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semimetal

Portuguese, noun/se.mi.meˈtaw/

semimetal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “metalloid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento cujas propriedades são intermédias entre as dos metais e as dos não-metais, como é o caso do…”.

What does semimetal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemetalloid

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. elemento cujas propriedades são intermédias entre as dos metais e as dos não-metais, como é o caso do arsênio, do silício e do germânio

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 semimetal

  • semimetais plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce semimetal?

  • Brazil /se.mi.meˈtaw/
  • Brazil [se.mi.meˈtaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /sɨ.mi.mɨˈtal/

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