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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
semi-
- half
- partial, incomplete
- somewhat, rather, quasi-
- 1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead:
- Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.
Usage notes[edit]
- In British English, the semi- forms as usually hyphenated as evidenced by OED's semi- entries predominantly using hyphen.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
half (prefix)
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Further reading[edit]
- “semi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “semi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “semi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
semi-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “semi-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “semi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “semi-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “semi-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
semi-
- semi-
- semi- + finále → semifinále
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- semi- in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- semi- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- semi- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin semi-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
semi-
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "semi-" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
French[edit]
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semi-
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
semi-
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Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-. Cognate with Sanskrit सामि (sāmí), Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), Old High German sami-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seː.mi/, [s̠eːmɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /se.mi/, [semi]
Prefix[edit]
sēmi-
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “semi-”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semi-”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: se‧mi
Prefix[edit]
semi-
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
semi-
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “semi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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