semi-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛmi/, /sɛmaɪ/

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Prefix

semi-

1. half
2. partial, incomplete
3. somewhat, rather, quasi-
   • 1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead

     Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.

References

• Definition of semi - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• EMIs, IMEs, MSIE, Sime, mise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.mi/

Prefix

semi-

1. semi-, demi-, half-

Etymology

From Latin sēmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi (“half”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.mi/, [s̪emi]
• Hyphenation: se‧mi-

Prefix

semi-

1. semi-, demi-, half-

Alternative forms

• sē- (in sēlībra, sēmēstris, sēmodius)
• sēm- (before vowels, e.g. sēmis)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sēmi-/*sēmi. Cognates include Sanskrit सामि (sāmi), Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), and Old High German sami-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seː.mi/, [seː.mɪ]

Prefix

sēmi-

1. half

References

• semi- in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• semi- in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Prefix

semi-

1. semi- (half)
2. semi- (partially)

Prefix

semi-

1. semi- (half)
2. semi- (partially)