# semester
## English
### Alternative forms

* semestre (obsolete)

### Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /sɪˈmɛstə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA: /sɪˈmɛstɚ/
* Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
* Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

### Noun

semester (plural semesters)
* Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
    I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.
* A period or term of six months.

#### Derived terms

* semester hours
* semester school

#### Translations
### See also

* bimester
* half-year
* term
* trimester

### Anagrams

* semestre

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English semester.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
* IPA: /seˈmesteɾ/ [s̪eˈmis̪.t̪eɾ̪]

### Noun

semester
* semester (half of a school year or academic year)

## Danish
### Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

### Noun

semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)
* semester (half of school year)

#### Declension
### See also

* semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

### References

* “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin semestris, by way of German Semester or French semestre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

semester n (plural semesters, diminutive semestertje n)
* semester (period of six months)
    Synonym: halfjaar
    Coordinate terms: kwartaal, trimester, tertiaal, quadrimester

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: semester

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [səˈmɛstər]
* Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

### Noun

sêmèstêr (plural semester-semester)
* semester:
** a period or term of six months
** (education) half of a school year or academic year

#### Derived terms

* semesteran

### Further reading

* “semester” 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.

## Middle English
### Noun

semester
* Alternative form of semestere

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

### Noun

semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)
* semester

### References

* “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). See also German Semester.
The semantic shift might have been influenced by the French congé de semestre (six months military leave).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛˈmɛstɛr/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr

### Noun

semester c
* a holiday/vacation, especially from work
    Nästan alla här åker på semester under sensommaren.Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer.
* (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing
    Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues.
* (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation
    Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.We need to take a break from each other.

#### Derived terms

* industrisemester
* semesteranläggning
* semesterby
* semesterdag
* semesterersättning
* semesterfirare
* semesterförmån
* semesterhem
* semesterhälsning
* semesterlag
* semesterledig
* semesterlön
* semesterminne
* semestermål
* semestermånad
* semesterort
* semesterparadis
* semesterpenning
* semesterperiod
* semesterresa
* semesterställe
* semesterstängd
* semesterstängning
* semestertid
* semestertillägg
* semestertripp
* semestervecka
* semestervikariat
* semestervikarie
* semestervistelse
* semesterö
* solsemester
* sommarsemester
* vintersemester

#### Related terms

* semestra

### References

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