une moitié”:(file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): [mo.t͡ʃe]

Noun

French numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: deux
    Ordinal: deuxième, second
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2e, 2d, (nonstandard) 2ème
    Multiplier: double
    Fractional: demi, moitié
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moitié f (plural moitiés)

  1. half
  2. (by extension) significant other

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