Semi-

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sÉ›mi/, /sÉ›maɪ/

Origin

From Latin semi- ("half").

Full definition of semi-

Prefix

1. half
2. partial, incomplete
3. somewhat, rather, quasi-
• 1994, Eric Bogosian, Pounding nails in the floor with my foreheadNothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that semi-expensive, semi-meaningful Off-Broadway show.

Synonyms

• demi-
• half-
• hemi-

Derived terms

• semicategory
• semicircle
• semicolon
• semifinal
• semifunctor
• semigroupoid
• semiquaver
• semitone
• semivowel