halfvol
Dutch
Etymology
Univerbation of half (“half”) + vol (“full”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑlfˈvɔl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: half‧vol
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Adjective
halfvol (not comparable)
- half full
- Synonyms: halfgevuld (“half-filled”), halfleeg (“half empty”)
- Het glas is halfvol. ― The glass is half full.
- (of dairy products) semi-skimmed, low-fat
- halfvolle melk ― semi-skimmed milk
Declension
| Declension of halfvol | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | halfvol | |||
| inflected | halfvolle | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | halfvol | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | halfvolle | ||
| n. sing. | halfvol | |||
| plural | halfvolle | |||
| definite | halfvolle | |||
| partitive | halfvols | |||