semestre

English

Noun

semestre (plural semestres)

1. Obsolete form of semester.

Anagrams

• semester

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēmēnstris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈmɛs.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈmes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈmes.tɾe]

Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)

1. semester

Derived terms

• semestral

Further reading

• “semestre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semestre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “semestre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semestre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

semestre n

1. indefinite plural of semester

French

Etymology

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.mɛstʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstʁ
• Homophone: semestres

Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)

1. semester
2. semester, term (at a school or university)

Descendants

• Turkish: sömestir

See also

• trimestre

Further reading

• “semestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmɛ.stre/
• Rhymes: -ɛstre
• Hyphenation: se‧mè‧stre

Noun

semestre m (plural semestri)

1. (time) semester, half year

Related terms

• semestrale
• sei

Further reading

• semestre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmɛs.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmɛs.tɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seˈmɛʃ.tɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈmɛs.tɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧tre

Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)

1. a period of six months
2. semester (half of school year)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:semestre.

Coordinate terms

• mês, bimestre, trimestre, quadrimestre

Related terms

• semestral
• semestralidade
• semestralmente
• semestreiro

Further reading

• “semestre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmestɾe/ [seˈmes.t̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -estɾe
• Syllabification: se‧mes‧tre

Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)

1. semester

Derived terms

• semestral

 

Further reading

• “semestre”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish semestre, from Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /seˈmestɾe/ [sɛˈmɛs.t̪ɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -estɾe
• Syllabification: se‧mes‧tre

Noun

semestre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ) (education)

1. semester

   Synonym: hatintaon

Related terms

• semestral
• trimestral
• trimestre

 

Further reading

• “semestre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018