"half-year" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: half-years [plural]
Etymology: From half- + year. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|year}} half- + year Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-year (plural half-years)
  1. The period of time equal to half a year; normally referred to as 6 months, but a half-year is more exactly 182.5 days (without a leap day) Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: halfyear, half year Derived forms: half-yearly Translations (period of half a year): կես տարի (kes tari) (Armenian), կիսամյակ (kisamyak) (Armenian), паўго́да (paŭhóda) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), паўго́ддзе (paŭhóddzje) [neuter] (Belarusian), полуго́дие (polugódie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 半年 (bun³ nin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 半年 (bànnián) (Chinese Mandarin), halvår [neuter] (Danish), halfjaar [neuter] (Dutch), duonjaro (Esperanto), vuosipuolisko (Finnish), demi-année [feminine] (French), Halbjahr [neuter] (German), Jahreshälfte [feminine] (German), misseri [neuter] (Icelandic), 半年 (alt: はんとし, hantoshi, はんねん, hannen) (Japanese), 반년 (bannyeon) (alt: 半年) (Korean), halvår [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), halvår [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), półrocze [neuter] (Polish), semestre [masculine] (Portuguese), полго́да (polgóda) [masculine, plural] (Russian), полуго́дие (polugódije) [neuter] (Russian), halvår [neuter] (Swedish), півро́ку (pivróku) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), піврі́ччя (pivríččja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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