semifinal

See also: semi-final

English

Alternative forms

• semi-final

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin semifinalis, from semi- +‎ final.

Noun

semifinal (plural semifinals)

1. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
2. (General) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

Synonyms

• last four
• semi

Derived terms

• semifinalist

Related terms

• final
• quarterfinal

Translations

competition

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 四強／四强 (sei³ koeng⁴)

  Mandarin: 半決賽／半决赛 (zh) (bànjuésài), 半决赛 (zh) (bànjuésài), 四强 (zh) (sìqiáng)

• Czech: semifinále (cs) n
• Danish: semifinale (da) c
• Dutch: halve finale (nl)
• Finnish: välierä, semifinaali
• French: demi-finale (fr) m
• Georgian: ნახევარფინალი (naxevarpinali)
• German: Halbfinale (de) n, Semifinale (de) n
• Hungarian: elődöntő (hu)
• Irish: cluiche leathcheannais m
• Italian: semifinale (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 準決勝 (ja) (じゅんけっしょう, junkesshō)
• Korean: 준결승 (jun'gyeolseung)
• Latin: semifinale, semifinalis
• Polish: półfinał (pl) m
• Portuguese: semifinal f
• Russian: полуфина́л (ru) m (polufinál)
• Spanish: semifinal
• Swahili: nusu fainali (sw)
• Swedish: semifinal (sv)
• Tagalog: malapangwakas, mala-pangwakas
• Turkish: yarı final (tr), (rare) dömifinal (tr)
• Vietnamese: bán kết (vi)

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Catalan

Noun

semifinal m (plural semifinals)

1. semifinal

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Portuguese

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinais)

1. (sports) semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)

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Spanish

Adjective

semifinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural semifinales)

1. semifinal

Related terms

• final

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Swedish

Etymology

semi- +‎ final

Noun

semifinal c

1. semifinal

Declension

Declension of semifinal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	semifinal	semifinalen	semifinaler	semifinalerna
Genitive	semifinals	semifinalens	semifinalers	semifinalernas