semi-official

See also: semiofficial

English

Alternative forms

• semiofficial

Etymology

From semi- +‎ official.

Adjective

semi-official (not comparable)

1. Having some degree of official authority.
   • 1954 March, Editor's comment, “Letters to the Editor”, in Railway Magazine, page 209:

     We are indebted to these correspondents for correcting these errors, based on semi-official statements, which have been published many times.

Translations

having some degree of official authority

• Czech: polooficiální
• Dutch: officieus (nl)
• German: halboffiziell (de)
• Hungarian: félhivatalos (hu)
• Norwegian: offisiøs (no)
• Russian: полуофициа́льный (ru) (poluoficiálʹnyj)

Further reading

• “semi-official”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “semi-official”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.