poolteist

Estonian

Etymology

pool (half) + teist (second), literally, "half of the other" or "half of the second".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st/, [ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ei̯st
  • Hyphenation: pool‧teist

Numeral

poolteist (genitive poolteise or pooleteise, partitive pooltteist)

  1. one and a half (1.5)
    poolteist tundian hour and a half

Declension

Derived terms

  • pooleteiseaastane
  • pooleteisekordne
  • pooleteisekuuline
  • pooleteisekuune
  • pooleteisene
  • pooleteisetolline
  • poolteiseaastane
  • poolteiseinimesevoodi
  • poolteisekordne
  • poolteisekuuline
  • poolteisekuune
  • poolteisene
  • poolteisetolline
  • poolteistkümmend
  • poolteistsada

Adverb

poolteist (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively) limping, lamely (walking as if favouring one leg over the other)
  2. (obsolete) halfway

References

  • poolteist in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • poolteist”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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