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hemi-

Portuguese, prefix

hemi- is a Portuguese prefix meaning “hemi-, half” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento de composição formador de substantivos: "meio", "metade"”.

What does hemi- mean in English?

prefix

  1. 1

    hemi-, half

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. elemento de composição formador de substantivos: "meio", "metade"

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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