semi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsɛmaɪ/
Audio (AU) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmi
- Hyphenation: semi
Noun[edit]
semi (plural semis)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
- 2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,
- I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
- 2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52:
- The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
- 2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- 1967, Tommy Faile (lyrics and music), “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine:
- I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill
- 2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Australia: Allen & Unwin, unnumbered page:
- All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
- (informal) A semifinal.
- (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
- 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys, page 158:
- The twink got a semi just from that look.
Translations[edit]
semi-detached house — see semi-detached
semi-erection
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Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
semi (present semas, past semis, future semos, conditional semus, volitive semu)
- (intransitive) to sow
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of semi
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Derived terms[edit]
- dissemi (“scatter; disseminate”)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See semi-. Sense "semi-erection" a semantic loan from English semi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
semi (comparative semimpi, superlative semein) (predicative only)
- (colloquial) mid, mediocre, not bad, not good
- No se esitys oli aika semi. ― Well, the show was just okay
Adverb[edit]
semi (not comparable) (attributive only)
- (colloquial) sort of, kind of, pretty
- Synonyms: aika, jokseenkin, melko
- semi ookoo ― pretty okay
- semi paska ― kind of shit
Noun[edit]
semi
- (colloquial) partial tumescence, semi-erection
- Synonym: puolierektio
Declension[edit]
Inflection of semi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | semi | semit | ||
genitive | semin | semien | ||
partitive | semiä | semejä | ||
illative | semiin | semeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | semi | semit | ||
accusative | nom. | semi | semit | |
gen. | semin | |||
genitive | semin | semien | ||
partitive | semiä | semejä | ||
inessive | semissä | semeissä | ||
elative | semistä | semeistä | ||
illative | semiin | semeihin | ||
adessive | semillä | semeillä | ||
ablative | semiltä | semeiltä | ||
allative | semille | semeille | ||
essive | seminä | semeinä | ||
translative | semiksi | semeiksi | ||
instructive | — | semein | ||
abessive | semittä | semeittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay semi (“shoot, sprout”).
- Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦶ (semi, “sprouting”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sêmi (first-person possessive semiku, second-person possessive semimu, third-person possessive seminya)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “semi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
semi m
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
semi
Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
semi
- Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)
Old Norse[edit]
Verb[edit]
semi
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Verb[edit]
semi
- first-person singular present/imperative active of seti (“to sleep”)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
semi f (plural semis)
- (colloquial) semifinal, semi-final
- Synonym: semifinal
- 2022 March 19, Alberto Rubio, “El Chelsea se mete en semis de FA Cup y manda un 'aviso' al Real Madrid”, in Marca[1]:
- 2022 March 16, Aimara G. Gil, “El Barcelona sigue intratable y se mete en semis con otra goleada”, in As[2]:
- 2021 August 19, Lautaro Tiburzio, “No habrá cuarteto de brasileños en semis: Barcelona eliminó a Fluminense”, in Bolavip[3]:
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
semi
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
semi c
- Clipping of semifinal.
Declension[edit]
Declension of semi | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | semi | semin | semifinaler | semifinalerna |
Genitive | semis | semins | semifinalers | semifinalernas |
Venetian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
semi
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