quasi-
See also: quasi
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost, as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkweɪ.zaɪ/, /ˈkweɪ.saɪ/, /kwɑːzi/, /kwɑːsi/[1][2]
- (Canada) IPA(key): /kwɑːzi/, /kwæzi/, /-aɪ/, /-ʌɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːzi
- Homophone: quasi
Prefix edit
quasi-
- Almost, virtually.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 18:
- The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death.
- Apparently, seemingly, or resembling. [from 17th c.]
- To a limited extent or degree, to be somewhat or partially.
- 2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service.
Usage notes edit
- “Quasi-” may be prefixed to nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
- Words derived from quasi- are more often spelled with a hyphen than solid. Using hyphen is recommended by GPO manual.[3] OED2 lists the derived terms as hyphenated.[4]
Synonyms edit
- (almost): pene-, sub-
- (resembling): para-, -oid, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
- (partial): partially, demi-, semi-
- (somewhat): sort of, semi-
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- quasiaesthetic
- quasiamicable
- quasi-arithmetical
- quasi-art
- quasiatom
- quasi-automatic
- quasi-automatically
- quasi-belief
- quasi-bialgebra
- quasi-classic
- quasi-colloquial
- quasi-continuous
- quasi-continuum
- quasicontraction
- quasi-contractual
- quasi-copula
- quasi-crime
- quasi-crystalline
- quasi-definition
- quasi-deify
- quasi-dereliction
- quasidihedral
- quasidiploid
- quasidirect
- quasi-divine
- quasi-dying
- quasi-emperor
- quasi-episcopal
- quasi-equilibrium
- quasi-eternal
- quasi-ethical
- quasi-ethically
- quasi-existence
- quasi-fascist
- quasi-feudal
- quasifunction
- quasi-general
- quasi-governmental
- quasi-grammatical
- quasi-hallucinatory
- quasi-historical
- quasi-horizontal
- quasi-implication
- quasi-independent
- quasi in rem
- quasi-instantaneous
- quasi-invariant
- quasi-jazz
- quasi-judicial
- quasi-legal
- quasi-logical
- quasi-marital
- quasi-marriage
- quasi-material
- quasi-mathematical
- quasi-mechanical
- quasi-mechanistic
- quasi-metallic
- quasi-metaphysical
- quasi-military
- quasi-miracle
- quasi-miraculous
- quasi-modal
- quasi-molecular
- quasi-molecule
- quasi-monastic
- quasi-monopoly
- quasi-mythical
- quasi-neutral
- quasi-neutrality
- quasinorm
- quasi-nuptial
- quasi-object
- quasi-official
- quasi-optical
- quasi-ossianic
- quasi-parlando
- quasi parlato
- quasi-partner
- quasi-peak
- quasi-permanent
- quasi-personal
- quasi-philosophical
- quasi-physical
- quasiplatonic
- quasiprojective
- quasi-public
- quasi-purposive
- quasiquotation
- quasiquote
- quasi-religion
- quasi-religious
- quasirhombicosidodecahedron
- quasirhombicuboctahedron
- quasiromantic
- quasi-romantic
- quasi-science
- quasi-semi
- quasi-sensation
- quasiseparable
- quasi-simultaneous
- quasi-simultaneously
- quasistability
- quasi-statement
- quasi-stationary
- quasisteady
- quasi-substance
- quasi-technical
- quasi-thermodynamic
- quasi-totalitarian
- quasi-totality
- quasitransitive
- quasitruncated
- quasi-universal
- quasi-universal
- quasi-vacuity
- quasi-verb
- quasi-war
- Quasi-War
Related terms edit
Translations edit
See also edit
- (false) pseudo-
References edit
- ^ https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/quasi
- ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quasi
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “quasi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- “quasi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “quasi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “quasi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
quasi-
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “quasi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- (before 1996) kwasi-
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
quasi-
Derived terms edit
- Note: quasi- should be written connected to the following word, except where the vowels collide, in which case a hyphen is inserted.
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: kuasi-
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
quasi-
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “quasi-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From quasi, from Latin quasi (“as if”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
quasi-
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin quasi-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
quasi-
Derived terms edit
Category Polish terms prefixed with quasi- not found
Further reading edit
- quasi- in Polish dictionaries at PWN