"halfmonth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: halfmonths [plural]
Etymology: half + month Etymology templates: {{compound|en|half|month}} half + month Head templates: {{en-noun}} halfmonth (plural halfmonths)
  1. A period of time equal to half a month. Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-halfmonth-en-noun-R-mi-WwY Disambiguation of Time: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
  2. (loosely) A fortnight, a period of time equal to two weeks; fourteen days. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-halfmonth-en-noun-xd7Btmp0 Disambiguation of Time: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fortnight

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for halfmonth meaning in English (2.0kB)

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