different between junie vs semester

Romanian

Etymology

june +? -ie.

Noun

junie f (uncountable) (archaic)

1. youth

Declension

Synonyms

• tinere?e

English

Alternative forms

• semestre (obsolete)

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin s?mestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + m?nsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??m?st?/
• (General American) enPR: s?-m?st??r, IPA^(key): /s??m?st?/
• Hyphenation: se?mes?ter
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as fall or spring semester.

   I will graduate at the end of the spring semester.

2. A period or term of six months.

Translations

See also

• term
• trimester
• half-year

Anagrams

• semestre

Cebuano

Etymology

From English semester.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se?mes?ter

Noun

semester

1. a semester; half of a school year or academic year
2. a period of six months

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:semester.

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin s?mestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + m?nsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sem?st?r/, [se?m?sd??]

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

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 s?mestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + m?nsis (“month”). See also German Semester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??m?st?r/

Noun

semester c

1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work

   Nästan alla här går på semester under sensommaren.

   Almost everyone here goes on vacation during late summer.

2. an activity related to vacationing, especially in compound terms

   Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.

   I went on a camping vacation with my colleagues.

3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation

   Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.

   We need to take a break from each other.

Declension

Related terms

References

• semester in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)