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Is semi a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word semi is a Scrabble US word. The word semi is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1E1M3I1

Is semi a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word semi is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1E1M3I1

Is semi a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word semi is a Words With Friends word. The word semi is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1M4I1

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4-letter words (2 found)

MISE,SEMI,

3-letter words (6 found)

EMS,ISM,MES,MIS,SEI,SIM,

2-letter words (6 found)

EM,ES,IS,ME,MI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from semi according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of semi

semi esmi smei msei emsi mesi seim esim siem isem eism iesm smie msie sime isme mise imse emis meis eims iems mies imes

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Definitions and meaning of semi

semi

Etymology

The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛmi/, /ˈsɛmaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmi
  • Hyphenation: semi

Noun

semi (plural semis)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
    • 2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,
      I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
  2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
  3. (informal) A semifinal.
  4. (slang) A partial erection of the penis.
  5. (slang) A semiautomatic firearm.

Translations

Anagrams

  • EMIs, ESMI, IMEs, MSIE, Meis, Sime, eSIM, mise

Esperanto

Etymology

From semo +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsemi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi

Verb

semi (present semas, past semis, future semos, conditional semus, volitive semu)

  1. (intransitive) to sow

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dissemi (“scatter; disseminate”)

Finnish

Etymology

See semi-. Sense "semi-erection" a semantic loan from English semi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsemi/, [ˈs̠e̞mi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Syllabification(key): se‧mi

Adjective

semi (comparative semimpi, superlative semein) (predicative only, colloquial)

  1. mid, mediocre, not bad, not good
    No se esitys oli aika semi. ― Well, the show was just okay

Adverb

semi (not comparable) (attributive only, colloquial)

  1. sort of, kind of, pretty
    Synonyms: aika, jokseenkin, melko
    semi ookoo ― pretty okay
    semi paska ― kind of shit

Noun

semi (colloquial)

  1. partial tumescence, semi-erection
    Synonym: puolierektio

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “semi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay semi (“shoot, sprout”).

  • Semantic loan from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦶ (semi, “sprouting”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səˈmi]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧mi

Noun

sêmi (first-person possessive semiku, second-person possessive semimu, third-person possessive seminya)

  1. shoot, sprout
    Synonyms: taruk, tunas
  2. (dialect) sprouting

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

semi m

  1. plural of seme

Anagrams

  • mesi, mise

Japanese

Romanization

semi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せみ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of セミ

Middle English

Verb

semi

  1. Alternative form of semen (“to sort out”)

Old Norse

Verb

semi

  1. third-person active present subjunctive of semja

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

semi

  1. first-person singular present/imperative active of seti (“to sleep”)

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of semifinal.

Noun

semi f (plural semis)

  1. (colloquial) semifinal, semi-final
    Synonym: semifinal

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

semi

  1. plural of usemi

Swedish

Noun

semi c

  1. Clipping of semifinal.

Declension

Venetian

Adjective

semi

  1. masculine plural of semo

Source: wiktionary.org