"half-human" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: half- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|human}} half- + human Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} half-human (not comparable)
  1. Only partly human. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Stock characters
    Sense id: en-half-human-en-adj-jeU2ab8C Disambiguation of Stock characters: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halfhuman

Noun

Forms: half-humans [plural]
Etymology: half- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|human}} half- + human Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-human (plural half-humans)
  1. Any hybrid of a human and some other creature.
    Sense id: en-half-human-en-noun-qEwXLY0P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halfhuman

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for half-human meaning in English (1.7kB)

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