moitié

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié, from Late Latin medietātem (“half”), from Latin medius (“middle, half”). Compare the borrowed doublet médiété. Cognate with English moiety.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwa.tje/

• Audio; “une moitié”:

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [mo.t͡ʃe]

Noun

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Cardinal: deux     Ordinal: deuxième, second     Ordinal abbreviation: 2e, 2d, (nonstandard) 2ème     Multiplier: double     Fractional: demi, moitié
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moitié f (plural moitiés)

1. half
2. (by extension) significant other

Derived terms

• à moitié
• douce moitié

Related terms

• métayer
• mi-
• mitoyen
• moyen

See also

• demi
• semi

Further reading

• “moitié”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.