half-year

See also: halfyear

English

Alternative forms

• halfyear, half year

Etymology

From half- +‎ year.

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)
   • 1906, The Investor's Monthly Manual - Volume 36 - Page 381:

     The report for the half-year ended December 31st states that the gross earnings of the half-year are Rs.8,72,854 less, the working expenses Rs.1o,41,28o more, and the net earnings Rs.19,14,134 less than those of the corresponding halfyear of 1904.

Derived terms

• half-yearly

Translations

period of half a year

• Armenian: կես տարի (kes tari), կիսամյակ (hy) (kisamyak)
• Belarusian: паўго́да m pl (paŭhóda), паўго́ддзе n (paŭhóddzje)
• Bulgarian: полуго́дие n (polugódie)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 半年 (bun³ nin⁴)

  Mandarin: 半年 (zh) (bànnián)

• Danish: halvår (da) n
• Dutch: halfjaar (nl) n
• Esperanto: duonjaro
• Finnish: vuosipuolisko (fi)
• French: demi-année (fr) f
• German: Halbjahr (de) n, Jahreshälfte (de) f
• Icelandic: misseri (is) n
• Japanese: 半年 (ja) (はんとし, hantoshi, はんねん, hannen)
• Korean: 반년(半年) (ko) (bannyeon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvår n

  Nynorsk: halvår n

• Polish: półrocze (pl) n
• Portuguese: semestre (pt) m
• Russian: полго́да (ru) m pl (polgóda), полуго́дие (ru) n (polugódije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: please add this translation if you can

• Swedish: halvår (sv) n
• Ukrainian: півро́ку m pl (pivróku), піврі́ччя n (pivríččja)