"semi-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /sɛmi/, /sɛmaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-semi.wav , en-us-semi-.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{bor|en|la|semi-||half}} Latin semi- (“half”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sēmi}} Proto-Indo-European *sēmi, {{cog|en|sam}} English sam, {{doublet|en|hemi-|notext=1}} hemi-, {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} semi-, {{en-prefix}} semi-
  1. half Tags: morpheme Synonyms (half): half-, hemi-, demi- Translations (half (prefix)): semi- (Catalan), 半- (bàn-) (Chinese Mandarin), semi- (Czech), puoli- (Finnish), semi- (Finnish), semi- (French), demi- (French), à moitié (French), semi- (Galician), ნახევრად- (naxevrad-) (Georgian), ნახევარ- (naxevar-) (Georgian), halb (english: compounding) (German), semi- (German), ημι- (imi-) (Greek), חצי־ (khatsí-) (Hebrew), סמי־ (sémi-) (Hebrew), szemi- (Hungarian), fél- (Hungarian), félig- (Hungarian), mi- (Ido), leath- (Irish), semi- (Italian), mezzo- (Italian), 半- (han-) (alt: はん-) (Japanese), (ban-) (Korean), semi- (Latin), semi- (Malay), halv- (Norwegian), pół- (Polish), semi- (Portuguese), ਅਧ- (adha-) (Punjabi), semi- (Romanian), demi- (Romanian), emi- (Romanian), hemi- (Romanian), полу- (polu-) (Russian), семи- (semi-) (Russian), semi- (Spanish), hemi- (Spanish), halv- (Swedish), yarı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-semi--en-prefix-en:half Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 8 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 2 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 60 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 54 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 2 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 57 4 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 6 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 54 12 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 60 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 52 2 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 63 4 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 59 2 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 64 2 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 68 2 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 57 4 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 13 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 59 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 64 4 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 4 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 64 2 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 60 2 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 63 4 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 63 4 33 Disambiguation of 'half': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'half (prefix)': 100 0 0
  2. partial, incomplete Tags: morpheme Synonyms (partial): demi-
    Sense id: en-semi--en-prefix-en:partial Disambiguation of 'partial': 33 67 0
  3. somewhat, rather, quasi- Tags: morpheme Synonyms: sem- Synonyms (somewhat): quasi-, -ish Derived forms: semiflat
    Sense id: en-semi--en-prefix-en:somewhat Categories (other): Terms with Ido translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 52 2 47 Disambiguation of 'somewhat': 2 3 95
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "semiflat"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "semi-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "half"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin semi- (“half”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sam"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hemi-",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "hemi-",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek).",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "semi-",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "half"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
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        "en:half"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "partial, incomplete"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partial",
          "partial"
        ],
        [
          "incomplete",
          "incomplete"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:partial"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead:",
          "text": "Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somewhat, rather, quasi-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ],
        [
          "quasi-",
          "quasi-"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:somewhat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɛmi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛmaɪ/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "half",
      "word": "half-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "half",
      "word": "hemi-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "half",
      "word": "demi-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "partial",
      "word": "demi-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "somewhat",
      "word": "quasi-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "somewhat",
      "word": "-ish"
    },
    {
      "word": "sem-"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "note": "شِبْه (šibh) (not an attached prefix)",
      "sense": "half (prefix)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàn-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "半-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "puoli-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "demi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "à moitié"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naxevrad-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "ნახევრად-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naxevar-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "ნახევარ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "compounding",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "halb"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "imi-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "ημι-"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khatsí-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "חצי־"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sémi-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "סמי־"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "szemi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "fél-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "félig-"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "mi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "leath-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "mezzo-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はん-",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "han-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "半-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ban-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "반"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "halv-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "pół-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "adha-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "ਅਧ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "demi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "emi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "hemi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polu-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "полу-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "semi-",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "семи-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "semi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "hemi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "halv-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "half (prefix)",
      "word": "yarı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semi-"
}

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