semester

See also: Semester

English

Alternative forms

• semestre (obsolete)

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈmɛstə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA^(key): /sɪˈmɛstɚ/
• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.

   I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.

2. A period or term of six months.

Derived terms

• semester hours
• semester school

Translations

half of school year

• Arabic: فَصْل دِرَاسِيّ m (faṣl dirāsiyy), نِصْف سَنَة m (niṣf sana), فَصْل أَكَادِيمِيّ m (faṣl ʔakādīmiyy)

  Gulf Arabic: كورس m (kors), سِمِسْتَر (semestər)

• Armenian: կիսամյակ (hy) (kisamyak)
• Belarusian: семе́стр m (sjemjéstr), сэмэ́стар m (seméstar)
• Bulgarian: семестър (bg) m (semestǎr)
• Catalan: semestre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學期 / 学期 (zh) (xuéqī)

• Czech: semestr (cs) m, pololetí (cs) n, půlrok m
• Danish: semester (da) n
• Dutch: semester (nl) n
• Esperanto: semestro (eo)
• Finnish: lukukausi (fi)
• French: semestre (fr) m, trimestre (fr) m
• Georgian: სემესტრი (semesṭri)
• German: Semester (de) n, Halbjahr (de) n
• Greek: εξάμηνο (el) n (exámino)
• Hungarian: félév (hu), szemeszter (hu)
• Icelandic: misseri (is) n
• Indonesian: semester (id)
• Italian: semestre (it) m
• Japanese: 学期 (ja) (がっき, gakki)
• Kazakh: оқу маусымы (oqu mausymy)
• Khmer: ឆមាស (km) (chɑmiəh)
• Korean: 학기(學期) (ko) (hakgi), 반기 (ko) (ban'gi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: semester n, termin (no) m

  Nynorsk: semester n, termin m

• Persian: نیمسال تحصیلی (nimsâl-e tahsili), ترم (fa) (term)
• Polish: semestr (pl) m, półrocze (pl) n
• Portuguese: semestre (pt) m
• Romanian: semestru (ro) n
• Russian: семе́стр (ru) m (seméstr), полуго́дие (ru) n (polugódije)
• Serbo-Croatian: polugodište (sh) n
• Spanish: semestre (es) m, ciclo (es) m (indefinite length)
• Swedish: termin (sv) c
• Tagalog: semestre, hatintaon
• Turkish: sömestir (tr), yarıyıl (tr)
• Ukrainian: семе́стр m (seméstr), піврі́ччя n (pivríččja)
• Vietnamese: học kỳ (vi) (學期), sáu tháng
• Yiddish: סעמעסטער m (semester), זמן (zman)

period or term of six months

• Bulgarian: полугодие n (polugodie)
• Icelandic: misseri (is) n
• Indonesian: semester (id)

See also

• bimester
• half-year
• term
• trimester

Anagrams

• semestre

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English semester.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
• IPA^(key): /seˈmesteɾ/ [s̪eˈmis̪.t̪eɾ̪]

Noun

semester

1. semester (half of a school year or academic year)

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

Noun

semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

1. semester (half of school year)

Declension

Declension of semester

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	semester	semestret semesteret	semestre	semestrene
genitive	semesters	semestrets semesterets	semestres	semestrenes

See also

• semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin semestris, by way of German Semester or French semestre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

semester n (plural semesters, diminutive semestertje n)

1. semester (period of six months)

   Synonym: halfjaar

   Coordinate terms: kwartaal, trimester, tertiaal, quadrimester

Descendants

• → Indonesian: semester

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈmɛstər]
• Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

Noun

sêmèstêr (uncountable)

1. semester:
   1. a period or term of six months.
   2. (education) half of a school year or academic year.

Derived terms

• semesteran

Further reading

• “semester” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

semester

1. Alternative form of semestere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

Noun

semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)

1. semester

References

• “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈmɛstɛr/

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr

Noun

semester c

1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work

   Nästan alla här åker på semester under sensommaren.

   Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer.

2. (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing

   Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.

   I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues.

3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation

   Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.

   We need to take a break from each other.

Declension

Declension of semester

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	semester	semesters
	definite	semestern	semesterns
plural	indefinite	semestrar	semestrars
	definite	semestrarna	semestrarnas

Derived terms

• 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

Related terms

• semestra

References

• semester in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• semester in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• semester in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)