semi

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsɛmaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmi
• Hyphenation: semi

Noun

semi (plural semis)

1. (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.

   • 2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 150:

     The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory.

2. (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, Australia: Allen & Unwin, unnumbered page:

     All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.

3. (informal) A semifinal.
4. (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
   • 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys, page 158:

     The twink got a semi just from that look.

5. (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
   • 2023 April 28, “Got Dat Muneh” (track 10, 0:48 from the start), in Summrs (lyrics), GHOST‎:

     See these niggas through the reticle sight up on my semi
     […]
     For niggas plottin', I might blow it at your fitted
     Get your bitch-ass slimed out, it ain't no kiddin'
     Ain't no kiddin', got that semi

Translations

Anagrams

• EMIs, ESMI, IMEs, MSIE, Meis, Sime, eSIM, mise

Esperanto

Etymology

From semo +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -emi
• Hyphenation: se‧mi

Verb

semi (present semas, past semis, future semos, conditional semus, volitive semu)

1. (intransitive) to sow

Conjugation

Conjugation of semi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense semas semis semos active participle semanta semantaj seminta semintaj semonta semontaj acc. semantan semantajn semintan semintajn semontan semontajn passive participle semata semataj semita semitaj semota semotaj acc. sematan sematajn semitan semitajn semotan semotajn nominal active participle semanto semantoj seminto semintoj semonto semontoj acc. semanton semantojn seminton semintojn semonton semontojn nominal passive participle semato sematoj semito semitoj semoto semotoj acc. sematon sematojn semiton semitojn semoton semotojn adverbial active participle semante seminte semonte adverbial passive participle semate semite semote infinitive semi imperative semu conditional semus

Derived terms

• dissemi (“scatter; disseminate”)

Finnish

Etymology

See semi-. Sense "semi-erection" a semantic loan from English semi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsemi/,
• Rhymes: -emi
• Syllabification^(key): se‧mi

Adjective

semi (comparative semimpi, superlative semein) (predicative only, colloquial)

1. 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)

1. sort of, kind of, pretty

   Synonyms: aika, jokseenkin, melko

   semi ookoo ― pretty okay

   semi paska ― kind of shit

Noun

semi (colloquial)

1. partial tumescence, semi-erection

   Synonym: puolierektio

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “semi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay semi (“shoot, sprout”).

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦶ (semi, “sprouting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: sê‧mi

Noun

sêmi (first-person possessive semiku, second-person possessive semimu, third-person possessive seminya)

1. shoot, sprout

   Synonyms: taruk, tunas

2. (dialect) sprouting

Derived terms

Further reading

• “semi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

semi m

1. plural of seme

Anagrams

• mesi, mise

Japanese

Romanization

semi

1. Rōmaji transcription of せみ
2. Rōmaji transcription of セミ

Middle English

Verb

semi

1. Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)

Old Norse

Verb

semi

1. third-person active present subjunctive of semja

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

semi

1. first-person singular present/imperative active of seti (“to sleep”)

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of semifinal.

Noun

semi f (plural semis)

1. (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

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Noun

semi

1. plural of usemi

Swedish

Noun

semi c

1. Clipping of semifinal.

Declension

Venetian

Adjective

semi

1. masculine plural of semo