half-naked

English

A half-naked woman.

Alternative forms

• half naked

Etymology

From Middle English half naked, from Old English healfnacod, from Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz; equivalent to half- +‎ naked.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

half-naked (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) With very few clothes on; revealing lots of one's body.

Adjective

half-naked (not comparable)

1. With very few clothes on.

Synonyms

• seminude, semi-nude
• semi-naked, seminaked

Derived terms

• half-nakedly
• half-nakedness

Translations

with very few clothes on

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半裸體 / 半裸体 (zh) (bànluǒtǐ)

• Esperanto: duonnuda
• Estonian: poolalasti
• Finnish: puolialaston (fi)
• French: à moitié nu (fr), demi-nu (fr)
• Galician: semiespido m, semiespida f
• German: halbnackt (de)
• Greek: ημίγυμνος (el) (imígymnos)
• Hungarian: félmeztelen (hu)
• Italian: seminudo m, seminuda f
• Japanese: 半裸の (ja) (はんらの, hanra no), 半裸体の (はんらたいの, hanratai no)
• Latin: sēminūdus
• Lithuanian: pusnuogis m
• Old English: healfnacod
• Polish: półgoły, półnagi (pl)
• Portuguese: seminu
• Russian: полуго́лый (ru) (polugólyj)
• Spanish: semidesnudo
• Swedish: halvnaken (sv)