"semifinal" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semifinal.wav Forms: semifinals [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪnəl Etymology: Latin semifinalis, from semi- + final. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|semifinalis}} Latin semifinalis, {{prefix|en|semi|final}} semi- + final Head templates: {{en-noun}} semifinal (plural semifinals)
  1. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final. Categories (topical): Sports
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  2. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final. Translations (competition): الدور قبل النهائي (Arabic), полуфина́л (polufinál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 四強 (Chinese Cantonese), 四强 (sei³ koeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 半決賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 半决赛 (bànjuésài) (Chinese Mandarin), 四強 (Chinese Mandarin), 四强 (sìqiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), semifinále [neuter] (Czech), semifinale [common-gender] (Danish), halve finale (Dutch), poolfinaal (Estonian), välierä (Finnish), semifinaali (Finnish), demi-finale [masculine] (French), ნახევარფინალი (naxevarpinali) (Georgian), Halbfinale [neuter] (German), Semifinale [neuter] (German), elődöntő (Hungarian), cluiche leathcheannais [masculine] (Irish), semifinale [feminine] (Italian), 準決勝 (junkesshō) (alt: じゅんけっしょう) (Japanese), 준결승 (jun'gyeolseung) (Korean), semifinale (Latin), semifinalis (Latin), полуфина́ле (polufinále) [neuter] (Macedonian), półfinał [masculine] (Polish), semifinal [feminine] (Portuguese), meia-final [feminine] (Portuguese), полуфина́л (polufinál) [masculine] (Russian), semifinal (Spanish), nusu fainali (Swahili), semifinal (Swedish), malapangwakas (Tagalog), mala-pangwakas (Tagalog), รองสุดท้าย (rong-sùd-táai) (Thai), dömifinal [rare] (Turkish), semifinal (Turkish), yarı final (Turkish), півфіна́л (pivfinál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bán kết (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: last four, semi, semi-final Derived forms: semifinalist Related terms: final, quarterfinal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
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        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polufinál",
      "sense": "competition",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "四強"
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      "roman": "sei³ koeng⁴",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "四强"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "半決賽"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànjuésài",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "半决赛"
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      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "四強"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìqiáng",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "四强"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semifinále"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "semifinale"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "halve finale"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "poolfinaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "välierä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "semifinaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demi-finale"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naxevarpinali",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "ნახევარფინალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Halbfinale"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Semifinale"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "elődöntő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cluiche leathcheannais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semifinale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんけっしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "junkesshō",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "準決勝"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jun'gyeolseung",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "준결승"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "semifinale"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "semifinalis"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polufinále",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полуфина́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "półfinał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semifinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meia-final"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polufinál",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полуфина́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "semifinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "nusu fainali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "semifinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "malapangwakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "mala-pangwakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rong-sùd-táai",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "รองสุดท้าย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "dömifinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "semifinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "yarı final"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pivfinál",
      "sense": "competition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "півфіна́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "bán kết"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "competition",
      "word": "الدور قبل النهائي"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semifinal"
}

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