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semi

See also: Semi, ṣemi, şemî, semi-, -semi, and семи

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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[1]:
      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

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From semo +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsemi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to sow

Conjugation

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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

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  • dissemi (“scatter; disseminate”)

Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsemi/, [ˈs̠e̞mi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation(key): se‧mi

Adjective

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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

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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

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semi (colloquial)

  1. partial tumescence, semi-erection
    Synonym: puolierektio

Declension

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Inflection of semi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative semi semit
genitive semin semien
partitive semiä semejä
illative semiin semeihin
singular plural
nominative semi semit
accusative nom. semi semit
gen. semin
genitive semin semien
partitive semiä semejä
inessive semissä semeissä
elative semistä semeistä
illative semiin semeihin
adessive semillä semeillä
ablative semiltä semeiltä
allative semille semeille
essive seminä semeinä
translative semiksi semeiksi
abessive semittä semeittä
instructive — semein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of semi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative semini semini
accusative nom. semini semini
gen. semini
genitive semini semieni
partitive semiäni semejäni
inessive semissäni semeissäni
elative semistäni semeistäni
illative semiini semeihini
adessive semilläni semeilläni
ablative semiltäni semeiltäni
allative semilleni semeilleni
essive seminäni semeinäni
translative semikseni semeikseni
abessive semittäni semeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — semeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative semisi semisi
accusative nom. semisi semisi
gen. semisi
genitive semisi semiesi
partitive semiäsi semejäsi
inessive semissäsi semeissäsi
elative semistäsi semeistäsi
illative semiisi semeihisi
adessive semilläsi semeilläsi
ablative semiltäsi semeiltäsi
allative semillesi semeillesi
essive seminäsi semeinäsi
translative semiksesi semeiksesi
abessive semittäsi semeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — semeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative semimme semimme
accusative nom. semimme semimme
gen. semimme
genitive semimme semiemme
partitive semiämme semejämme
inessive semissämme semeissämme
elative semistämme semeistämme
illative semiimme semeihimme
adessive semillämme semeillämme
ablative semiltämme semeiltämme
allative semillemme semeillemme
essive seminämme semeinämme
translative semiksemme semeiksemme
abessive semittämme semeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — semeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative seminne seminne
accusative nom. seminne seminne
gen. seminne
genitive seminne semienne
partitive semiänne semejänne
inessive semissänne semeissänne
elative semistänne semeistänne
illative semiinne semeihinne
adessive semillänne semeillänne
ablative semiltänne semeiltänne
allative semillenne semeillenne
essive seminänne semeinänne
translative semiksenne semeiksenne
abessive semittänne semeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — semeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative seminsä seminsä
accusative nom. seminsä seminsä
gen. seminsä
genitive seminsä semiensä
partitive semiään
semiänsä 		semejään
semejänsä
inessive semissään
semissänsä 		semeissään
semeissänsä
elative semistään
semistänsä 		semeistään
semeistänsä
illative semiinsä semeihinsä
adessive semillään
semillänsä 		semeillään
semeillänsä
ablative semiltään
semiltänsä 		semeiltään
semeiltänsä
allative semilleen
semillensä 		semeilleen
semeillensä
essive seminään
seminänsä 		semeinään
semeinänsä
translative semikseen
semiksensä 		semeikseen
semeiksensä
abessive semittään
semittänsä 		semeittään
semeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — semeineen
semeinensä

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Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay semi (“shoot, sprout”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [səˈmi]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi

Noun

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sêmi (uncountable)

  1. shoot, sprout
    Synonyms: taruk, tunas
  2. (dialect) sprouting

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Italian

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Noun

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semi m

  1. plural of seme

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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semi

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

Middle English

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Verb

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semi

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

Old Norse

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Verb

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semi

  1. third-person active present subjunctive of semja

Pali

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Verb

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semi

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Clipping of semifinal.

Noun

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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[3]:
    • 2022 March 16, Aimara G. Gil, “El Barcelona sigue intratable y se mete en semis con otra goleada”, in As‎[4]:
    • 2021 August 19, Lautaro Tiburzio, “No habrá cuarteto de brasileños en semis: Barcelona eliminó a Fluminense”, in Bolavip‎[5], archived from the original on 29 August 2021:

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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semi

  1. plural of usemi

Swedish

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Noun

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semi c

  1. Clipping of semifinal.

Declension

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Declension of semi
nominative genitive
singular indefinite semi semis
definite semin semins
plural indefinite semifinaler semifinalers
definite semifinalerna semifinalernas

Venetan

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Adjective

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semi

  1. masculine plural of semo
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