"semisyllabary" meaning in English

See semisyllabary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: semisyllabaries [plural]
Etymology: From semi- + syllabary. Etymology templates: {{af|en|semi-|syllabary}} semi- + syllabary Head templates: {{en-noun}} semisyllabary (plural semisyllabaries)
  1. A writing system that uses a combined alphabet and syllabary. Categories (topical): Writing systems Synonyms: semi-alphabet Translations (Translations): semisillabario (Italian), semialfabeta (Italian)
    Sense id: en-semisyllabary-en-noun-Fmp31G24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with semi-

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for semisyllabary meaning in English (1.4kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "semi-",
        "3": "syllabary"
      },
      "expansion": "semi- + syllabary",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From semi- + syllabary.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "semisyllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "semisyllabary (plural semisyllabaries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with semi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Writing systems",
          "orig": "en:Writing systems",
          "parents": [
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Alternative form: semi-syllabary"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A writing system that uses a combined alphabet and syllabary."
      ],
      "id": "en-semisyllabary-en-noun-Fmp31G24",
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "syllabary",
          "syllabary"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "semi-alphabet"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "semisillabario"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "semialfabeta"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semisyllabary"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "semi-",
        "3": "syllabary"
      },
      "expansion": "semi- + syllabary",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From semi- + syllabary.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "semisyllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "semisyllabary (plural semisyllabaries)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with semi-",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Writing systems"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Alternative form: semi-syllabary"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A writing system that uses a combined alphabet and syllabary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "syllabary",
          "syllabary"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "semi-alphabet"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "semisillabario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "semialfabeta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semisyllabary"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.