semifinal

• semi-final

From Latin semifinalis, equivalent to semi- +‎ final.

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

semifinal (plural semifinals)

1. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
   • 2008 June 14, The Associated Press, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times‎:

     Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.

   • 2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page:

     In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!

2. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

• last four
• semi

• semifinalist

• final
• quarterfinal

• → Swedish: semifinal
• → Turkish: semifinal

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

semifinal f (plural semifinals)

1. semifinal

• semifinalista

• “semifinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semifinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “semifinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semifinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• semi-final (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

semifinal f (plural semifinais)

1. (sports) semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)

   Synonym: meia-final

From semi- +‎ final.

• IPA^(key): /semifiˈnal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

semifinal f (plural semifinales)

1. semifinal, semi-final

   Synonym: (colloquial) semi

• “semifinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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Borrowed from English semifinal, equivalent to semi- +‎ final.

semifinal c

1. semifinal

• semifinal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• semifinal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• semifinal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from English semifinal.

• IPA^(key): /seˈmi.fi.nal/
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

semifinal (definite accusative semifinali, plural semifinaller)

1. (sports) semifinal

   Synonyms: dömifinal, yarı final

   • 1971, Milliyet Gazetesi:

     Olimpiyad şampiyonu Davenport ile semifinalde yanşan Milburn mükemmel bir koşu çıkartarak...

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