semi

semi

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English

Etymology

The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsɛmaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmi
  • Hyphenation: semi

Noun

semi (plural semis)

  1. (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.
  2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
  3. (informal) A semifinal.
  4. (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
  5. (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.

Translations

Anagrams

  • EMIs, ESMI, IMEs, MSIE, Meis, Sime, eSIM, mise

Esperanto

Etymology

From semo +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsemi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi

Verb

semi (present semas, past semis, future semos, conditional semus, volitive semu)

  1. (intransitive) to sow

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dissemi (scatter; disseminate)

Finnish

Etymology

See semi-. Sense "semi-erection" a semantic loan from English semi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsemi/, [ˈs̠e̞mi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Syllabification(key): se‧mi

Adjective

semi (comparative semimpi, superlative semein) (predicative only, colloquial)

  1. mid, mediocre, not bad, not good
    No se esitys oli aika semi.Well, the show was just okay

Adverb

semi (not comparable) (attributive only, colloquial)

  1. sort of, kind of, pretty
    Synonyms: aika, jokseenkin, melko
    semi ookoopretty okay
    semi paskakind of shit

Noun

semi (colloquial)

  1. partial tumescence, semi-erection
    Synonym: puolierektio

Declension

Further reading

  • semi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay semi (shoot, sprout).

  • Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦶ (semi, sprouting).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səˈmi]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi

Noun

sêmi (first-person possessive semiku, second-person possessive semimu, third-person possessive seminya)

  1. shoot, sprout
    Synonyms: taruk, tunas
  2. (dialect) sprouting

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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

Noun

semi m

  1. plural of seme

Anagrams

  • mesi, mise

Japanese

Romanization

semi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せみ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of セミ

Middle English

Verb

semi

  1. Alternative form of semen (to sort out)

Old Norse

Verb

semi

  1. third-person active present subjunctive of semja

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

semi

  1. first-person singular present/imperative active of seti (to sleep)

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of semifinal.

Noun

semi f (plural semis)

  1. (colloquial) semifinal, semi-final
    Synonym: semifinal

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

semi

  1. plural of usemi

Swedish

Noun

semi c

  1. Clipping of semifinal.

Declension

Venetian

Adjective

semi

  1. masculine plural of semo

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