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)

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

Adjective

half-naked (not comparable)

With very few clothes on.

Synonyms

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
Old English: healfnacod
Polish: półgoły, półnagi (pl)
Portuguese: seminu
Russian: полуго́лый (ru) (polugólyj)
Spanish: semidesnudo
Swedish: halvnaken (sv)

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