semifinal

See also: semi-final

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin semifinalis, from semi- +‎ final.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Noun

semifinal (plural semifinals)

  1. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
  2. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Swedish: semifinal
  • → Turkish: semifinal

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinals)

  1. semifinal

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌse.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌse.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˌmi.fiˈnal/ [sɨˌmi.fiˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˌmi.fiˈna.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinais)

  1. (sports) semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)
    Synonym: meia-final

Spanish

Etymology

From semi- +‎ final.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /semifiˈnal/ [se.mi.fiˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinales)

  1. semifinal, semi-final
    Synonym: (colloquial) semi

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English semifinal, equivalent to semi- +‎ final.

Noun

semifinal c

  1. semifinal

Declension
Declension of semifinal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative semifinal semifinalen semifinaler semifinalerna
Genitive semifinals semifinalens semifinalers semifinalernas

References

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English semifinal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seˈmi.fi.nal/
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

Noun

semifinal (definite accusative semifinali, plural semifinaller)

  1. (sports) semifinal
    Synonyms: dömifinal, yarı final
    • 1971, Milliyet Gazetesi:
      Olimpiyad şampiyonu Davenport ile semifinalde yanşan Milburn mükemmel bir koşu çıkartarak...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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