semifinal

• semi-final

Latin semifinalis, from semi- +‎ final.

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

semifinal (plural semifinals)

1. (sports) A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, the stage before the final.
2. A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

• last four
• semi

• semifinalist

• final
• quarterfinal

• → Swedish: semifinal
• → Turkish: semifinal

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.mi.fiˈnal/

semifinal f (plural semifinals)

1. semifinal

• semifinalista

• “semifinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semifinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “semifinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semifinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• semi-final (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

semifinal f (plural semifinais)

1. (sports) semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)

   Synonym: meia-final

semi- +‎ final

• IPA^(key): /semifiˈnal/ [se.mi.fiˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

semifinal f (plural semifinales)

1. semifinal, semi-final

   Synonym: (colloquial) semi

• “semifinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English semifinal, equivalent to semi- +‎ final.

semifinal c

1. semifinal

Borrowed from English semifinal.

• IPA^(key): /seˈmi.fi.nal/
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧fi‧nal

semifinal (definite accusative semifinali, plural semifinaller)

1. (sports) semifinal

   Synonyms: dömifinal, yarı final

   • 1971, Milliyet Gazetesi

     Olimpiyad şampiyonu Davenport ile semifinalde yanşan Milburn mükemmel bir koşu çıkartarak...