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semester

See also: Semester

English

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Etymology

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

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English semester.

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  • Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
  • IPA(key): /seˈmesteɾ/ [s̪eˈmis̪.t̪eɾ̪]

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semester

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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.

Danish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

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

  1. semester (half of school year)

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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

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

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  • IPA(key): [səˈmɛstər]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

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sêmèstêr (uncountable)

  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

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Noun

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semester

  1. Alternative form of semestere

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin (cursus) semestris.

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

  1. semester

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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).

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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

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

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