half- russian
пол
floor, ground
sex, gender
half
полови́на
half
half past
полтора́
one and a half
отделе́ние
office, branch, local branch
department, division, ward (in a hospital)
compartment, section
separation, detachment
squad, section (of troops)
part, half (of a programme)
полчаса́
half an hour
луч
ray, beam
ray (of hope), glimmer
ray, half-line
подва́л
basement, vault, cellar, lower half of the page
полго́да
half a year, six months
со́нный
sleepy, drowsy, slumberous
sleep (attributive), sleeping, of sleep
sleepy, drowsy, half-asleep
soporific, sleep-inducing
попола́м
in half, in two
half-and-half, fifty-fifty, in equal shares
вя́ло
listlessly, apathetically, inertly, half-heartedly
sluggishly, dully, slowly
limply, flaccidly
наполови́ну
half, by half, to the extent of half
halfway, only partly, not completely
вдво́е
twice, half, in half
посереди́не
in the middle, half way along
грош
penny, red cent, farthing
pittance, peanuts
grosh, half-kopeck coin
де́нежка
half-copeck coin, a bit of money
полови́нка
half, half piece
leaf (of a door), wing (of a window)
soulmate, other half, better half
полутьма́
half-dark, semidarkness
полусло́во
half a word, hint, intimation
from a mere hint, at the first word
забытьё
half-conscious state
сы́ро
it is damp, damp, humid
in a half-baked way, raw
тайм
time, half
спросо́нья
half awake
штибле́та
men's low boots, men's shoes, half-boots
gaiters, spats
огры́зок
half-eaten piece, core (of an apple), gnawed remnant
stub, stump
полу́год
half a year, six months
полу́торка
thirty-hundred-weight lorry, one-and-a-half-ton truck
недоби́тый
not completely destroyed, half-destroyed, half-killed
полусо́тня
fifty, half a hundred
полуго́дие
half-year, six months
полушёпот
half-whisper, hushed tone
малогра́мотный
semi-literate, half-educated, crude, raw
юро́дивый
holy fool, yurodivy, fool for Christ
foolish, cracked, half-witted, eccentric
полусме́рть
half-death, near-death state, trance, stupor
полоу́мный
half-witted, crazy
полуподва́л
semi-basement, half-basement
полуфабрика́т
semi-finished product, prepared raw material, half-stock, half-stuff
недоу́чка
a half-educated person
вполоборота
half-turned or half-face (adv)
сырова́тый
dampish, half-cooked, half-done, half-baked
полуправда
half-truth
разломи́ть
to break, to snap, to break in half
полуме́сяц
half-moon, crescent
полбеды́
not so bad, half the trouble, a small loss
вполу́ха
with half an ear, inattentively (of listening)
спросо́нок
being only half-awake
хля́стик
strap, half-belt
впро́голодь
half-starving
вполови́ну
half
поло́вник
ladle, soup ladle
sharecropper, tenant peasant paying half the crop, serf
чумовой
awesome, cool, terrific, amazing
crazy, nuts, half-witted, out of one's mind
plague victim, plague-stricken person
plague (attributive), pestilential
недоку́ренный
half-smoked, partly smoked
полуулы́бка
half-smile
полукольцо́
half ring, semicircle
поллитро́вка
half-liter bottle, 0.5-liter bottle
полуто́н
semitone, half step
half-tint, undertint, half-tone
помазо́к
shaving brush, small brush, dauber
soldier in his second half-year of service
полузабытьё
semi-consciousness, half-conscious state, near-faint
half-sleep, drowsy daze, reverie
полве́ка
half a century
сво́дный
half- (sibling), step-
consolidated, summary, combined, composite
полсло́ва
half a word
полмиллио́на
half a million
полупусто́й
half-empty
получа́с
half an hour
приподнима́ться
to sit up (slightly), to prop oneself up, to raise oneself a little
to half-rise, to rise slightly, to get up a little
полме́тра
half a meter
полуго́лый
half-naked
полмину́ты
half a minute
полстака́на
half a glassful
полуоткры́тый
half-open, ajar
благове́рный
better half, hubby, wedded spouse
faithful, noble, right-believing, devout
вполнака́ла
dimly, half-heartedly
впросо́нках
still half asleep, only half awake
единокро́вный
half- (sharing the same father), half (by the same father)
consanguineous, of the same blood, kindred
и́сполу
half and half, in halves, fifty-fifty
on shares, for half the crop
малоразвитой
underdeveloped, half-educated
малора́звитый
underdeveloped, half-educated
мети́с
mestizo, half-breed, métis, person of mixed race
hybrid, crossbreed, mongrel (dog)
недоде́ланный
unfinished, incomplete, half-done
half-baked, half-witted, defective, stupid
ополови́нить
to eat, to drink, to up half
паллиати́в
stopgap, half-measure, temporary solution, makeshift
palliative, palliative remedy
передви́жник
(Art) Peredvizhnik, Wanderer (a member of a Russian school of realist painters of the second half of the nineteenth century)
перемудри́ть
to overcomplicate things, to be too clever by half, to overthink
to outwit, to outsmart, to outfox
полкило́
half a kilogram
полко́мнаты
half of the room
полбуты́лки
half a bottle, half-bottle
полде́ла
half the work, half the job, half the battle
полдоро́ги
half-way
пол-ли́тра
half a litre
half-litre bottle, bottle of vodka
пол-литро́вый
half-litre
пол-оборо́та
half-turn, half-face
полови́нный
half
полови́нчатость
half-heartedness, half-measures, half-way policy, indecisiveness
halfness, being divided into halves
полови́нчатый
halved, undecided, indeterminate, half-and-half
полубессозна́тельный
semi-conscious, half-unconscious
half-conscious, almost unwitting, barely deliberate
полува́ттный
half-watt
полувеково́й
semi-centennial, of half a century
полугнило́й
half-rotten
полугоди́чный
half-yearly, semi-annual
полугодова́лый
six-month-old, half-year-old
Examples
Разре́жь напополам.
Cut it in half.
Дайан ведь наполовину и твоя́ сестра́, Джордж.
Diane is your half-sister too, George.
Автомоби́ль слома́лся, проехав полчаса.
The car broke down after half an hour's driving.
Please wait half an hour.
Хирурги́ческая опера́ция, проводящаяся в наше́й кли́нике, зако́нчится через полчаса.
The surgery, performed at our clinic, is over in half an hour.
The job is half done.
Англи́йский наполовину состои́т из плохо́й латы́ни.
Half of English is just bad Latin.
Мы назва́ли ло́дку "Полуме́сяц".
We named the boat the Half Moon.
I wake up at half past six in the morning.
Уже почти полдвенадцатого.
It's almost half past eleven.
Только через полтора века сумя́тицы короле́вская власть была́ восстановлена.
Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.
Стака́н наполовину полон или наполовину пуст?
The glass is half full or half empty?
I'm often half asleep.
I'm often half asleep.
Обычно они за́втракают в полови́не восьмо́го, а обе́дают в двенадцать.
They usually have breakfast at half past seven o'clock and eat their lunch at twelve.
Э́то произошло́ около полови́ны пя́того.
It happened at about half past four.
Э́то произошло́ приблизительно в полови́ну пя́того.
It happened at about half past four.
Слова́рь соде́ржит около полумиллио́на слов.
The dictionary contains about half a million words.
Он зараба́тывает полмиллио́на ие́н в ме́сяц.
He earns half a million yen a month.
Пожалуйста, напо́лните ва́нну наполовину.
Please fill the bath half full.
Вся втора́я полови́на челове́ческой жи́зни составля́ется обыкновенно из одних только накопленных в пе́рвую полови́ну привы́чек.
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
На э́то потре́бовалось полчаса.
It took half an hour.
На э́то пона́добилось полчаса.
It took half an hour.
It's half past three.
Сейчас полчетвёртого.
It's half past three.
I was half right.
I was half right.
I folded the towel in half.
I folded the towel in half.
У нас всегда стака́н полупусто́й, у америка́нцев — наполовину по́лный.
Here, the glass is always half empty; for Americans, it is half full.
Во второй полови́не жи́зни мы за́няты в основном тем, что избавля́емся от глу́постей, предрассу́дков и оши́бочных мне́ний, усвоенных в пе́рвой полови́не жи́зни.
In the second half of life, we are mainly occupied with getting rid of the foolishness, prejudices, and mistaken opinions we acquired in the first half of life.
В древнегреческих мифах кентавр был наполовину человеком, наполовину конём.
In ancient Greek myths, a centaur was half human and half horse.
