hemi-
English
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek prefix ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”), from ἥμισυς (hḗmisus, “half”). Doublet of semi-.
Prefix
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Derived terms
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[edit]Note that English words beginning with hemi- in English do not necessarily correspond to words beginning with the prefixes given in this section.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”).
Prefix
[edit]hemi-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hemi-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Danish
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[edit]hemi-
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]hémi
Derived terms
[edit]Category Indonesian terms prefixed with hemi- not found
Further reading
[edit]- “hemi-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-).
Pronunciation
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[edit]hemi-
- hemi-
- Synonym: pół-
- hemi- + celuloza → hemiceluloza
Derived terms
[edit]Category Polish terms prefixed with hemi- not found
Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: he‧mi
Prefix
[edit]hemi-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hemi-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “hemi-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]hemi-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hemi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- English learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Catalan terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan prefixes
- Danish lemmas
- Danish prefixes
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian prefixes
- Indonesian numeral prefixes
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmi
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmi/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish prefixes
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prefixes
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish prefixes
