semi
See also: ṣemi, şemî, semi-, -semi, and семи
English
Etymology
The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsɛmaɪ/
Audio (AU) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmi
- Hyphenation: semi
Noun
semi (plural semis)
- (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.
- 2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52,
- The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
- 2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- 1967, Tommy Faile (lyrics and music), “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine:
- I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill
- 2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page,
- All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
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- (informal) A semifinal.
- (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
- 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
- The twink got a semi just from that look.
- 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
Translations
semi-detached house — see semi-detached#Noun
semi-erection
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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)
- (intransitive) to sow
Conjugation
Conjugation of semi
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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) 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) sort of, kind of, pretty
- Synonyms: aika, jokseenkin, melko
- semi ookoo ― pretty okay
- semi paska ― kind of shit
Noun
semi
- (colloquial) partial tumescence, semi-erection
- Synonym: puolierektio
Declension
| Inflection of semi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | semi | semit | |
| genitive | semin | semien | |
| partitive | semiä | semejä | |
| illative | semiin | semeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | semi | semit | |
| accusative | nom. | semi | semit |
| gen. | semin | ||
| genitive | semin | semien | |
| partitive | semiä | semejä | |
| inessive | semissä | semeissä | |
| elative | semistä | semeistä | |
| illative | semiin | semeihin | |
| adessive | semillä | semeillä | |
| ablative | semiltä | semeiltä | |
| allative | semille | semeille | |
| essive | seminä | semeinä | |
| translative | semiksi | semeiksi | |
| instructive | — | semein | |
| abessive | semittä | semeittä | |
| comitative | — | semeineen | |
| Possessive forms of semi (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | semini | semimme |
| 2nd person | semisi | seminne |
| 3rd person | seminsä | |
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)
- shoot, sprout
- Synonyms: taruk, tunas
- (dialect) sprouting
Derived terms
- bersemi
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
- plural of seme
Anagrams
- mesi, mise
Japanese
Romanization
semi
- Rōmaji transcription of せみ
- Rōmaji transcription of セミ
Middle English
Verb
semi
- Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)
Old Norse
Verb
semi
- third-person active present subjunctive of semja
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑁂𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- सेमि (Devanagari script)
- সেমি (Bengali script)
- සෙමි (Sinhalese script)
- သေမိ (Burmese script)
- เสมิ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ເສມິ (Lao script)
- សេមិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄬𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)
Verb
semi
- first-person singular present/imperative active of seti (“to sleep”)
Spanish
Etymology
Ellipsis of semifinal.
Noun
semi f (plural semis)
- (colloquial) semifinal, semi-final
- Synonym: semifinal
- 2022 March 19, Alberto Rubio, “El Chelsea se mete en semis de FA Cup y manda un 'aviso' al Real Madrid”, in Marca:
- 2022 March 16, Aimara G. Gil, “El Barcelona sigue intratable y se mete en semis con otra goleada”, in As:
- 2021 August 19, Lautaro Tiburzio, “No habrá cuarteto de brasileños en semis: Barcelona eliminó a Fluminense”, in Bolavip:
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
semi
- plural of usemi
Swedish
Noun
semi c
- Clipping of semifinal.
Declension
| Declension of semi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | semi | semin | semifinaler | semifinalerna |
| Genitive | semis | semins | semifinalers | semifinalernas |
Venetian
Adjective
semi
- masculine plural of semo