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feminine

/də.mi.œʁ/

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Translation

half an hour

Word origin

A compound of demi, from Latin dimidius ('halved'), and heure, from Latin hora ('hour').

Origin: Latin
Root: dimidius hora

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraldemi-heures

Examples

I will be there in half an hour.

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There is still half an hour of driving left.

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The two half hour breaks go by too quickly.

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She shut her eyes for half an hour on the bed.

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These half hours of quiet do me a lot of good.

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This word is part of lesson 46.