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half blood

half blood

5.6
A person who shares only one parent with a brother or sister
  • noun
  • /hæf blʌd/
translation icon : hermano de padre o madre

Examples

  • So you take the blood out, but we're we're half blood, half plasma.

  • At the family reunion, I met my half-blood sibling for the first time.

  • Being a half-blood means I share one parent with my sibling and have a unique heritage.

  • Many half-bloods face challenges in understanding their family dynamics.

Synonyms

half-brother
vshalf blood
46 2.1

A brother who has only one parent in common with you

is any sibling regardless of gender who shares only one parent

Surface Forms

half blood singular
half bloods plural

Morphology

half + blood

The meaning can be directly derived from combining 'half' (partially) with 'blood' (family lineage): it denotes a person who shares only part of the bloodline, i.e. one parent. This compositional logic is cross-linguistically common (compare 'half‑brother/half‑sister' forms), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Half blood comes from the simple image of half and blood: two people who share only one parent have only 'half' the same family 'blood'. So, half blood means 'a sibling who shares only one parent'.