Dictionary

quasi- en · X

Pronunciation

/ˈkweɪsaɪ/ (UK)
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/ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/ (US)
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(Southern-England) audio
/ˈkwɑˌzaɪ/ (US)
/ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/ (US)
/-ʌɪ/ (Canada)
/ˈkwɑːzi/ (UK)
/-aɪ/ (Canada)
/kwɑzi/ (Canada)
/ˈkwɑzi/ (US)
/ˈkwɑsi/ (US)
/kwæzi/ (Canada)
/ˈkweɪzaɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost; as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).

Meanings

(morpheme) Almost; virtually.
- The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 18:
(morpheme) Apparently, seemingly, or resembling.
(morpheme) To a limited extent or degree; being somewhat or partially.
- The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service. 2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2020:

Deriveds

quasi-simultaneous · quasidihedral · quasi-mythical · quasi-automatically · quasi-general · quasi-universal · quasi-science · quasi-existence · quasi-physical · quasifunction · quasi-feudal · quasi-religious · quasi-ossianic · quasi parlato · quasi-mechanical · quasi-bialgebra · quasi-molecule · quasi-governmental · quasi-invariant · quasi-continuum · quasi-definition · quasi-military · quasi-metaphysical · quasi-public · quasisteady · quasi-contractual · quasi-official · quasiprojective · quasi-simultaneously · quasi-implication · quasi-instantaneous · quasi-purposive · quasi-neutral · quasi-ethically · quasi-historical · quasi-arithmetical · quasi-ethical · quasi-copula · quasi-logical · quasi-religion · Quasi-War · quasiromantic · quasiplatonic · quasi-partner · quasi-dereliction · quasi-marital · quasi-emperor · quasirhombicuboctahedron · quasi-neutrality · quasi-statement · quasi-monastic · quasi-belief · quasi-modal · quasi-totality · quasidiploid · quasi-parlando · quasi-episcopal · quasi-peak · quasi-eternal · quasi-independent · quasi-legal · quasiquotation · quasi-personal · quasirhombicosidodecahedron · quasicontraction · quasi-dying · quasi-automatic · quasi-permanent · quasi-monopoly · quasi-material · quasi-jazz · quasi-grammatical · quasi-sensation · quasi-philosophical · quasi-optical · quasi-horizontal · quasi-continuous · quasi-war · quasi-object · quasiseparable · quasi-totalitarian · quasi-stationary · quasi-divine · quasi-marriage · quasiaesthetic · quasi-romantic · quasiatom · quasiamicable · quasi-technical · quasi-equilibrium · quasi-vacuity · quasi-classic · quasiquote · quasi-colloquial · quasi-crystalline · quasi-miraculous · quasitruncated · quasi-hallucinatory · quasi-miracle · quasi-judicial · quasi-deify · quasi-art · quasi-mathematical · quasi-mechanistic · quasi in rem · quasi-fascist · quasistability · quasi-semi · quasi-nuptial · quasi-verb · quasitransitive · quasinorm · quasi-thermodynamic · quasi-molecular · quasi-metallic · quasi-crime · quasi-substance · quasidirect

pseudo- (false) · quango · quasar

Synonyms

-oid (resembling) · partially (partial) · -ly (resembling) · -y (resembling) · semi- (partial) · sub- (almost) · -iform (resembling) · pene- (almost) · -esque (resembling) · semi- (somewhat) · para- (resembling) · -ish (resembling) · -form (resembling) · demi- (partial) · sort of (somewhat) · -ass (resembling; restricted to casual registers) · -some (resembling) · -like (resembling; forms adjectives from nouns only)

Translations (7)

fi kvasi- (almost) · da nær- (almost) · da kvasi- (almost) · pl quasi- (almost) · pl niby- (almost) · pl para- (almost) · es cuasi- (almost)