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semi

Spanish, noun/semi/

semi is spelled S-E-M-I (4 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,966th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semi is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “semifinal, semi-final” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does semi mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininesemifinal, semi-final

prefix

as semi-
  1. 1

    semi- (half)

  2. 2

    semi- (partially)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. Mitad, medio. 2. Casi.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of semi

  • semis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce semi?

  • /semi/
  • [se.mi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to semi

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is semi in Spanish?

semi appears 8.7 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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