semi-
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
semi-
- half
- partial, incomplete
- somewhat, rather, quasi-
- 1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead:
- Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.
Usage notesEdit
- In British English, the semi- forms as usually hyphenated as evidenced by OED's semi- entries predominantly using hyphen.
SynonymsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
half (prefix)
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Further readingEdit
- semi- at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “semi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “semi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
semi-
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Further readingEdit
- “semi-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “semi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “semi-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “semi-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
semi-
- semi-
- semi- + finále → semifinále
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FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin semi-.
PronunciationEdit
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semi-
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See alsoEdit
FrenchEdit
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semi-
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half”).
PronunciationEdit
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semi-
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AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-. Cognate with Sanskrit सामि (sāmí), Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), Old High German sami-.
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
sēmi-
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “semi-”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semi-”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: se‧mi
PrefixEdit
semi-
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrefixEdit
semi-
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Further readingEdit
- “semi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014