# semi
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛmi/
* (US) IPA: /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsɛmaɪ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmi
* Hyphenation: semi

### Noun

semi (plural semis)
* (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.
* (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.
* (informal) A semifinal.
* (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
** 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys, page 158:The twink got a semi just from that look.
* (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.
** 2023 April 28, “Got Dat Muneh” (track 10, 0:48 from the start), in Summrs (lyrics), GHOST‎: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
### Anagrams

* EMIs, ESMI, IMEs, MSIE, Meis, Sime, eSIM, mise

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From semo +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsemi]
* Rhymes: -emi
* Hyphenation: se‧mi

### Verb

semi (present semas, past semis, future semos, conditional semus, volitive semu)
* (intransitive) to sow

#### Derived terms

* dissemi (“scatter; disseminate”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsemi/, [ˈs̠e̞mi]
* Rhymes: -emi
* Hyphenation: se‧mi

### Adjective

semi (comparative semimpi, superlative semein) (predicative only, colloquial)
* mid, mediocre, not bad, not good
    No se esitys oli aika semi. ― Well, the show was just okay

### Adverb

semi (not comparable) (attributive only, colloquial)
* sort of, kind of, pretty
    Synonyms: aika, jokseenkin, melko
    semi ookoo ― pretty okay
    semi paska ― kind of shit

### Noun

semi (colloquial)
* semi, partial tumescence
    Synonym: puolierektio

#### Declension

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 :

#### Derived terms

* semisti

### Further reading

* “semi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay semi (“shoot, sprout”).
* Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦶ (semi, “sprouting”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [səˈmi]
* Hyphenation: sê‧mi

### Noun

sêmi (uncountable)
* shoot, sprout
    Synonyms: taruk, tunas
* (dialect) sprouting

#### Derived terms

* bersemi

### Further reading

* “semi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Noun

semi m
* plural of seme

### Anagrams

* mesi, mise

## Japanese
### Romanization

semi
* Rōmaji transcription of せみ
* Rōmaji transcription of セミ

## Middle English
### Verb

semi
* Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)

## Old Norse
### Verb

semi
* third-person active present subjunctive of semja

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀲𑁂𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* सेमि (Devanagari script)
* সেমি (Bengali script)
* සෙමි (Sinhalese script)
* သေမိ (Burmese script)
* เสมิ (Thai script)
* ᩈᩮᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ເສມິ (Lao script)
* សេមិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄥𑄬𑄟𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of semifinal.

### Noun

semi f (plural semis)
* (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:
** 2022 March 16, Aimara G. Gil, “El Barcelona sigue intratable y se mete en semis con otra goleada”, in As‎:
** 2021 August 19, Lautaro Tiburzio, “No habrá cuarteto de brasileños en semis: Barcelona eliminó a Fluminense”, in Bolavip‎, archived from the original on 29 August 2021:

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

semi
* plural of usemi

## Swedish
### Noun

semi c
* Clipping of semifinal.

#### Declension
## Venetan
### Adjective

semi
* masculine plural of semo