No. 2,185 in French
demie
"Demie" means "half" in English.
In a sentence
Je me lève à six heures et demie chaque jour.
I wake up at six-thirty every day.
In this sentence, 'demie' indicates half an hour after six o'clock, forming the standard expression for 'six-thirty' in French.
La pizza était coupée en deux moitiés, j'ai mangé une demie avec plaisir.
The pizza was cut into two halves; I ate one half with pleasure.
Here, 'demie' is used as a noun to indicate one half of an object, in this case, a pizza.
Avec une heure et demie de marche, nous serons arrivés.
With an hour and a half of walking, we will have arrived.
In this sentence, 'demie' refers to half an hour, complementing 'une heure' to specify the time duration of one and a half hours.
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