semester
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semester
- /sɪˈmɛstə/ UK
- /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).
noun semesters · semestre
- 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.
- A period or term of six months.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: classroom, presidency, session, chapter, part, half, period, completion, quarter, holiday, semi-annual, trimester, term, leave, trimestre, interval
Translations
Every language
noun half of school year
| Español | semestre, ciclo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 학기 hakgi, 반기 ban'gi |
| 日本語 | 学期 gakki |
| 中文 | 學期 /学期 xuéqī |
| Português | semestre |
| Français | semestre, trimestre |
| Deutsch | Semester, Halbjahr |
| Italiano | semestre |
| Ελληνικά | εξάμηνο exámino |
| Română | semestru |
| Русский | семе́стр seméstr, полуго́дие polugódije |
| Tiếng Việt | học kỳ, sáu tháng |
| العربية | فَصْل دِرَاسِيّ faṣl dirāsiyy, نِصْف سَنَة niṣf sana, فَصْل أَكَادِيمِيّ faṣl ʔakādīmiyy |
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title = {semester},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
