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Definition: Semi |
SemiAdjective1. (prefix) half or partial; "`semi' is a prefix in such words as `semicircular' and `semiannual' and `semiconscious'". 2. (prefix) having some of the characteristics of; "`semi' is a prefix meaning similar in the word `semiofficial'". Noun1. One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament. 2. A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together. 3. A trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Semi /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ 1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is `;;*', not 1/4 of a star. 2. A prefix used with words such as `immediately' as a qualifier. "When is the system coming up?" "Semi-immediately." (That is, maybe not for an hour.) "We did consider that possibility semi-seriously." See also infinite. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SemiSynonyms: articulated lorry (n), semifinal (n), semitrailer (n), tractor trailer (n), trailer truck (n), trucking rig (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Semi |
| English words defined with "semi": collared peccary ♦ javelina ♦ Peccari angulatus ♦ Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "semi": second-choice route, sinker root. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "semi": Semuncia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Semi" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Esperanto (sow), German (halb-), Indonesian (half, semi), Italian (seed), Portuguese (quasi), Serbo-Croatian (sammy), Spanish (half, semi). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Na semi vetrakh (1962) Rasskaz o semi poveshennykh (1920) Okoi e semi di zucca (1994) | |
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![]() | Transporting chickens in semi at weighing station near Magee, MS. Credit: USDA. | ![]() | Survivors of Lawrence Massacre at semi centinnal [sic] mamoral [sic]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "ReznorKittyFade" by Ben Gregory Commentary: "Semi blurry image." | "Self portrait" by Luis Carlos Araujo Commentary: "Taken with an old Kodak DX3600 just simple self portrait, the shot was taken with a red sheet placed over the window light that created the semi natural effect." |
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Business | Semi governmental hospitals and clinics account for the balance and include Aramco, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, and the Youth Welfare hospital. (references) | |
Economic History | South Africa | The region is also sufficiently supplied by a large skilled and semi skilled workforce. (references) |
Sri Lanka | However, the privatization program (especially in plantation sector) has helped to reduce semi government employees. (references) | |
Brazil | According to Abinne -- the Brazilian Association of the Electro-Electronics Industry -- imports of semi conductors account for approximately 50 percent of Brazilian imports of electronic components followed by passive components and cathode ray tubes. (references) | |
Trade | Italy | Italy also applies a value added tax on most food/agricultural items (ranging from 4 percent for semi processed commodities to 19 percent for +ACI-luxury+ACI- high value food items). (references) |
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| "Semi" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 55.87% of the time. "Semi" is used about 179 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 55.87% | 100 | 32,668 |
| Noun (singular) | 43.58% | 78 | 37,656 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 179 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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| USA | Elantec Semi Conductor Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "semi": semi automatic ♦ semi axis ♦ semi circle ♦ semi circumference ♦ semi crustaceous ♦ semi final ♦ semi pupa. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "semi": semi-absorbent, semi-abstemious, semi-abstract, semi-abstraction, semi-academicised, semi-acceptable, semi-accidentally, semi-acoustic, semi-acoustics, semi-active homing, semi-active homing guidance, semi-affluent, semi-agricultural, semi-alcoholic, semi-aleatoric, semi-allegorical, semi-altruistic, semi-amateur, semi-ambulance, semi-anaesthetise, semi-and, semi-annual, semi-annually, semi-anthracite, semi-anthropomorphic, semi-apologetically, semi-apology, semi-aquatic, semi-aqueous, semi-arc, semi-archaic, semi-architectural, Semi-Arian, Semi-Arianism, semi-arid, semi-aristocracy, semi-artificial, semi-asiatic, semi-asleep, semi-astrological, semi-atheist, semi-attached, semi-attended, semi-attractive, semi-audible, semi-auto, semi-autobiographical, semi-autobiography, semi-automated, semi-automatic, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, semi-automatic relay installation, semi-automatically, semi-automatics, semi-automatise, semi-automatize, semi-automaton, semi-autonomous, semi-autonomy, semi-axes, semi-axis, semi-bachelor, semi-baldness, semi-barbarian, semi-barbarous, semi-barren, semi-basement, semi-beggar, semi-bigamous, semi-blacked-out, semi-bleached, semi-blind, semi-blocked, semi-board, semi-bohemian, semi-bold, semi-bonded, semi-bridging, semi-brogue, semi-bulk, semi-bungalow, semi-bureaucrats, semi-business, semi-cantilever, semi-carnally, semi-castrato, semi-catatonic, semi-centennial, semi-chekhovian, semi-chorus, semi-chosen, Semi-Christianized, semi-circle, semi-circles, semi-circular, semi-civilised, semi-clad, semi-clandestine, semi-classical, semi-clerical, semi-closed, semi-closure, semi-coherent, semi-collapse, semi-collapsed, semi-colon, semi-colonial, semi-colonies, semi-colons, semi-colony, semi-coma, semi-comatose, semi-comfortable, semi-comic, semi-comical, semi-commercial, semi-commercially, semi-complete, semi-completion, semi-component, semi-compulsory, semi-concealed, semi-concrete, semi-conducting, semi-conductor, semi-conductor device, semi-conductor-crystal, semi-conductors, semi-confinement, semi-confused, semi-congealed, semi-conscious, semi-consciously, semi-consciousness, semi-conservative, semi-conservatively, semi-consonant, semi-consonants, semi-constant, semi-constitution, semi-contact, semi-contentment, semi-continuous, semi-continuous, semi-controlled, semi-controlled mosaic, semi-converted, semi-country, semi-covert, semi-criminal, semi-crouch, semi-crucial, semi-crystalline, semi-cubist, semi-cultivated, semi-curtained, semi-custodial, semi-custom, semi-customers, semi-custom-made, semi-cycloidic, semi-dark, semi-darkened, semi-darkness, semi-decadent, semi-decay, semi-decayed, semi-decent, semi-deciduous, semi-deconstruction, semi-dedicated, semi-deep, semi-definite, semi-deflated, semi-demented, semi-demi, semi-democracy, semi-democratic, semi-derelict, semi-desert, semi-deserts, semi-destroyed, semi-det, semi-detached, semi-detached house, semi-detatched, semi-developed, Semi-Diesel, semi-digger, semi-digital, semi-diplomatic, semi-display, semi-disposable, semi-divine, semi-documentary, semi-dome, semi-domes, semi-domestic, semi-domesticated, semi-dormancy, semi-dormant, semi-double, semi-double-flowered, semi-doubles, semi-dressed, semi-dried, semi-drive, semi-drugged, semi-dry, semi-dumb, semi-duplex, semi-dwarf, semi-dwarfing, semi-ecclesiastical, semi-educated, semi-educational, semi-egalitarian, semi-elastic, semi-elasticated, semi-elective, semi-elliptical, semi-embalmed, semi-emergency, semi-empirical, semi-employed, semi-enclosed, semi-equity, semi-erect, semi-erotic, semi-ethereal, semi-evangelistic, semi-evergreen, semi-evident, semi-exclusive, semi-executive, semi-existence, semi-explanation, semi-exposed, semi-extended, semi-famous, semi-fascist, semi-fast, semi-fasts, semi-federal, semi-female, semi-fermented, semi-feudal, semi-feudalism, semi-fiction, semi-fictional, semi-fictionalised, semi-fictitious, semi-figuration, semi-film, semi-film-star, semi-final, semi-finalist, semi-finalists, semi-finals, semi-finished, semi-finished product, semi-fit, semi-fixed, semi-fixed munition, semi-flat, semi-flexible, semi-flirtatious, semi-floating, semi-fluency, semi-fluid, semi-fly, semi-formal, semi-fortified, semi-fossilised, semi-fossorial, semi-fractured, semi-free, semi-friendly, semi-frigid, semi-frivolously, semi-frozen, semi-full, semi-functioning, semi-gloss, semi-gothic, semi-government, semi-grey, semi-hard, semi-hardcore, semi-hard-on, semi-hardship, semi-hardwood, semi-hereditary, semi-hermetic, semi-hermetically, semi-hidden, semi-holiday, semi-hollow, semi-horrible, semi-housetrained, semi-human, semi-humanity, semi-humanoid, semi-humorous, semi-huts, semi-hypnotized, semi-hysterical, semi-idleness, semi-illiterate, semi-imaginary, semi-immediately, semi-imperialist, semi-independence, semi-independent, semi-independent-past, semi-indeterminate, semi-indifference, semi-industrial, semi-inebriated, semi-inebriation, semi-infinite, semi-inflated, semi-innocent, semi-institutional, semi-institutionalized, semi-insulator, semi-intensive, semi-interpreters, semi-invalid, semi-invariant, semi-invisible, semi-isolated, semi-isolation, Semi-italio, semi-itinerant, semi-joked, semi-jokes, semi-judicial, semi-killed, semi-labour, semi-landlord, semi-layback, semi-legal, semi-legality, semi-legendary, semi-legends, semi-lethal, semi-liberated, semi-lifeless, semi-liquid, semi-literacy, semi-literally, semi-literate, semi-literature, semi-local, semi-log, semi-logarithmic, semi-longitudinal, semi-long-term, semi-love, semi-luxuries, semi-luxury, semi-magical, semi-maintained, semi-major, semi-mancunians, semi-manufacture, semi-manufactured, semi-manufactured article, semi-manufactured goods, semi-manufactures, semi-market, semi-matt, semi-matter, semi-mature, semi-mechanical, semi-melodramatic, semi-melody, semi-meronym, semi-militaristic, semi-military, semi-milled, semi-minims, semi-minor, semi-modular, semi-moist, semi-monocoque, semi-monsters, semi-monthly, semi-moratorium, semi-motorway, semi-mounted, semi-mystic, semi-mystical, semi-mythical, semi-naked, semi-nakedness, semi-national, semi-natural, semi-nautical, semi-negative, semi-negatives, semi-newspaper, semi-nomadic, semi-nomadism, semi-nomads, semi-nude, semi-nudity, semi-objective, semi-obligatory, semi-obscurity, semi-occlusion, semi-octagonal, semi-official, semi-official organ, semi-officially, semi-opacity, semi-opaque, semi-opaques, semi-open, semi-ordered, semi-organic, semi-organized, semi-oriental, semi-pacca, semi-palaces, semi-palmated, semi-papal, semi-paragraph, semi-paralysed, semi-partisan, semi-partitioned, semi-pastoral, semi-pauses, semi-peat, Semi-Pelagian, Semi-Pelagianism, semi-penal, semi-pendant, semi-perforated, semi-peripheral, semi-periphery, semi-permanent, semi-permanently, semi-permanents, semi-permeable, semi-permissive, semi-personal, semi-pervious, semi-phosphoric, semi-photographic, semi-pluralism, semi-pointed, semi-polemical, semi-polished, semi-political, semi-popish, semi-popular, semi-pornographic, semi-portable, semi-posterior, semi-powershift, semi-precious, semi-precious stone, semi-preparative, semi-preserved, semi-presidential, semi-private, semi-pro, semi-processed, semi-products, semi-profession, semi-professional, semi-professionals, semi-professions, semi-proletarian, semi-proletarianisation, semi-proletariat, semi-prone, semi-proportion, semi-pros, semi-prostrate, semi-psychedelic, semi-psychotic, semi-public, semi-purdah, semi-pureed, semi-quango, semi-quantitabe, semi-quantitative, semi-quantitatively, semi-quaver, semi-quavers, semi-radial, semi-range, semi-rapide, semi-raps, semi-rat, semi-rational, semi-realistic, semi-realities, semi-recessed, semi-reclined, semi-reclining, semi-recluses, semi-recognition, semi-recumbent, semi-refined, semi-reformation, Semi-reformers, semi-regal, semi-regular, semi-regulars, semi-relevant, semi-religious, semi-remote, semi-repression, semi-republican, semi-residential, semi-rest, semi-resting, semi-retail, semi-retire, semi-retired, semi-retirement, semi-retractable, semi-reverberant, semi-rigid, semi-rigidity, semi-rigorous, semi-rimming, semi-ripe, semi-rock, semi-romanesque, semi-rotary, semi-rough, semi-roundel, semi-roundels, semi-royal, semi-rs, semi-ruin, semi-ruinous, semi-rural, semi-sa, semi-sacerdotal, semi-sacred, semi-sailor, semi-salt, semi-savage, Semi-Saxon, semi-scientific, semi-scots, semi-screech, semi-secret, semi-sedentary, semi-self, semi-self-maintained, semi-semi-disfranchisement, semi-senior, semi-sentient, semi-separatist, semi-serious, semi-seriously, semi-seriousness, semi-servile, semi-servitude, semi-set, semi-settlement, semi-shade, semi-shady, semi-shaven, semi-shaven-headed, semi-sheltered, semi-shrug, semi-sightseers, semi-situationist, semi-skeletal, semi-skilled, semi-skimmed, semi-skimmed milk, semi-slash, semi-slave-like, semi-slavery, semi-slaves, semi-slum, semi-social, semi-socialist, semi-soft, semi-solid, semi-solid food, semi-solidified, semi-span, semi-sparkling, semi-sparkling, semi-specialism, semi-specialist, semi-spherical, semi-spin, semi-spoken, semi-spontaneous, semi-spoof, semi-sporting, semi-stable, semi-staged, semi-staging, semi-stagnant, semi-stalled, semi-standard, semi-standardised, semi-stardom, semi-starvation, semi-stasis, semi-state, semi-state-owned, semi-static, semi-statistical, semi-statutory, semi-steamed, semi-stiff, semi-still, semi-stopper, semi-straight, semi-stranger, semi-strangled, semi-strip, semi-strong, semi-structured, semi-stuctured, semi-stylized, semi-submerged, semi-submersible, semi-submersibles, semi-suicidal, semi-sung, semi-sunken, semi-supervised, semi-surrealistic, semi-surreptitious, semi-sweet, semi-symphonic, semi-synthesise, semi-synthetic, semi-tale, semi-talented, semi-tarrasch, semi-technical, semi-tender, semi-terrestrial, semi-texturised, semi-thickened, semi-thin, semi-token, semi-tone, semi-tough, semi-traditional, semi-trailer, semi-trailing, semi-trained, semi-trance, semi-transparent, semi-troglodyte, semi-tropical, semi-turn, semi-unconscious, semi-underground, semi-undress, semi-undressed, semi-uniform, semi-unity, semi-upright, semi-urban, semi-utopian, semi-variant, semi-vegetarian, semi-vertical, semi-viscous, semi-voluntarily, semi-voluntary, semi-vowel, semi-vowels, semi-waterlogged, semi-wet, semi-whispered, semi-wild, semi-wooded, semi-working, semi-works. | |
Ending with "semi": mini-semi. | |
Containing "semi": demi-semi-quaver, pipe-cum-semi-module. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
semi | 708 | semi mount ring | 41 |
semi truck | 586 | semi conductor | 40 |
semi formal | 537 | fairchild semi | 40 |
semi precious stone | 222 | charmed life lyrics semi | 39 |
semi formal dress | 189 | semi truck part | 36 |
semi pro football | 184 | diamond semi mount | 35 |
semi trailer | 170 | semi truck accessory | 35 |
semi truck for sale | 95 | charmed life semi | 34 |
automatic semi shotgun | 86 | semi precious stone jewelry | 34 |
semi precious | 81 | semi precious jewelry | 33 |
semi nude | 67 | semi permanent lipstick | 33 |
semi precious bead | 67 | semi precious gem | 32 |
semi mount | 65 | semi pro baseball | 32 |
semi soft cheese | 63 | semi formal attire | 30 |
national and semi | 63 | semi formal wear | 30 |
blind charmed eye life lyrics semi third | 56 | semi tech | 30 |
semi truck picture | 55 | semi precious stone bead | 29 |
used semi truck | 53 | semi nude man | 26 |
semi permanent hair color | 51 | remorque semi | 26 |
semi colon | 45 | inground pool semi | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "semi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjysmanalfabet (semi-literate), gjysmëfanrikat (semi-manufactured goods), gjysmë i çmuar (semiprecious, semi-precious stone), gjysmë- (hemi-, semi-). (various references) | |
Arabic | نصف (bisect, bisection, half, halve, one half), جزئي بادئة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | полутвърд (semi-hard, semirigid), полупрозрачен (semi-transparent, translucent, waxen), полуетаж (garret rooms, semi-basement), полумрак (dimness, dusk, half-light, semi-darkness, shade, twilight), полуосъзнат (semi-conscious), полугласна (semi-vowel), полугодишен (half yearly, semi-annual), полугодишно (semi-annually), полу- (demi-, half-, hemi-, quasi-, semi-), полутечен (semi-fluid, viscid, viscous), в полусъзнание (semi-conscious), полуфабрикат (convenience food, ready-to-cook food, semi-manufacture, semi-manufactured article), полуфабрикати (semi-manufactured goods), полускъпоценен камък (semi-precious stone), полусутеренен етаж (semi-basement, sub-basement), полусъблечен (semi-dressed, semi-nude), полусъзнание (semi-consciousness, stupor), полусъзнателен (partly conscious, semi-conscious), официоз (semi-official organ), полуграмотен (half-educated, semi-literate). (various references) | |
Chinese | 半 (HALF, Semi-). (various references) | |
Czech | polo-. (various references) | |
Danish | semihermetisk kompressor (accessible hermetic compressor unit, field service compressor unit, semi-hermetic compressor unit, semi-hermetically sealed compressor unit), semi-empirisk lov (semi-empirical law), semi-empirisk middelvaerdi (semi-empirical mean value), semihermetisk kondenseringsaggregat (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), semiinvariant (semi-invariant), semi-kontinuerlig signalering (half duplex, half-duplex, semi-duplex), semikvantitativt bedømt koncentration (semi-quantitatively evaluated concentration), semi-okklusiv forbinding (semi-occlusive dressing), semipermeabel zone (semi-pervious zone, transition zone), semi-variationsbredde (semi-range), smikkesten (gemstone, semi-precious stone), specialarbejder (labourer, metal sawyer, semi-skilled worker, specialised worker, specialized worker), semipositivt presseværktøj (landed plunger mold, landed positive mold, semi-positive mould), semi-empirisk masseformel (semi-empirical mass formula), halvfin (semi-fine), halvautomatisk lægning (semiautomatic dropping, semi-automatic feed), halvautomatisk orddeling (prompted hyphenation, semi-automatic hyphenation), halvautomatisk vaaben (repeating gun, repetition firing gun, self-loading gun, semi-automatic gun), halvbleget cellulose (partly bleached pulp, semi-bleached pulp), halvdybdeterapi (semi-deep radiotherapy), halvelliptisk bolge (semi-elliptic waves), halvfærdige varer (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), halvfabrikat (intermediate, semi-finished goods, semi-manufacture, semi-manufactured product), halvfabrikata (goods in process, green, half wrought timber, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), halvfed skrift (semi-bold), halvhermetisk kompressor (accessible hermetic compressor unit, field service compressor unit, semi-hermetic compressor unit, semi-hermetically sealed compressor unit), halvaedelsten (gemstone, semi-precious stone), halvhårdt rum (semi-reverberant field), flydende staldgoedning (liquid manure, muck-slurry, semi-liquid manure, sludge, slurrey, slurry), halvgennemtrængelig zone (semi-pervious zone, transition zone), halvflydende goedning (liquid manure, semi-liquid manure, slurry), halvfast (semi-solid), flydende staldgødning (liquid manure, semi-liquid manure, slurry), ajle (black liquid, liquid manure, manure effluent, semi-liquid manure, slurry), de saakaldte semisubmersible/halvnedsaenkbare platforme hviler ved hjaelp af ben paa flydende pontoner,der ved ballastering nedsaenkes til betydelige dybder (or floats, semi-submersible platforms are supported by a system of tubular members and stabilising columns connected to pontoons, which are ballasted to a draught of 20 metres or more), delvis bleget masse (partly bleached pulp, semi-bleached pulp), delvis opret (semi-erect), delvis skummet maelk (semi-skimmed milk), delvis sleben ris (semi-milled rice), gylle (liquid manure, muck-slurry, semi-liquid manure, sludge, slurrey, slurry), elasticitetsteori med begrænset antal frihedsgrader (semi-rigid theory), halvårlig publikation (semi-annual publication), halvstiv automatisk kobling (semi-rigid automatic coupling), fritgående-int. (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), halvkoks (semi coke), halv dupleks (half duplex, half-duplex, half-duplex circuit, semi-duplex), halv duplex (half duplex, half-duplex, semi-duplex), halv middel springtidsforskel mellem hoej-og lavvande (on a day of mean equinoctial springs, semi-range of the tide at a port), halv variationsbredde (semi-range), Dobbelthus (semi-detached houses), modificeret hud (semi-mucosa). (various references) | |
Dutch | semi-fosforhoudend ruwijzer (semi-phosphoric pig iron), samengestelde verharding (semi-rigid pavement), scharnierloze rotor (semi-rigid rotor), semi-bemand station (semi-attended station), semi-bewaakt station (semi-attended station), semi-bungalow (one-and-a-half-storey house, semi-bungalow), semi-empirische gemiddelde waarde (semi-empirical mean value), semi-empirische wet (semi-empirical law), semi-galmend geluidveld (semi-reverberant field), semi-hermetische compressor (accessible hermetic compressor unit, field service compressor unit, semi-hermetic compressor unit, semi-hermetically sealed compressor unit), semi-hermetische compressor condensoraggregaat (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), semi-invariant (semi-invariant), semi-mucosa (semi-mucosa), semi-occlusief verband (semi-occlusive dressing), semi-transparante verf (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour), semi-kooks (semi coke), semi-empirische massaformule (semi-empirical mass formula), halfintrekbaar onderstel (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage), halfdoorzichtig blad (semi-transparent blade), halfdroog (semi-dry), halfduplex (either-way communication, half duplex, half-duplex, semi-duplex, two-way alternate communication, two-way alternate data communication), half-duplex (half duplex, half-duplex, semi-duplex), halfedelsteen (gemstone, semi-precious stone), half-elliptische golf (semi-elliptic waves), halfester (half-ester, semi-ester), halffabrikaat (intermediate, semi-finished goods, semi-manufacture, semi-manufactured product), halffabrikaten (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), halfjaarlijks berekende coupon (half-yearly coupon, semi-annual coupon), halfhoek (semi-angle), half-gehard glas (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), halfgebleekte pulp (partly bleached pulp, semi-bleached pulp), half-bereik (semi-range), halfgebleekt (semi-white), geoefende (semi-skilled worker, specialised worker), halffijn (semi-fine), halfjaarlijkse coupon (half-yearly coupon, semi-annual coupon), geschoolde arbeider (expert, journeyman, labourer, qualified worker, semi-skilled worker, skilled artisan, skilled labour, skilled labourer, skilled worker, specialist, specialized worker), cumulant (cumulant, half-invariant, semi-variant), de z.g.diepdrijvende platforms rustens via zuilen op pontons die,door volpompen met water,op grote diepte worden gebracht (or floats, semi-submersible platforms are supported by a system of tubular members and stabilising columns connected to pontoons, which are ballasted to a draught of 20 metres or more), drijfmest (liquid manure, muck-slurry, semi-liquid manure, sludge, slurrey, slurry), dubbele eengezinshuizen (semi-detached houses), dunne mest (liquid manure, muck-slurry, semi-liquid manure, sludge, slurrey, slurry), eieren van hennen met vrije uitloop (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), elasticiteitstheorie met eindig aantal graden van vrijheid (semi-rigid theory), geschoolde arbeidskracht (labourer, semi-skilled worker, specialized worker), halfvast (semi-solid), halfautomatische voeding (semiautomatic dropping, semi-automatic feed), halfjaarlijkse uitgave (semi-annual publication), gier (liquid manure, muck-water, stale, turn, vulture), goederen in bewerking (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), half verval bij gemiddeld springtij (on a day of mean equinoctial springs, semi-range of the tide at a port). (various references) | |
Finnish | sivupursemuotti (landed plunger mold, landed positive mold, semi-positive mould), simpleksi (half duplex, half-duplex, semi-duplex, simplex), semi-invariantti (semi-invariant), läpikuultava lasiväri (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour), puolijäykän rakenteen teoria (semi-rigid theory), puolijähmeä (semi-solid), puolihermeettinen lauhdutinyksikkö (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), puolihermeettinen kompressoriyksikkö (accessible hermetic compressor unit, field service compressor unit, semi-hermetic compressor unit, semi-hermetically sealed compressor unit), puoliempiirinen laki (semi-empirical law), puoliempiirinen keskiarvo (semi-empirical mean value), puoliautomaattinen tavutus (prompted hyphenation, semi-automatic hyphenation), puoliautomaattinen (semi-automatic), puoliaavikko (semi-desert), puoleksi läpikuultava (semi-transparent), majolikalasiväri (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour), puolijäykkä automaattikytkin (semi-rigid automatic coupling), lietelanta (black liquid, liquid manure, manure effluent, semi-liquid manure, slurry), puolijäykkä roottori (semi-rigid rotor), kumulantti (cumulant, half-invariant, semi-invariant, semi-variant), kevytmaito (partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk), keskeneräiset työt (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), keskeneräiset tuotteet (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), fosforiharkkorauta (Cleveland pig iron, high phosphorus, phosphoric iron, phosphoric pig iron, pig iron, semi-phosphoric pig iron), erikoisammattimies (labourer, semi-skilled worker, specialized worker), ehdotettu tavutus (prompted hyphenation, semi-automatic hyphenation), arvoalueen puoliväli (semi-range), ajoittain miehitetty asema (semi-attended station), lievästi karkaistu lasi (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), puolilihava (semi-bold), vajaavalkaistu massa (partly bleached pulp, semi-bleached pulp), välivyöhyke (intermediate zone, semi-pervious zone, transition zone), väliliemi (semi-thickened black liquor), välikerros (interlayer, semi-pervious zone, transition zone), välierät (semi-finals), puolivalvottu proseduuri (semi-supervised procedure), puolivalmiste (semimanufactured article), puolivalkaistu massa (partly bleached pulp, semi-bleached pulp), puolisynteettinen hiekka (semi-synthetic sand), puolipysty (semi-erect), puolijäykkä ilmalaiva (semi-rigid airship), puolimakea (semi-sweet), aihio (billet, blank, optical blank, preform, pressing, semi-finished products, semis, slug), puolikulma (semi-angle), puolikuiva kuohuviini (semi dry sparkling wine), puolikuiva (semi-dry), puolikova kuitulevy (medium board, semi-board), puolikoksi (semi coke), puolikiinteä lanta (liquid manure, semi-liquid manure, slurry), puolikiinteä (semi-solid), puolikaiuntainen huone (semi-reverberant field), vuorosuuntainen (half duplex, half-duplex, half-duplex circuit, semi-duplex). (various references) | |
French | semi-coke (semi coke), sable semi-synthétique (semi-synthetic sand), savon mi-cuit (semi-boiled soap), semi-amplitude (semi-range), semi-désert (semi-desert), semi-duplex (semi-duplex), semi-invariant (semi-invariant, semi-variant), semi-mensuel (semi-monthly), semi-nomade (semi-nomadic), semi-solide (semi-solid), semi-voyelles (semi-vowels), station semi-surveillée (semi-attended station), semi- (semi-), façonnage en pâte fermé (semi-plastic making), demi-clair (semi-white), demi-doux (semi-sweet), demi-dressant (semi-steep), demi-fin (semi-fine), demi-finale (semi final), demi-gras (semi-bold), demi-produit (semi-finished goods, semi-manufacture, semi-manufactured product), demi-produits (semi-finished products, semis), demi-rond (semi-round), demi-sec (semi-dry), dirigeable semi-rigide (semi-rigid airship), emplois semi-protégés (semi-sheltered employment), en cours de production (semi-manufactured goods), coupon semestriel (semi-annual coupon), fromage demi-étuvé (semi-hard cheese), fumier semi-liquide (semi-liquid manure), graphique logarithmique (semi-logarithmic graph), graphique semi-logarithmique (semi-logarithmic graph), groupe frigorifique hermétique accessible (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), fève demi-noire (semi-black bean), joint semi-rigide en acier (semi-rigid steel joint), fève partiellement noire (semi-black bean), lait allégé (semi-skimmed milk), demi-angle (semi-angle), lait demi-écrémé (semi-skimmed milk), lait demi-écrémé en poudre (semi-skimmed-milk powder), fonte semi-phosphoreuse (semi-phosphoric pig iron), formule semi-empirique de masse (semi-empirical mass formula), groupe frigorifique semi-hermétique (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), classification semi-supervisée (semi supervised classification), alimentation semi-automatique (semiautomatic dropping, semi-automatic feed), apprentissage semi-supervisé (semi-supervised procedure), arme à répétition (self-loading gun, semi-automatic gun), assemblage semi-rigide en acier (semi-rigid steel joint), attelage automatique semi-rigide (semi-rigid automatic coupling), bidirectionnel non simultané (semi-duplex), bimensuel (semi-monthly). (various references) | |
German | halb- (demi, semi-). (various references) | |
Greek | ημιτελικόσ (semi final), ημίκαμπτο κουτί (semi-rigid container), ημίκαμπτος περιέκτης (semi-rigid container), ημι- (semi-), ημιδιαφανές χρώμα (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour), ημιδιαφανές έλασμα (semi-transparent blade), ημιδιαπερατός επίδεσμος (semi-occlusive dressing), ημι-θετικό καλούπι (landed plunger mold, landed positive mold, semi-positive mould), ημι-αναλλλοίωτος (semi-invariant), ημιτελή προϊόντα (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), ημίγλυκος (semi-sweet), ημι-αυτόματος συλλαβισμός (prompted hyphenation, semi-automatic hyphenation), ημιαυτόματοσ (semi automatic), ημιαυτόματη τροφοδοσία (semiautomatic dropping, semi-automatic feed), ημιαποκορυφωμένο γάλα (semi-skimmed milk), ημιαμφίδρομος (half duplex), ημιανθρακίτησ (semi-anthracite), ημιαντηχητικό πεδίο (semi-reverberant field), Eλαφρά σκληρημένο γυαλί (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), ημιοπτάνθραξ (semi coke), λογαριθμικό διάγραμμα (logarithmic graph, semi-logarithmic graph), ψυκτικό συγκρότημα σε κλειστό περίβλημα (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), δεκαπενθήμερο (fortnight), διπλής εναλλακτικής κατευθύνσεως (half duplex, half-duplex, semi-duplex), θεωρία της ημιάκαμπτης δομής (semi-rigid theory), ομοιώματα ημισταθεράς κοίτης (semi-rigid model), οι ημιβυθιζόμενες εξέδρες στηρίζονται με τη βοήθεια στηλών πάνω σε βυθισμένους πλωτήρες ή ποντόνια,δια ερματισμού,σε σημαντικά βάθη (semi-submersible platforms are supported by a system of tubular members and stabilising columns connected to pontoons), αθροιστικός (cumulative), αφρώδης ημίξηρος οίνος (semi dry sparkling wine), ημίστερρο στροφείο (semi-rigid rotor), αυγά περιορισμένης βοσκής (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), ημίστερρο αερόπλοιο (semi-rigid airship), επαναληπτικό όπλο (repeater), εξαμηνιαία έκδοση (semi-annual publication), εξειδικευμένος εργαζόμενος (semi-skilled worker, specialised worker), εξειδικευμένος εργάτης (labourer, semi-skilled worker, specialized worker), ημί- (semi-), ημίφωνοι φθόγγοι (semi-vowels), ημίξηρος (semi-dry), ημιανεξάρτητη κατοικία (semi-detached), αυτόματη ημι-ελαστική ζεύξη (semi-rigid automatic coupling), μεταβατική ζώνη (buffer, interface, semi-pervious zone, transition belt, transition zone, working zone), ημισυμπυκνωμένο μαύρο υγρό (semi-thickened black liquor), ημισυνθετική άμμος (semi-synthetic sand), ημι-έντονα (semi-bold), ημι-κατεργασμένα προϊόντα (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), ημικατεργασμένα προϊόντα (semi-finished products, semis), ημι-κύμανση (semi-range), ημικύκλιο (semi circle, semicircle), ημιαναλλοίωτος (cumulant, half-invariant, semi-variant), περιορισμένης βοσκής (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs). (various references) | |
Hebrew | למחצה (half). (various references) | |
Hungarian | félig-, fél- (hemi-, semi-). (various references) | |
Indonesian | semi (half). (various references) | |
Italian | mezzo (average, center, centre, equipment, half, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, mid, middle, midst, the middle, vehicle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 半ば (half, halfway, middle, partly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なかば (half, halfway, middle, partly), じゅん (10-day period, aim, apply correspondingly, associate, be proportionate to, chaste, conform to, correspond to, excellence, genius, innocent, level, order, pure, quasi, quasi-, rule, semi-, standard, turn). (various references) | |
Korean | 반 (Halves, Semi-). (various references) | |
Manx | lieh-hie (semi-detached). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | semicoque (semi coke), semi-ângulo (semi-angle), semidesértico (semi-desert), semimucosa (semi-mucosa), seminómada (semi-nomadic), semi-produtos (semi-finished products, semis), semi-sólido (semi-solid), semivogais (semi-vowels), solicitação semi-rígida (semi-rigid action), suberecto (semi-erect), semi- (semi-), dirigível semi-rígido (semi-rigid airship), lixívia negra forte (semi-thickened black liquor), linha coaxial semi-rígida (semi-rigid coaxial line), ligação semi-rígida (semi-rigid connection), licor negro semi-concentrado (semi-thickened black liquor), licor negro forte (semi-thickened black liquor), leite semi-desnatado (semi-skimmed milk), lei semi-empírica (semi-empirical law), lâmina semitransparente (semi-transparent blade), hifenização semi-automática (prompted hyphenation, semi-automatic hyphenation), gusa semi-fosforosa (semi-phosphoric pig iron), grupo frigorífico semi-hermético (semi-hermetically sealed condensing unit), excreta sólido + urina + águas de lavagem (liquid manure, semi-liquid manure, slurry), engate automático semirígido (semi-rigid automatic coupling), casas gémeas (semi-detached houses), cor semi-transparente (majolica colour, semi-transparent colour), concentração avaliada semi-quantitativamente (semi-quantitatively evaluated concentration), meio- (mid-, semi-), antracite (hard-coal), mucosa dos orifícios naturais (semi-mucosa), areia semi-sintética (semi-synthetic sand), arma de repetição (repeater), arroz semibranqueado (semi-milled rice), bimensal (semimonthly), caixa semi-rígida (semi-rigid container), campo semi-reverberante (semi-reverberant field), cartão semi-duro (medium board, semi-board), estação semivigiada (semi-attended station), produtos em curso (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), vidro semi-temperado (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), vidro semi-endurecido (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), vidro parcialmente temperado (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), vidro ligeiramente endurecido (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), valor médio semi-empírico (semi-empirical mean value), trem semi-retráctil (kneeling-type undercarriage, kneel-type landing gear, semi-retractable landing gear, semi-retractable undercarriage), trabalhos em curso (goods in process, partly finished goods, semi-manufactured goods, work in progress), trabalhador especializado (semi-skilled worker, specialised worker), teoria da estrutura semi-rigida (semi-rigid theory), rotor semi-rígido (semi-rigid rotor), radioterapia semiprofunda (semi-deep radiotherapy). (various references) | |
Romanian | semiconductor (semi-conductor), semi- (half-, semi-), semiîntuneric (half-dark, semi-darkness, shade), semiautomat (semi automatic), semiconştient (semi-conscious), semitransparent (semi-transparent, translucent), semicristalin (hemicrystalline, semi-crystalline), semifabricat (half-finished, semi-finished), semifabricate (semi-products), semifeudal (semi-feudal), semioficial (semi-official, semi-officially), semiproletar (semi-proletarian), semicolonial (semi-colonial), demisol (semi-basement), penumbrã (Penumbra, semi-darkness), oficios (officious, semi-official). (various references) | |
Russian | полу (semi-). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | polu (demy, half, hemi-). (various references) | |
Spanish | semi (half), casa semiseparada. (various references) | |
Swedish | semikolon (semicolon, semi-colon), halvt fristående (semi-detached), halvofficiella (semi-official), halvfabrikat (semi-manufactures), halvårsvis (semi-annually). (various references) | |
Thai | ท่อครึ่งวงกลมของหูชั้นในซึ่งทำหน้าที่รักษาสมดุลของร่างกาย (semi-circular canal), กึ่งทางการ (semi-official). (various references) | |
Turkish | yarıyıllık (semi-annual), yarım (half, hemi-, mezzo-, semi-), yarı bodrum (semi-basement), yarı (half, hemi-, meta-, moiety, part-, quasi, quasi-, semi-), altı ayda bir olan (semi-annual). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | студент другого курсу університету. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nửa chính thức (semi-official), bán nguyệt san (semi-monthly), cách bức tường (semi-detached), cái cười nửa miệng (semi-smile), chất nửa lỏng (semi-fluid), chất sền sệt (semi-fluid), hình nửa trụ (semi-cylinder), hai lần một ngày nửa ngày (semi-diurnal), kéo dài nửa năm (semi-annual), kéo dài nửa ngày (semi-diurnal), bán khai (semi-civilized), nửa công khai (semi-pubic), tranh tối tranh sáng (semi-darkness), nửa năm một lần lâu nửa năm (semi-annual), nửa quân sự (paramilitary, semi-military), nửa tự động (semi-automatic), nửa tỉnh (semi-conscious), nửa thấm (semi-permeable), nửa vòng tròn (semicircle, semi-circumference), tình trạng bán khai (semi-barbarism), tạp chí một tuần ra hai kỳ (semi-weekly), tạp chí nửa tháng ra một kỳ (semi-monthly), kéo dài năm mươi năm (semi-centennial). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | semi-erectus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "semi": semiabstract, semiabstraction, semiabstractions, semiannual, semiannually, semiaquatic, semiarboreal, semiarid, semiaridities, semiaridity, semiautobiographical, semiautomatic, semiautomatically, semiautomatics, semiautonomous, semibald, semibreve, semibreves, semicentennial, semicentennials, semicircle, semicircles, semicircular, semicivilized, semiclassic, semiclassical, semiclassics, semicolon, semicolonial, semicolonialism, semicolonialisms, semicolonies, semicolons, semicolony, semicoma, semicomas, semicommercial, semiconducting, semiconductor, semiconductors, semiconscious, semiconsciousness, semiconsciousnesses, semiconservative, semiconservatively, semicrystalline, semicylindrical, semidarkness, semidarknesses, semideaf, semideified. (additional references) | |
Words containing "semi": demisemiquaver, demisemiquavers, disseminate, disseminated, disseminates, disseminating, dissemination, disseminations, disseminator, disseminators, disseminule, disseminules, emphysemic, furosemide, furosemides, galactosemia, galactosemias, galactosemic, gelsemia, gelsemium, gelsemiums, hemidemisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquavers, horsemint, horsemints, hypomagnesemia, hypomagnesemias, inseminate, inseminated, inseminates, inseminating, insemination, inseminations, inseminator, inseminators, polysemies, proseminar, proseminars, sinsemilla, sinsemillas, thalassemia, thalassemias, thalassemic, thalassemics, trisemic. (additional references) | |
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"Semi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asema, cemi, emi, Esema, esempio, Esma, esme, Esmee, Eswi, Kemi, Msomi, nemi, Osumi, Saim, sammi, samo, Samu, sbem, sdem, Sebi, sedi, Sediq, Seeli, seemar, seemy, Sefi, sei, Seim, Seima, sejm, seki, selm, sem, Semaf, semb, Semel, semic, semin, semit, Semix, Semlin, semme, semmit, Semmy, semn, Semsi, semt, semur, semy, seni, senia, senic, senip, senir, seno, senoi, senti, sepi, seri, serii, seti, sewi, sexi, Seym, sfem, sgem, shefi, Shemin, shemu, sifi, Siim, simi, simic, Simy, sjem, sme, S'me, smea, smec, smei, smek, smeo, smep, smey, smi, snem, somi, somy, sqem, srem, ssm, stemi, sumi, Sumie, sumy, svem, sxei, sxem, syem, temi, zami, zem, zeme, zemi, zeni. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mise. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-s" | |
-1 letter: ems, ism, mis, sei, sim. | |
-2 letters: em, es, is, me, mi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-s" | |
+1 letter: amies, deism, dimes, disme, emirs, emits, items, limes, mesic, metis, miens, mikes, miles, mimes, mines, mires, miser, mises, mites, mixes, rimes, seism, semis, slime, smile, smite, stime, times. | |
+2 letters: ageism, aimers, amices, amides, amines, animes, armies, bedims, bemist, biomes, camise, cesium, chimes, climes, crimes, deisms, demies, demise, demits, denims, dermis, desmid, dimers, dismes, egoism, elemis, emails, emesis, eonism, fermis, gimels, gimmes, glimes, grimes, hemins, images, imbeds, imbues, imides, imines, immesh, immies, impels, impose, inmesh, inseam, isomer, kelims, kermis, kismet, limens, limeys, mailes, maizes, mamies, mashie, mavies, medias, medics, medius, merits, mesial, mesian, miches, midges, milers, milles, mimeos, mimers, minces, miners, minkes, minxes, mioses, misate, miscue, miseat, misers, misery, misled, mislie, mismet, mispen, missed, missel, misses, misset, misted, mister, misuse, miters, mitres, mixers, mizens, moires, molies, monies, movies, moxies, muesli, muskie, oximes, primes, ramies, remise, remiss, remits, rimers, rimose, samiel, samite, seisms, semina, sexism, simile, simmer, simnel, simper, simple, slimed, slimes, smidge, smiled, smiler, smiles, smiley, smiter, smites, somite, spirem, stimes, stymie, theism, timers, tmesis, verism, vermis. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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