Dictionary

semester en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• sĭ-mĕstʹər (General-American)
• /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ (General-American)
• /sɪˈmɛstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

semester hours · postsemester · semesterly · semester school · semestering · midsemester · Maymester · semestered

Descendants

semester · sem · സെമസ്റ്റർ

Relateds

half-year · term · bimester · trimester

Translations (66)

ru семе́стр (half of school year) · lt semestras (half of school year) · cmn 學期 /学期 (half of school year) · ar نِصْف سَنَة (half of school year) · afb كورس (half of school year) · hy կիսամյակ (half of school year) · da semester (half of school year) · ka სემესტრი (half of school year) · pl semestr (half of school year) · de Halbjahr (half of school year) · ro semestru (half of school year) · km ឆមាស (half of school year) · az semestr (half of school year) · id semester (half of school year) · nb semester (half of school year) · bg семестър (half of school year) · tr sömestir (half of school year) · cs pololetí (half of school year) · bg полугодие (period or term of six months) · nn termin (half of school year) · fr trimestre (half of school year) · cs semestr (half of school year) · uk семе́стр (half of school year) · id semester (period or term of six months) · is misseri (period or term of six months) · es semestre (half of school year) · uk піврі́ччя (half of school year) · hu szemeszter (half of school year) · az yarımil (half of school year) · ar فَصْل دِرَاسِيّ (half of school year) · fa ترم (half of school year) · it semestre (half of school year) · nb termin (half of school year) · ar فَصْل أَكَادِيمِيّ (half of school year) · nn semester (half of school year) · ko 반기 (half of school year) · vi sáu tháng (half of school year) · tl hatintaon (half of school year) · cs půlrok (half of school year) · be сэмэ́стар (half of school year) · be семе́стр (half of school year) · ca semestre (half of school year) · fr semestre (half of school year) · de Semester (half of school year) · afb سِمِسْتَر (half of school year) · hu félév (half of school year) · sh polugodište (half of school year) · fa نیمسال تحصیلی (half of school year) · eo semestro (half of school year) · fi lukukausi (half of school year) · ru полуго́дие (half of school year) · tl semestre (half of school year) · ko 학기 (half of school year) · yi סעמעסטער (half of school year) · tr yarıyıl (half of school year) · ja 学期 (half of school year) · is misseri (half of school year) · nl semester (half of school year) · vi học kỳ (half of school year) · kk оқу маусымы (half of school year) · pt semestre (half of school year) · es ciclo (half of school year) · pl półrocze (half of school year) · yi זמן (half of school year) · sv termin (half of school year) · el εξάμηνο (half of school year)