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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesà mi-chemin
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a mi-ch-man
"Il s'est arrêté à mi-chemin de son voyage."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
At a point between the beginning and the end; midway or to some degree.
"She stopped partway through the novel to reflect on the plot."
- 1
Situated or occurring at a distance intermediate between the start and finish.
"They reached a partway station before the final mountain ascent."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term derives from the combination of the noun 'part' (from Old French parte, from Latin pars) and 'way' (from Old English weg). It emerged in Early Modern English as a compound adverbial expression indicating an intermediate distance or degree along a path or process.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Partway" is said worldwide
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à mi-chemin
Transliteration: a mi-ch-man
"Il s'est arrêté à mi-chemin de son voyage."
halbeswegs
Transliteration: halbeswegs
"Sie brach die Arbeit halbeswegs ab."
a metà
Transliteration: a meta
"Il film era noioso, quindi sono uscito a metà."
a mitad de camino
Transliteration: a mitad de camino
"Se quedó a mitad de camino en su proyecto."
a meio do caminho
Transliteration: a meio do caminho
"Eles pararam a meio do caminho."
बीच रास्ते में
Transliteration: beech raaste mein
"वह अपनी यात्रा के बीच रास्ते में रुक गया।"
中途
Transliteration: zhōngtú
"他在做作业的中途睡着了。"
도중에
Transliteration: dojunge
"그는 작업 도중에 멈췄다."
途中で
Transliteration: tochū de
"彼は仕事の途中で帰宅した。"
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