halvfemte
Danish
Etymology
Equivalent to halv (“half”) + femte (“fifth”), from Old Norse halfr fimmti, compare Old English fīfte healf, German fünfthalb (archaic).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halvˈfɛmtə/, [halˈfɛmd̥ə]
Numeral
halvfemte
- (obsolete) four and a half
- 1871, L. Zinck, editor, Fra alle lande: Et Maanedsskrift for nyere Reisebeskrivelser, page 511:
- Ingen kan forestille sig, hvilket forfærdeligt Brag disse 1800 Slag i Minutet, der bleve ført med en saadan Kraft, gav i et Kammer med Klippevægge, kun fire Alen høit og halvfemte Alen bredt
- Nobody can imagine the terrible crash of these 1,800 beats a minute made with such a strength in a rock-wall chamber, only four cubits high and four and half cubits wide.
Derived terms
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