semester

• semestre (obsolete)

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

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

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

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.

• bimester
• half-year
• term
• trimester

• semestre

Borrowed from English semester.

• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
• IPA^(key): /seˈmesteɾ/, [s̪ɪˈmis̪.t̪ɪɾ̪]

semester

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.

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

• IPA^(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

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

1. semester (half of school year)

• semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

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

sêmèstêr (first-person possessive semesterku, second-person possessive semestermu, third-person possessive semesternya)

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

• “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.

semester

1. Alternative form of semestere

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

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

1. semester

• “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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).

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈmɛstɛr/

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• Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr

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.

• semestra

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