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/ (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) === Noun === semester (plural semesters) Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester. A period or term of six months. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: semester → Chinese: sem → Malayalam: സെമസ്റ്റർ (semasṟṟaṟ) ==== Translations ==== === See also === bimester half-year term trimester === Anagrams === semestre == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from English semester. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈmesteɾ/ [s̪eˈmis̪.t̪eɾ̪] Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter === Noun === seméster (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔) 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) semester (half of school year) ==== Declension ==== === 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 === === Noun === semester n (plural semesters, diminutive semestertje n) semester (period of six months) Synonym: halfjaar Coordinate terms: kwartaal, trimester, tertiaal, quadrimester ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: semester == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈmɛstər/ [səˈmɛs.t̪ər] Rhymes: -ɛstər Syllabification: se‧mes‧ter === Noun === sêmèstêr (plural semester-semester) semester: a period or term of six months (education) half of a school year or academic year ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “semester”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Noun === semester 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) 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/ Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr === Noun === semester c a holiday/vacation, especially from work (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== semestra === References === “semester”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “semester”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “semester”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)