# semifinal
## English
### Alternative forms

* semi-final

### Etymology

From Latin semifinalis, equivalent to semi- +‎ final.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪnəl

### Noun

semifinal (plural semifinals)
* (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
** 2008 June 14, The Associated Press, “Federer Extends Streak”, in The New York Times‎:Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
** 2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page:In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!
* A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

#### Synonyms

* last four
* semi

#### Derived terms

* semifinalist

#### Related terms

* final
* quarterfinal

#### Descendants

* → Swedish: semifinal
* → Turkish: semifinal

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˌsɛ.mi.fiˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˌse.mi.fiˈnal]

### Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinals)
* semifinal

#### Derived terms

* semifinalista

### Further reading

* “semifinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “semifinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “semifinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “semifinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* semi-final (pre-1990 spelling)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌse.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌse.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˌmi.fiˈnal/ [sɨˌmi.fiˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˌmi.fiˈnal/ [sɨˌmi.fiˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨˌmi.fiˈna.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

### Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinais)
* (sports) semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)
    Synonym: meia-final

## Spanish
### Etymology

From semi- +‎ final.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /semifiˈnal/ [se.mi.fiˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

### Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinales)
* semifinal, semi-final
    Synonym: (colloquial) semi

### Further reading

* “semifinal”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English semifinal, equivalent to semi- +‎ final.

### Noun

semifinal c
* semifinal

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | semifinal | semifinals |
| singular | definite | semifinalen | semifinalens |
| plural | indefinite | semifinaler | semifinalers |
| plural | definite | semifinalerna | semifinalernas |

### References

* semifinal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* semifinal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* semifinal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English semifinal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈmi.fi.nal/
* Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

### Noun

semifinal (definite accusative semifinali, plural semifinaller)
* (sports) semifinal
    Synonyms: dömifinal, yarı final
** 1971, Milliyet Gazetesi:Olimpiyad şampiyonu Davenport ile semifinalde yanşan Milburn mükemmel bir koşu çıkartarak...(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* define
* definisyon
* definitif
* dömifinal
* final
* finalist
* finalite
* finalize
* finans
* finansal
* finansman
* finansör
* finiş
* fino
* prefinansman
* rafine
* rafineri
* röfinansman