"semester" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈmɛstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semester.wav Forms: semesters [plural]
enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) Etymology: From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Semester}} German Semester, {{der|en|NL.|sēmestris|t=lasting six months}} New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} semester (plural semesters)
  1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester. Translations (half of school year): فَصْل دِرَاسِيّ (faṣl dirāsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), نِصْف سَنَة (niṣf sana) [masculine] (Arabic), فَصْل أَكَادِيمِيّ (faṣl ʔakādīmiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), كورس (kors) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), سِمِسْتَر (semestər) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), կիսամյակ (kisamyak) (Armenian), семе́стр (sjemjéstr) [masculine] (Belarusian), сэмэ́стар (seméstar) [masculine] (Belarusian), семестър (semestǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), semestre [masculine] (Catalan), 學期 (Chinese Mandarin), 学期 (xuéqī) (Chinese Mandarin), semestr [masculine] (Czech), pololetí [neuter] (Czech), půlrok [masculine] (Czech), semester [neuter] (Danish), semester [neuter] (Dutch), semestro (Esperanto), lukukausi (Finnish), semestre [masculine] (French), trimestre [masculine] (French), სემესტრი (semesṭri) (Georgian), Semester [neuter] (German), Halbjahr [neuter] (German), εξάμηνο (exámino) [neuter] (Greek), félév (Hungarian), szemeszter (Hungarian), misseri [neuter] (Icelandic), semester (Indonesian), semestre [masculine] (Italian), 学期 (gakki) (alt: がっき) (Japanese), оқу маусымы (oqu mausymy) (Kazakh), ឆមាស (chɑɑchɑmiəh) (Khmer), 학기 (hakgi) (alt: 學期) (Korean), 반기 (ban'gi) (Korean), semester [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), termin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), semester [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), termin [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نیمسال تحصیلی (nimsâl-e tahsili) (Persian), ترم (term) (Persian), semestr [masculine] (Polish), półrocze [neuter] (Polish), semestre [masculine] (Portuguese), semestru [neuter] (Romanian), семе́стр (seméstr) [masculine] (Russian), полуго́дие (polugódije) [neuter] (Russian), polugodište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), semestre [masculine] (Spanish), ciclo (note: indefinite length) [masculine] (Spanish), termin [common-gender] (Swedish), semestre (Tagalog), hatintaon (Tagalog), sömestir (Turkish), yarıyıl (Turkish), семе́стр (seméstr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), піврі́ччя (pivríččja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), học kỳ (alt: 學期) (Vietnamese), sáu tháng (Vietnamese), סעמעסטער (semester) [masculine] (Yiddish), זמן (zman) (Yiddish)
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  2. A period or term of six months. Categories (topical): Time Translations (period or term of six months): полугодие (polugodie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), misseri [neuter] (Icelandic), semester (Indonesian)
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Synonyms: semestre [obsolete] Derived forms: semester hours, semester school Related terms: bimester, half-year, term, trimester

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Alternative forms

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          "word": "ឆមាស"
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      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semestru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "seméstr",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семе́стр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polugódije",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полуго́дие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "polugodište"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "semestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "indefinite length",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciclo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "termin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "semestre"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "hatintaon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "sömestir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "yarıyıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "seméstr",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "семе́стр"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pivríččja",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "піврі́ччя"
    },
    {
      "alt": "學期",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "học kỳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "sáu tháng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "semester",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סעמעסטער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zman",
      "sense": "half of school year",
      "word": "זמן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polugodie",
      "sense": "period or term of six months",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полугодие"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "period or term of six months",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "misseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "period or term of six months",
      "word": "semester"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Academic term"
  ],
  "word": "semester"
}

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