halfling
English
noun
Definitions
- (fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
- (fantasy) A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction.
- A half-grown person, between a child and an adult.
Etymology
Suffix from English half.
Origin
English
half
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behalf English
- half English
- half birthday English
- half-brained English
- half-op English
- half-pant English
- half-plane English
- halfback English
- halfbeak English
- halfcock English
- halfcourt English
- halfer English
- halfful English
- halfie English
- halflife English
- halfmonth English
- halfness English
- halfpace English
- halfpenny English
- halfpike English
- halfplanar English
- halfsie English
- halfsies English
- halfspace English
- halfwave English
- halfwidth English
- halfword English
- shelter half English
- ハーフ Japanese
- half Middle English
- uhhafu Zulu
- hap Tok Pisin
- hapailan Tok Pisin
- hapkas Tok Pisin
- hapa Hawaiian
- haafaa Fiji Hindi
- aapa Pitjantjatjara