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Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/demi#Middle_English" title="demi">demi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">half, half-sized, partial</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" class="extiw" title="w:Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/demi#Old_French" title="demi">demi</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">half</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgar Latin">Vulgar Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Latin/dimedius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Latin/dimedius (page does not exist)">*dimedius</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/dimidius#Latin" title="dimidius">dīmidius</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/dis-#Latin" title="dis-">dis-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">apart; in two</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/medius#Latin" title="medius">medius</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">middle</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">demi-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/partial" title="partial">partial</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/semi-#English" title="semi-">semi-</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/holo-#English" title="holo-">holo-</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/half" title="half">half</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/half-#English" title="half-">half-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hemi-#English" title="hemi-">hemi-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/semi-#English" title="semi-">semi-</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/holo-#English" title="holo-">holo-</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/heraldry" title="heraldry">heraldry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Only the upper or front half of <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1885</b></span>, E. J. Guthrie, <cite>Old Scottish Customs</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">84</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The Barony of Pennicuik, the property of Sir George Clerk, Bart., is held by the following singular tenure: The proprietor is bound to sit upon a large rock, called the Buckstone, and wind three blasts of a horn when the king comes to hunt on the Borough Moor near Edinburgh. 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.translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Chinese: <span class="Hani" lang="zh"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8D%8A#Chinese" title="半">半</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%8A" class="extiw" title="zh:半">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="zh-Latn" class="tr Latn">bàn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/puoli-#Finnish" title="puoli-">puoli-</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">demi-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/demi-" class="extiw" title="fr:demi-">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ნახევარ- (page does not exist)">ნახევარ-</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">naxevar-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%93-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ნახევრად- (page does not exist)">ნახევრად-</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">naxevrad-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B9-#Greek" title="ημι-">ημι-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B9-" class="extiw" title="el:ημι-">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">imi-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/mi-#Ido" title="mi-">mi-</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/semi-#Italian" title="semi-">semi-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/semi-" class="extiw" title="it:semi-">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/emi-#Italian" title="emi-">emi-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/emi-" class="extiw" title="it:emi-">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8D%8A#Japanese" title="半">半</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%8A" class="extiw" title="ja:半">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">han</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EB%B0%98#Korean" title="반">반</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%B0%98" class="extiw" title="ko:반">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">ban</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/semi-#Latin" title="semi-">semi-</a></span></li> <li>Norman: <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%A9mi%C3%A9-#Norman" title="démié-">d'mié</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Jersey</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/semi-#Romanian" title="semi-">semi-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/semi-" class="extiw" title="ro:semi-">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Romanian">demi-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/emi-#Romanian" title="emi-">emi-</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB-#Russian" title="пол-">пол-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB-" class="extiw" title="ru:пол-">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pol-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83-#Russian" title="полу-">полу-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83-" class="extiw" title="ru:полу-">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">polu-</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sicilian: <span class="Latn" lang="scn"><a href="/wiki/emi-#Sicilian" title="emi-">emi-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="scn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=simi-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="simi- (page does not exist)">simi-</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/semi-#Spanish" title="semi-">semi-</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/semi-" class="extiw" title="es:semi-">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/mala-#Tagalog" title="mala-">mala-</a></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A1n#Vietnamese" title="bán">bán</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A1n" class="extiw" title="vi:bán">(vi)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Diem#English" title="Diem">Diem</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Dime#English" title="Dime">Dime</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/IMed#English" title="IMed">IMed</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dime#English" title="dime">dime</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/idem#English" title="idem">idem</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/meid#English" title="meid">meid</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/demi#French" title="demi">demi</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/də.mi/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_French" class="extiw" title="w:Canadian French">Canada</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q150_(fra)-DenisdeShawi-demi-.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source 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href="/wiki/demi#French" title="demi">demi</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefix_2">Prefix</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Prefix"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">demi-</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/semi-" title="semi-">semi-</a>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">demi-</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/half-" title="half-">half-</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=demi-&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span 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