semester A2 Topic:Education & Learning US /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ UK /sɪˈmɛstə/ See IPA manual Freq #7562 Meanings 1 noun one of the two main periods that a school or university year is divided into I will graduate at the end of the spring semester. Thesaurus Word family Forms semesters Derived forms maymestermidsemesterpostsemestersemesteredsemesteringsemesterly Related forms bimesterhalf-yeartermtrimester Appears in Phrases (1) See all semester hour a unit of academic credit based on one weekly class hour over a semester Noun + noun Etymology AI details From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). Semester German sēmestris la-new View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # semester **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɪˈmɛstɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /sɪˈmɛstə/ **Frequency rank:** 7562 ## Meanings 1. one of the two main periods that a school or university year is divided into ## Examples - I will graduate at the end of the spring semester. ## Derived Forms - maymester - midsemester - postsemester - semestered - semestering - semesterly ## Related Forms - bimester - half-year - term - trimester ## Roots and Affixes - Root: Semester - Root: sēmestris ## Etymology From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). ## AI Etymology Semester is from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). Important forms in the word's history include German Semester, la-new sēmestris. In current use it includes the sense one of the two main periods that a school or university year is divided into. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown