semester

See also Semester

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• semestre (obsolete)

Etymology

from German Semester, from Modern Latin semestris (from sex six + mensis month).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɪˈmɛstə/, SAMPA: /sI"mEst@/
• (GenAm) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA: /sɪˈmɛstɚ/, SAMPA: /sI"mEst@`/
• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as fall or spring semester.

   I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.

Translations

half of school year

Arabic: فصل دراسي (ar) (faṣl dirāsiyy) m., نصف سنة (ar) (niṣf sána) m., فصل أكاديمي (ar) (faṣl ʾakādīmiyy) m. Armenian: կիսամյակ (hy) (kisamyak) Chinese: Mandarin: 學期 (cmn), 学期 (cmn) (xuéqī) Czech: semestr (cs) m. Danish: semester (da) Finnish: lukukausi (fi) French: semestre (fr) German: Semester (de) m., Halbjahr (de) n. Hungarian: félév (hu), szemeszter (hu)

Italian: semestre (it) Japanese: 学期 (ja) (がっき, gakki) Korean: 학기 (ko) (hakgi) (學期 (ko)), 반기 (ko) (bangi) Persian: نیمسال تحصیلی (fa) (nim-sâl tahsili) Polish: semestr (pl) Portuguese: semestre (pt) m. Russian: семестр (ru) (seméstr) m., полугодие (ru) (polugódije) n. Spanish: semestre (es) m. Swedish: termin (sv) c. Vietnamese: học kỳ (vi) (學期 (vi)), sáu tháng (vi)

See also

• term
• trimester

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Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from Latin semestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

Noun

semester n. (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

1. semester (half of school year)

Inflection

    Inflection of semester

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	semester	semestret semesteret	semestre	semestrene
genitive	semesters	semestrets semesterets	semestres	semestrenes

See also

• Semester on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Swedish

Etymology

From semestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”). See also German Semester.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛˈmɛstɛr/

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Noun

semester c.

1. Vacation, especially from work.

   Nästan alla här går på semester under sensommaren.

   "Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer."

2. Activity related to vacationing, especially in compound terms.

   Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.

   "I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues."

3. (figuratively) Relief from a taxing situation.

   Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.

   "We need to take a break from each other."

Declension

Declension of semester

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	semester	semestern	semestrar	semestrarna
genitive	semesters	semesterns	semestrars	semestrarnas

Compounds

• semesterdag
• semesterresa
• semesterby
• semesterersättning
• semesterfirare
• semesterresa
• semestertid
• semestervikarie
• industrisemester

Derived terms

• semestra