quasi

Etymology

From Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkweɪ.zaɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑ.zi/, /ˈkwɑ.zaɪ/

Adjective

quasi (not comparable)

1. resembling or having a likeness to something
   • 2000, Henry Martyn Robert; Sarah Corbin Robert, Robert's Rules of Order, 10th revised edition, page 522:

     The presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the chair himself throughout its proceedings.

Adverb

quasi

1. almost, nearly, quasi

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) kwasi

Etymology

From Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋaːzi/

• Audio

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Adverb

quasi

1. quasi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.zi/

Adverb

quasi

1. (dated, colloquial, regional or literary) almost, nearly

Further reading

• “quasi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• quais

Etymology

From Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvaːzi]

• Audio (Austria)

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• Audio

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Adverb

quasi

1. effectively, as it were

Further reading

• quasi in Duden online

Etymology

From Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwaː.zi]

Adverb

quasi

1. nearly, almost
2. hardly

Etymology

From quam (“as”) + sī (“if”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.si/, [ˈkʷa.sɪ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.si/, [ˈkwaː.si]

Conjunction

quasi

1. as if
2. as (like)

References

• quasi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quasi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quasi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quasi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    
  • to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
    
  • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): quasi praeteriens, in transitu attingere aliquid
    
  • belief in God is part of every one's nature: omnibus innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum esse deum
    
  • I said en passant, by the way: dixi quasi praeteriens or in transitu
    

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi.

Adverb

quasi

1. almost, nearly

Etymology

From Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.si/, /kwa.zi/

Conjunction

quasi

1. as if, as it were

Adverb

quasi (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of quase