semester
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- semestre (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstɚ/
- Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Noun edit
semester (plural semesters)
- Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
- I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.
- A period or term of six months.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English semester.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
semester
- semester (half of a school year or academic year)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)
- semester (half of school year)
Declension edit
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | semester | semestret semesteret |
semestre | semestrene |
genitive | semesters | semestrets semesterets |
semestres | semestrenes |
See also edit
- semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sêmèstêr (first-person possessive semesterku, second-person possessive semestermu, third-person possessive semesternya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
semester
- Alternative form of semestere
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin (cursus) semestris.
Noun edit
semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)
References edit
- “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
semester c
- a holiday/vacation, especially from work
- Nästan alla här åker på semester under sensommaren.
- Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer.
- (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing
- Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.
- I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues.
- (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation
- Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.
- We need to take a break from each other.
Declension edit
Declension of semester | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | semester | semestern | semestrar | semestrarna |
Genitive | semesters | semesterns | semestrars | semestrarnas |
Derived terms edit
- industrisemester
- semesteranläggning
- semesterby
- semesterdag
- semesterersättning
- semesterfirare
- semesterförmån
- semesterhem
- semesterhälsning
- semesterlag
- semesterledig
- semesterlön
- semesterminne
- semestermål
- semestermånad
- semesterort
- semesterparadis
- semesterpenning
- semesterperiod
- semesterresa
- semesterställe
- semesterstängd
- semesterstängning
- semestertid
- semestertillägg
- semestertripp
- semestervecka
- semestervikariat
- semestervikarie
- semestervistelse
- semesterö
- solsemester
- sommarsemester
- vintersemester