semestre
Portuguese, noun/seˈmɛs.tɾi/
semestre is spelled S-E-M-E-S-T-R-E (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,799th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semestre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a period of six months” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período de seis meses (meio ano)”.
What does semestre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea period of six months
- 2
masculinesemester (half of school year)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período de seis meses (meio ano)
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.
Forms of semestre
- semestres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semestre?
- Brazil /seˈmɛs.tɾi/
- /seˈmɛʃ.tɾi/
- Portugal /sɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
semestre appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).