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jumătate
half /ʒumə'tate/
noun#503 most common
Also: a half portion, midpoint
Example sentences
Vreau jumătate de măr.
I want half an apple.
El a mâncat jumătate din pizza.
He ate half of the pizza.
Am ajuns la jumătatea drumului.
I reached the halfway point of the road.
Prețul s-a redus la jumătate anul acesta.
The price was cut in half this year.
Cealaltă jumătate a echipei a rămas acasă din cauza accidentării mai multor jucători.
The other half of the team stayed home because several players were injured.
Fără să-și dea seama, își petrecuse jumătate din viață așteptând un moment care nu avea să vină niciodată.
Without realizing it, he had spent half his life waiting for a moment that would never come.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | jumătate | jumătăți |
| Genitive | jumătăți | jumătăți |
| Accusative | jumătate | jumătăți |
| Vocative | jumătate | jumătăți |
Word family
jumătatehalf
înjumătățito halve, to cut in half
jumatehalf (informal short form)
pe jumătatehalfway, partially
Etymology
Jumătate comes from Vulgar Latin dimidietas, a noun built on dimidius, meaning half. Dimidius itself joins dis-, apart, with medius, middle. Romanian sound changes wore down the early syllables of dimidietate until only jumătate remained.
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