# semestre
## English
### Noun

semestre (plural semestres)
* Obsolete form of semester.

### Anagrams

* semester

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [səˈmɛs.tɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [səˈmes.tɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [seˈmes.tɾe]

### Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)
* 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, 2025
* “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
* indefinite plural of semester

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sə.mɛstʁ/
* Rhymes: -ɛstʁ
* Homophone: semestres

### Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)
* semester
* 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: /seˈmɛ.stre/
* Rhymes: -ɛstre
* Hyphenation: se‧mè‧stre

### Noun

semestre m (plural semestri)
* (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: /seˈmɛs.tɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈmɛs.tɾi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seˈmɛʃ.tɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈmɛs.tɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/
* Hyphenation: se‧mes‧tre

### Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)
* a period of six months
* 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, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈmestɾe/ [seˈmes.t̪ɾe]
* Rhymes: -estɾe
* Syllabification: se‧mes‧tre

### Noun

semestre m (plural semestres)
* 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: /seˈmestɾe/ [sɛˈmɛs.t̪ɾɛ]
* Rhymes: -estɾe
* Syllabification: se‧mes‧tre

### Noun

semestre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ) (education)
* semester
    Synonym: hatintaon

#### Related terms

* semestral
* trimestral
* trimestre

### Further reading

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