quasi-

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost, as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweɪ.zaɪ/, /ˈkweɪ.saɪ/, /kwɑːzi/, /kwɑːsi/^[1][2]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /kwɑːzi/, /kwæzi/, /-aɪ/, /-ʌɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːzi
• Homophone: quasi

quasi-

1. 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.

2. Apparently, seemingly, or resembling.
3. 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:

     The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service.

• “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]

• (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-

• English terms prefixed with quasi-

• quango
• quasar

• (false) pseudo-

• “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

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

quasi-

1. quasi-

• quasi

• “quasi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

• kwasi- (before 1996)

From Latin quasi (“as if”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋaː.zi/

quasi-

1. quasi-

Note: quasi- should be written connected to the following word, except where the vowels collide, in which case a hyphen is inserted.

• quasiauthentiek
• quasi-intellectueel
• quasimodo
• quasinonchalant
• quasionschuldig
• quasiwetenschappelijk

• → Indonesian: kuasi-

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.zi/

quasi-

1. quasi-

• “quasi-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From quasi, from Latin quasi (“as if”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkwa.zi/
• Hyphenation: quà‧si-

quasi-

1. quasi-

• quasiconduttore
• quasicristallino
• quasimente
• quasimetallico
• quasimodo
• quasi-particella

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quasi-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfa.zi/

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• Rhymes: -azi
• Syllabification: qua‧si-

quasi-

1. para-, quasi-

   Synonyms: niby-, para-

• quasi- in Polish dictionaries at PWN