"other half" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-other half.ogg Forms: other halves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|other halves}} other half (plural other halves)
  1. (idiomatic) A spouse. Tags: idiomatic Translations (spouse): toinen puolisko (Finnish), moitié [feminine] (French), druga połówka [feminine] (Polish), втора́я полови́на (vtorája polovína) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-other_half-en-noun-4ohc5LBG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'spouse': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see other, half. Related terms: better half
    Sense id: en-other_half-en-noun-2o4No9aO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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