"semester" meaning in Swedish

See semester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛˈmɛstɛr/ Audio: Sv-semester.ogg
Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr 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). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|NL.|sēmestris||lasting six months}} New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), {{cog|de|Semester}} German Semester Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} semester c, {{sv-noun|c}} semester c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], semester [indefinite, nominative, singular], semesters [genitive, indefinite, singular], semestern [definite, nominative, singular], semesterns [definite, genitive, singular], semestrar [indefinite, nominative, plural], semestrars [genitive, indefinite, plural], semestrarna [definite, nominative, plural], semestrarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-semester-sv-noun-ptUK4nJb
  2. (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing Tags: common-gender, especially, in-compounds
    Sense id: en-semester-sv-noun-lSwOKq8x Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 10 75 15
  3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation Tags: common-gender, figuratively
    Sense id: en-semester-sv-noun-ZbZI7TpE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: semestra
Derived forms: 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

Inflected forms

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