semester

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English

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Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

  1. 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.
  2. A period or term of six months.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English semester.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
  • IPA(key): /seˈmesteɾ/

Noun

semester

  1. semester (half of a school year or academic year)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

Noun

semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

  1. semester (half of school year)

Declension

Declension of semester
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative semester semestret
semesteret 		semestre semestrene
genitive semesters semestrets
semesterets 		semestres semestrenes

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

Noun

sêmèstêr

  1. semester:
    1. a period or term of six months.
    2. (education) half of a school year or academic year.

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Middle English

Noun

semester

  1. Alternative form of semestere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

Noun

semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)

  1. semester

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

semester c

  1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work
    Nästan alla här åker på semester under sensommaren.
    Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer.
  2. (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing
    Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.
    I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues.
  3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation
    Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.
    We need to take a break from each other.

Declension

Declension of semester
nominative genitive
singular indefinite semester semesters
definite semestern semesterns
plural indefinite semestrar semestrars
definite semestrarna semestrarnas

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