semiautomatic

See also: semi-automatic

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ automatic.

Adjective

semiautomatic (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of semi-automatic
   • 2007 September 24, “An Opportunity for Mr. Schwarzenegger”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The measure would make California the first state to require that all new semiautomatic weapons be equipped with technology known as microstamping, which imprints microscopic markings as a gun fires.

Noun

semiautomatic (plural semiautomatics)

1. Alternative spelling of semi-automatic
   • 1999 February 7, Jodi Wilgoren, “Fatal Police Barrage Renews Debate Over Safety of Semiautomatics”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Experts say that there is no clear link between semiautomatics and the number of shootings by the police, and that officers are likely to get higher-powered weapons rather than go back to traditional handguns.

Further reading

• semiautomatic, semi-automatic at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French semi-automatique. By surface analysis, semi- +‎ automatic.

Adjective

semiautomatic m or n (feminine singular semiautomatică, masculine plural semiautomatici, feminine and neuter plural semiautomatice)

1. semi-automatic

Declension

Declension of semiautomatic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	semiautomatic		semiautomatică		semiautomatici	semiautomatice
	definite	semiautomaticul		semiautomatica		semiautomaticii	semiautomaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	semiautomatic		semiautomatice		semiautomatici	semiautomatice
	definite	semiautomaticului		semiautomaticei		semiautomaticilor	semiautomaticelor