Meaning of "half-blood" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-BLOOD

half-blood

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-BLOOD

Half-Blood is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALF-BLOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series, written by British author J. K. Rowling. Set during protagonist Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other countries. It sold nine million copies in the first 24 hours after its release, a record at the time which was eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There were many controversies before and after it was published, including the right to read the copies delivered prior to the release date in Canada. Reception to the novel was generally positive and it won several awards and honours, including the 2006 British Book of the Year award. Reviewers noted that the book took on a darker tone than its predecessors, though it did contain humour. Some considered the main themes to be love and death, and trust and redemption.

Definition of half-blood in the English dictionary

The first definition of half-blood in the dictionary is the relationship between individuals having only one parent in common. Other definition of half-blood is an individual having such a relationship. Half-Blood is also a half-blooded domestic animal.

TRANSLATION OF HALF-BLOOD

Find out the translation of half-blood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of half-blood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-blood» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 半血
• Translator English - Spanish: half-blood
• English: half-blood
• Translator English - Hindi: हाफ ब्लड
• Translator English - Arabic: نصف الدم
• Translator English - Russian: полукровка
• Translator English - Portuguese: meio-sangue
• Translator English - Bengali: বর্ণসঙ্কর ব্যক্তি
• Translator English - French: demi- sang
• Translator English - Malay: bersaudara
• Translator English - German: Halbblut
• Translator English - Japanese: 半血
• Translator English - Korean: 혼혈
• Translator English - Javanese: Setengah getih
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nửa máu
• Translator English - Tamil: பாதி இரத்தம்
• Translator English - Marathi: अर्धा रक्त
• Translator English - Turkish: melez
• Translator English - Italian: mezzo - sangue
• Translator English - Polish: półkrwi
• Translator English - Ukrainian: полукровка
• Translator English - Romanian: jumătate de sânge
• Translator English - Greek: μισό - αίματος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: half- bloed
• Translator English - Swedish: Halvblods
• Translator English - Norwegian: Halvblods

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-BLOOD»

Discover the use of half-blood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-blood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Half-Blood (A Covenant Novel)

HALF-BLOOD is the unputdownable first book in the acclaimed Covenant series from #1 New York Times bestselling Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Jennifer L. Armentrout, 2013

Half-Blood Blues: A Novel

Half-Blood Blues is a story about music and race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.

Esi Edugyan, 2012

Vampire Academy

The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!

Richelle Mead, 2007

Cogewea, the Half Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana ...

One of the first known novels by a Native American woman, Cogewea (1927) is the story of a half-blood girl caught between the worlds of Anglo ranchers and full-blood reservation Indians; between the craven and false-hearted easterner Alfred ...

Mourning Dove, Sho-pow-tan, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 1927

Harry Potter 06: And the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an atmosphere of uncertainty, as the magical world begins to face the fact that the evil wizard Voldemort is alive and active once again.

J. K. Rowling, 2006

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

When Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens, the war against Voldemort has begun.

J.K. Rowling, 2012

America's Half-blood Prince: Barack Obama's "story of Race ...

"Steve Sailer gives us the real Barack Obama, who turns out to be very, very different - and much more interesting - than the bland healer/uniter image stitched together out of whole cloth this past six years by Obama's packager, David ...

Steve Sailer, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Shmoop Bestsellers Guide

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Unauthorized "Half-blood Prince" Update: News and ...

An unofficial report of news and speculation about Book Six (6) in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" [tm]).

W. Frederick Zimmerman, 2004

Unauthorized Harry Potter And the Chariots of Light News: ...

Through the magic of print-on-demand technology, this "nimble" guide to the work of best-selling author J. K. Rowling provides the latest news about the author and her works, updated whenever there are significant developments.

W. Frederick Zimmerman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-BLOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half-blood is used in the context of the following news items.

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Its main cast includes young British actor Frank Dillane, who played Tom Riddle in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Orange Is The New ... «NME.com, Jul 15»

Culture by Festival

Hapa-palooza is a festival celebrating all hapa/hybrid/half-blood/cross-bred/metis/mestizo/mixed-race/halved-and-doubled folks. «Vancouver Courier, Jul 15»

Fantastic Beasts Just Cast A Key Female Role

With Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter movies—Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2—set to ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»

Waiting For "Watchman"

... Friday night in 2005 Matt and I spent at Barnes & Noble to be among the first to buy "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at midnight. «South County Times, Jul 15»

Near urban farming: Bill Armbrust joins the ranks of Producer …

He said there's a 14-year-old half-blood cow that's a “manufacturing system. That's why Tarentaise are used and so few are needed to produce. «Midwest Producer, Jul 15»

5 Random Guys Who Totally Look Like Severus Snape

In the movie version Doctor Who, Paul McGann, certainly rocks a mane of hair, and his dour expressions bring him closer still to the Half-Blood ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»

Lifetime's brand new and AWESOME show, UnREAL: meet the …

As show star Adam (played by Freddie Stroma – you'll recognise him from Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and Inbetweeners 2) ... «heatworld, Jul 15»

Join us for heat's Even More UnREAL tonight. Plus your chance to …

As show star Adam (played by Freddie Stroma – you'll recognise him from Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and Inbetweeners 2) ... «heatworld, Jul 15»

Asda brings back the 'pocket tap' & adopts Walmart spark for 50th …

The new ad, from creative agency VCCP, first aired in the UK on ITV during the ad break of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on Saturday ... «The Drum, Jul 15»

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE: Daniel …

Well it has and tonight we get the chance to see the incredible sixth film in the shape of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. If you haven't ... «MK News, Jul 15»