semi

The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsemaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmi
• Hyphenation: semi

semi (plural semis)

1. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
   • 2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,

     I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.

   • 2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52,

     The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.

2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
   • 2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page,

     All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.

3. (informal) A semifinal.
4. (slang) A partial erection.
   • 2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)

     The twink got a semi just from that look.

• EMIs, ESMI, IMEs, MSIE, Sime, mise

semi m

1. plural of seme

• mesi, mise

semi

1. Rōmaji transcription of せみ
2. Rōmaji transcription of セミ

semi c

1. short for semifinal

semi

1. masculine plural of semo