half full

English

Alternative forms

• halfful

Adjective

half full (not comparable)

1. holding about half of the full capacity

   Synonyms: half-filled, half empty

   • 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 72:

     Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.

Translations

holding about half of the full capacity

• Dutch: halfvol (nl), (half-filled) halfgevuld (nl)
• Esperanto: duonplena, duone plena
• Finnish: puolillaan (fi), puoliksi täynnä, puoliksi tyhjä
• French: à moitié plein
• German: halb voll
• Italian: mezzo pieno
• Maori: hangere
• Swedish: halvfull (sv)
• Turkish: yarı dolu

See also

• see the glass half-full