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Is semester a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word semester is a Scrabble US word. The word semester is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is semester a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word semester is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is semester a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word semester is a Words With Friends word. The word semester is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

SEMESTER,

7-letter words (9 found)

ESTEEMS,MEETERS,MESTEES,MESTERS,REMEETS,RESTEMS,SEEMERS,TEEMERS,TERESES,

6-letter words (27 found)

EMEERS,EMERSE,EMESES,ESTEEM,ESTERS,MEETER,MEREST,MERSES,MESTEE,MESTER,METERS,METRES,REESTS,REMEET,RESEES,RESETS,RESTEM,RETEMS,SEEMER,SEREST,STEEMS,STEERS,STEMES,STERES,TEEMER,TEMSES,TMESES,

5-letter words (39 found)

EMEER,ERSES,ESTER,MEERS,MEETS,MERES,MERSE,MESES,METER,METES,METRE,REEST,REMET,RESEE,RESES,RESET,RESTS,RETEM,SEEMS,SEERS,SEMEE,SEMES,SERES,SMEES,STEEM,STEER,STEME,STEMS,STERE,TEEMS,TEERS,TEMES,TEMSE,TERES,TERMS,TERSE,TREES,TREMS,TRESS,

4-letter words (38 found)

EMES,ERES,ERST,ESES,ESSE,ESTS,MEER,MEES,MEET,MERE,MESE,MESS,METE,METS,REES,REMS,REST,RETE,RETS,SEEM,SEER,SEES,SEME,SERE,SERS,SESE,SETS,SMEE,STEM,TEEM,TEER,TEES,TEME,TEMS,TERM,TREE,TREM,TRES,

3-letter words (19 found)

EME,EMS,ERE,ERM,ERS,ESS,EST,MEE,MES,MET,REE,REM,RES,RET,SEE,SER,SET,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EM,ER,ES,ET,ME,RE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 143 words from semester according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of semester

semester

Alternative forms

  • semestre (obsolete)

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstə/
  • (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA(key): /sɪˈmɛstɚ/
  • Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

  1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.
  2. A period or term of six months.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • bimester
  • half-year
  • term
  • trimester

Anagrams

  • semestre

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English semester.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
  • IPA(key): /seˈmesteɾ/, [s̪ɪˈmis̪.t̪ɪɾ̪]

Noun

semester

  1. semester (half of a school year or academic year)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

Noun

semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

  1. semester (half of school year)

Declension

See also

  • semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

References

  • “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səˈmɛstər]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

Noun

sêmèstêr (first-person possessive semesterku, second-person possessive semestermu, third-person possessive semesternya)

  1. semester:
    1. a period or term of six months.
    2. (education) half of a school year or academic year.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “semester” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

semester

  1. Alternative form of semestere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

Noun

semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)

  1. semester

References

  • “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). See also German Semester.

The semantic shift might have been influenced by the French congé de semestre (six months military leave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈmɛstɛr/
  • Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr

Noun

semester c

  1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work
  2. (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing
  3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • semestra

References

  • semester in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • semester in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • semester in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org