Semester

//sɪˈmɛstə//

Synonyms for "semester" (45 found)

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Translations

66 translations across 40 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • سِمِسْتَر noun (half of school year)
  • فَصْل أَكَادِيمِيّ noun (half of school year)
  • فَصْل دِرَاسِيّ noun (half of school year)
  • كورس noun (half of school year)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կիսամյակ noun (half of school year)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • semestr noun (half of school year)
  • yarımil noun (half of school year)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • семе́стр noun (half of school year)
  • сэмэ́стар noun (half of school year)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • полугодие noun (period or term of six months)
  • семестър noun (half of school year)

Catalan

1 entries
  • semestre noun (half of school year)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 學期 /学期 noun (half of school year)

Czech

3 entries
  • pololetí noun (half of school year)
  • půlrok noun (half of school year)
  • semestr noun (half of school year)

Danish

1 entries
  • semester noun (half of school year)

Dutch

1 entries
  • semester noun (half of school year)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • semestro noun (half of school year)

Finnish

1 entries
  • lukukausi noun (half of school year)

French

2 entries
  • semestre noun (half of school year)
  • trimestre noun (half of school year)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სემესტრი noun (half of school year)

German

2 entries
  • Halbjahr noun (half of school year)
  • Semester noun (half of school year)

Greek

1 entries
  • εξάμηνο noun (half of school year)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • félév noun (half of school year)
  • szemeszter noun (half of school year)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • misseri noun (half of school year)
  • misseri noun (period or term of six months)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • semester noun (half of school year)
  • semester noun (period or term of six months)

Italian

1 entries
  • semestre noun (half of school year)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 学期 noun (half of school year)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • оқу маусымы noun (half of school year)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឆមាស noun (half of school year)

Korean

2 entries
  • 반기 noun (half of school year)
  • 학기 noun (half of school year)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • semestras noun (half of school year)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • semester noun (half of school year)
  • termin noun (half of school year)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • semester noun (half of school year)
  • termin noun (half of school year)

Persian

2 entries
  • ترم noun (half of school year)
  • نیمسال تحصیلی noun (half of school year)

Polish

2 entries
  • półrocze noun (half of school year)
  • semestr noun (half of school year)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • semestre noun (half of school year)

Romanian

1 entries
  • semestru noun (half of school year)

Russian

2 entries
  • полуго́дие noun (half of school year)
  • семе́стр noun (half of school year)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • polugodište noun (half of school year)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ciclo noun (half of school year)
  • semestre noun (half of school year)

Swedish

1 entries
  • termin noun (half of school year)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • hatintaon noun (half of school year)
  • semestre noun (half of school year)

Turkish

2 entries
  • sömestir noun (half of school year)
  • yarıyıl noun (half of school year)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • піврі́ччя noun (half of school year)
  • семе́стр noun (half of school year)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • học kỳ noun (half of school year)
  • sáu tháng noun (half of school year)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • זמן noun (half of school year)
  • סעמעסטער noun (half of school year)

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Because of Linda's outstanding grades last semester, I have arranged for her to visit Europe.

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My grades have improved since first semester.

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I'm taking Spanish this semester.

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What are you going to take this semester?

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