semestre
French, noun/sə.mɛstʁ/
semestre is spelled S-E-M-E-S-T-R-E (8 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semestre is a French masculine noun meaning “semester” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace de six mois consécutifs”.
What does semestre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemester
- 2
masculinesemester, term (at a school or university)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace de six mois consécutifs. 2. Rente, traitement, etc., qui se paie par semestre, à la fin de chaque semestre. 3. Période de certains emplois qu’on est obligé de remplir pendant la moitié de l’année. 4. Partie de l’année universitaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of semestre
- semestres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semestre?
- /sə.mɛstʁ/
- \sə.mɛstʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to semestre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semestre in French?
semestre appears 9.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).