semester

semester

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English

Alternative forms

  • semestre (obsolete)

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (lasting six months), from sex (six) + mēnsis (month).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstə/
  • (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstɚ/
  • Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

  1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
  2. A period or term of six months.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • bimester
  • half-year
  • term
  • trimester

Anagrams

  • semestre

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English semester.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
  • IPA(key): /seˈmesteɾ/, [s̪ɪˈmis̪.t̪ɪɾ̪]

Noun

semester

  1. semester (half of a school year or academic year)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (lasting six months), from sex (six) + mēnsis (month).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

Noun

semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

  1. semester (half of school year)

Declension

See also

  • semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

References

  • “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (six) + mēnsis (month).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səˈmɛstər]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

Noun

sêmèstêr (first-person possessive semesterku, second-person possessive semestermu, third-person possessive semesternya)

  1. semester:
    1. a period or term of six months.
    2. (education) half of a school year or academic year.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “semester” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

semester

  1. Alternative form of semestere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

Noun

semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)

  1. semester

References

  • “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From New Latin sēmestris (lasting six months); sex (six) + mēnsis (month). See also German Semester.

The semantic shift might have been influenced by the French congé de semestre (six months military leave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈmɛstɛr/
  • Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr

Noun

semester c

  1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work
  2. (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing
  3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • semestra

References

  • semester in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • semester in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • semester in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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