# quasi-
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost, as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkweɪzaɪ/, /ˈkweɪsaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
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* (US) IPA: /ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːˌzaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/, /ˈkwɑːsi/
* (Canada) IPA: /kwɑːzi/, /kwæzi/, /-aɪ/, /-ʌɪ/
* Rhymes: -ɑːzi, -ɑːsi
* Homophone: quasi

### Prefix

quasi-
* Almost, virtually.
** 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 18:The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death.
* Apparently, seemingly, or resembling. [from 17th c.]
* To a limited extent or degree, to be somewhat or partially.
** 2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian‎:The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service.

#### Usage notes

* “Quasi-” may be prefixed to nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
* Words derived from quasi- are more often spelled with a hyphen than solid. Using hyphen is recommended by GPO manual. OED2 lists the derived terms as hyphenated.

#### Synonyms

* (almost): pene-, sub-
* (resembling): para-, -oid, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
* (partial): partially, demi-, semi-
* (somewhat): sort of, semi-

#### Derived terms

* English terms prefixed with quasi- quasiabelian quasi-adjective quasi-alliance quasianalytic quasianalytical quasianalyticity quasar quasiarchaeological quasiatomic quasiballistic quasibarrelled quasibialgebra quasibinomial quasiblack quasiboson quasibound quasicentral quasicentroid quasichemical quasicircle quasicircular quasiclassic quasiclassical quasicoaxial quasicoherent quasi-compact quasicompact quasicomplete quasiconcave quasiconcavity quasicondensate quasicondensation quasiconformal quasiconformality quasiconformally quasicontinuous quasicontinuum quasi-contract quasicontractual quasicontroversial quasiconverb quasiconvex quasiconvexity quasicriminal quasicritical quasicrystal quasicrystalline quasicubic quasicycle quasicyclic quasidefinite quasidemocracy quasidemocratic quasiderivation quasi-derivative quasideterminant quasidiagonal quasidiagonality quasi-differentiable quasidifferentiable quasidiscrete quasidisk quasidisorder quasidisordered quasidistribution quasi-divinity quasidocumentary quasidominance quasidominant quasidormant quasidynamical quasieconomic quasielastic quasielectron quasielliptical quasienantiomer quasienantiomeric quasienergy quasiequational quasiequilibrium quasiequivalence quasiequivalent quasiessential quasiexperimental quasifederal quasi-federalist quasiferromagnet quasifeudal quasifield quasifinite quasifission quasifixation quasifree quasigeodesic quasigeostrophic quasigluon quasigovernment quasigovernmental quasigroup quasiharmonic quasihelical quasihemidemisemiquaver quasihexagon quasihexagonal quasihistorical quasihole quasihomogeneous quasihorizontal quasihydrostatic quasihyperarchimedian quasihyperbolic quasiidentity quasiinformation quasi-invariant quasiisometric quasiisometry quasi-isomorphism quasijudicial quasilattice quasilegal quasilegislative quasilikelihood quasilinear quasilinearisation quasilinearity quasilinearization quasilinguistic quasiliteracy quasiliterate quasilocal quasilocalized quasilocally quasi-magical quasimathematical quasimeasure quasimedical quasimeromorphic quasimesenchymal quasimetric quasimicroscopic quasimilitary quasiminimal quasiminimality quasimiraculous quasimodal quasimode quasimodular quasimodularity quasimolecular quasimolecule quasimomentum quasi-money quasimoney quasimonochromatic quasimonoenergetic quasimonomorphic quasimonopolistic quasi-moon quasimunicipal quasimusical quasineutral quasineutrality quasineutron quasinilpotent quasinorm quasinormal quasinumerical quasioptical quasiorder quasipalindrome quasipalindromic quasiparallel quasiparental quasiparticle quasiparticulate quasiparton quasiperfect quasiperiodic quasiperiodicity quasipermanent quasiperpendicular quasipinning quasiplanar quasipolynomial quasipornographic quasipositive quasipotential quasiprimitive quasi-probability quasiprobability quasi-projective quasiproton quasipsychotic quasipublic quasi-stellar object quasiquotation quasiquote quasiquoter quasiracism quasiracist
* quasiaesthetic
* quasiamicable
* quasi-arithmetical
* quasi-art
* quasiatom
* quasi-automatic
* quasi-automatically
* quasi-belief
* quasi-bialgebra
* quasi-classic
* quasi-colloquial
* quasi-continuous
* quasi-continuum
* quasicontraction
* quasi-contractual
* quasi-copula
* quasi-crime
* quasi-crystalline
* quasi-definition
* quasi-deify
* quasi-dereliction
* quasidihedral
* quasidiploid
* quasidirect
* quasi-divine
* quasi-dying
* quasi-emperor
* quasi-episcopal
* quasi-equilibrium
* quasi-eternal
* quasi-ethical
* quasi-ethically
* quasi-existence
* quasi-fascist
* quasi-feudal
* quasifunction
* quasi-general
* quasi-governmental
* quasi-grammatical
* quasi-hallucinatory
* quasi-historical
* quasi-horizontal
* quasi-implication
* quasi-independent
* quasi in rem
* quasi-instantaneous
* quasi-invariant
* quasi-jazz
* quasi-judicial
* quasi-legal
* quasi-logical
* quasi-marital
* quasi-marriage
* quasi-material
* quasi-mathematical
* quasi-mechanical
* quasi-mechanistic
* quasi-metallic
* quasi-metaphysical
* quasi-military
* quasi-miracle
* quasi-miraculous
* quasi-modal
* quasi-molecular
* quasi-molecule
* quasi-monastic
* quasi-monopoly
* quasi-mythical
* quasi-neutral
* quasi-neutrality
* quasinorm
* quasi-nuptial
* quasi-object
* quasi-official
* quasi-optical
* quasi-ossianic
* quasi-parlando
* quasi parlato
* quasi-partner
* quasi-peak
* quasi-permanent
* quasi-personal
* quasi-philosophical
* quasi-physical
* quasiplatonic
* quasiprojective
* quasi-public
* quasi-purposive
* quasiquotation
* quasiquote
* quasi-religion
* quasi-religious
* quasirhombicosidodecahedron
* quasirhombicuboctahedron
* quasiromantic
* quasi-romantic
* quasi-science
* quasi-semi
* quasi-sensation
* quasiseparable
* quasi-simultaneous
* quasi-simultaneously
* quasistability
* quasi-statement
* quasi-stationary
* quasisteady
* quasi-substance
* quasi-technical
* quasi-thermodynamic
* quasi-totalitarian
* quasi-totality
* quasitransitive
* quasitruncated
* quasi-universal
* quasi-vacuity
* quasi-verb
* quasi-war
* Quasi-War

#### Related terms

* quango
* quasar

#### See also

* (false) pseudo-

### References

* 1 2 “quasi-”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
* ↑ Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “quasi-”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* ↑ “quasi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
* ↑ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “quasi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### Further reading

* “quasi-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “quasi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “quasi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˌkwa.zi]

### Prefix

quasi-
* quasi-

#### Related terms

* quasi

### Further reading

* “quasi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* kwasi- (before 1996)

### Etymology

From Latin quasi (“as if”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʋaː.zi/

### Prefix

quasi-
* quasi-

#### Derived terms

    Note: quasi- should be written connected to the following word, except where the vowels collide, in which case a hyphen is inserted.
* quasiauthentiek
* quasi-intellectueel
* quasimodo
* quasinonchalant
* quasionschuldig
* quasiwetenschappelijk

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: kuasi-

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.zi/

### Prefix

quasi-
* quasi-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “quasi-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

From quasi, from Latin quasi (“as if”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkwa.zi/
* Hyphenation: quà‧si-

### Prefix

quasi-
* quasi-

#### Derived terms

* quasiconduttore
* quasicristallino
* quasimente
* quasimetallico
* quasimodo
* quasi-particella

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quasi-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkfa.zi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -azi
* Syllabification: qua‧si-

### Prefix

quasi-
* para-, quasi-
    Synonyms: niby-, para-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* quasi- in Polish dictionaries at PWN