quasi-

See also: quasi

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quasi (“almost, as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweɪ.zaɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑzi/, /ˈkwɑzaɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɒzi

Prefix

quasi-

1. Similar to, but not exactly the same as; virtual(ly). [from 17th c.]
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 18:

     The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death.

Usage notes

• “Quasi-” may be prefixed to nouns, adjectives, and adverbs.

Synonyms

• partial / partially
• semi-
• somewhat
• sort of
• supposed / supposedly

Derived terms

• Note: Some words are used either with or without the hyphen.
• English terms prefixed with quasi-

Derived terms

• quasiaesthetic
• quasiamicable
• quasi-arithmetical
• quasi-art
• quasiatom
• quasi-automatic
• quasi-automatically
• quasi-belief
• quasi-bialgebra
• quasi-classic
• quasi-colloquial
• quasi-continuous
• quasi-continuum
• quasicontraction
• quasi-contractual
• quasi-copula
• quasi-crime
• quasi-crystalline
• quasi-definition
• quasi-deify
• quasi-dereliction
• quasidihedral
• quasidiploid
• quasidirect
• quasi-divine
• quasi-dying
• quasi-emperor
• quasi-episcopal
• quasi-equilibrium
• quasi-eternal
• quasi-ethical
• quasi-ethically
• quasi-existence
• quasi-fascist
• quasi-feudal
• quasifunction
• quasi-general
• quasi-governmental
• quasi-grammatical
• quasi-hallucinatory
• quasi-historical
• quasi-horizontal
• quasi-implication
• quasi-independent
• quasi in rem
• quasi-instantaneous
• quasi-invariant
• quasi-jazz
• quasi-judicial
• quasi-legal
• quasi-logical
• quasi-marital
• quasi-marriage
• quasi-material
• quasi-mathematical
• quasi-mechanical
• quasi-mechanistic
• quasi-metallic
• quasi-metaphysical
• quasi-military
• quasi-miracle
• quasi-miraculous
• quasi-modal

• quasi-molecular
• quasi-molecule
• quasi-monastic
• quasi-monopoly
• quasi-mythical
• quasi-neutral
• quasi-neutrality
• quasinorm
• quasi-nuptial
• quasi-object
• quasi-official
• quasi-optical
• quasi-ossianic
• quasi-parlando
• quasi parlato
• quasi-partner
• quasi-peak
• quasi-permanent
• quasi-personal
• quasi-philosophical
• quasi-physical
• quasiplatonic
• quasiprojective
• quasi-public
• quasi-purposive
• quasi-quotation
• quasi-quote
• quasi-religion
• quasi-religious
• quasirhombicosidodecahedron
• quasirhombicuboctahedron
• quasiromantic
• quasi-romantic
• quasi-science
• quasi-semi
• quasi-sensation
• quasiseparable
• quasi-simultaneous
• quasi-simultaneously
• quasistability
• quasi-statement
• quasi-stationary
• quasisteady
• quasi-substance
• quasi-technical
• quasi-thermodynamic
• quasi-totalitarian
• quasi-totality
• quasitransitive
• quasitruncated
• quasi-universal
• quasi-universal
• quasi-vacuity
• quasi-verb
• quasi-war

Related terms

• quango
• quasar

Translations

almost

• Danish: kvasi-, nær-
• Finnish: kvasi- (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: niby-

See also

• para-
• pseudo-
• pene-

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) kwasi-

Etymology

From Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋaː.zi/

Prefix

quasi-

1. quasi-

Derived terms

Note: quasi- should be written connected to the following word, except where the vowels collide, in which case a hyphen is inserted.

• quasiauthentiek
• quasi-intellectueel
• quasimodo
• quasinonchalant
• quasionschuldig
• quasiwetenschappelijk

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.zi/

Prefix

quasi-

1. quasi-

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Italian

Etymology

From quasi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwaː.zi]

Prefix

quasi-

1. quasi-

Derived terms

• quasiconduttore
• quasicristallino
• quasimente
• quasimetallico
• quasimodo
• quasi-particella