semi
English
Etymology
The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmi
- Hyphenation: semi
Noun
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 semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
- 2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page,
- All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
- 2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page,
- (informal) A semifinal.
- (slang) A partial erection.
- 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
- The twink got a semi just from that look.
- 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
Translations
semi-detached house
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Anagrams
Italian
Noun
semi m
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
semi
Swahili
Noun
semi
Swedish
Noun
semi c
- short for semifinal
Declension
Declension of semi | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | semi | semin | semifinaler | semifinalerna |
Genitive | semis | semins | semifinalers | semifinalernas |
Venetian
Adjective
semi
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