half time

half time

See also: halftime and half-time

English

Alternative forms

• halftime, half-time

Noun

half time (plural half times)

1. (sports) The interval between the two halves of a sports match.
2. The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.

Derived terms

• half-time

Translations

interval between halves

Belarusian: тайм m (tajm) Bulgarian: полувре́ме n (poluvréme) Catalan: mitja part (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 半場 (zh), 半场 (zh) (bàncháng) Finnish: tauko (fi), väliaika (fi), puoliaika (fi) French: half-time m, mi-temps (fr) f German: Halbzeit (de) f Hungarian: félidő (hu) Icelandic: hálfleikur m

Japanese: ハーフタイム (hāfutaimu) Macedonian: полувреме n (poluvreme) Maori: weheruatanga Norwegian: pause (no) m Portuguese: meio-tempo m Romanian: pauză (ro) f Russian: тайм (ru) m (tajm) Spanish: entretiempo m Swedish: halvtid (sv) c Ukrainian: тайм m (tajm)

time to halve the difference between present value and final value

Finnish: puoliintumisaika

Russian: полови́на вре́мени f (polovína vrémeni)