semifinal

See also: semi-final

English

Alternative forms

• semi-final

Etymology

Latin semifinalis, from semi- +‎ final.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• last four
• semi

Derived terms

• semifinalist

Related terms

• final
• quarterfinal

Descendants

• → Swedish: semifinal
• → Turkish: semifinal

Translations

competition

• Bulgarian: полуфина́л (bg) m (polufinál)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 四強／四强 (sei³ koeng⁴)

  Mandarin: 半決賽／半决赛 (zh) (bànjuésài), 四強／四强 (zh) (sìqiáng)

• Czech: semifinále (cs) n
• Danish: semifinale (da) c
• Dutch: halve finale (nl)
• Estonian: poolfinaal
• Finnish: välierä (fi), semifinaali (fi)
• French: demi-finale (fr) m
• Georgian: ნახევარფინალი (naxevarpinali)
• German: Halbfinale (de) n, Semifinale (de) n
• Hungarian: elődöntő (hu)
• Irish: cluiche leathcheannais m
• Italian: semifinale (it) f
• Japanese: 準決勝 (ja) (じゅんけっしょう, junkesshō)
• Korean: 준결승 (ko) (jun'gyeolseung)
• Latin: semifinale, semifinalis
• Macedonian: полуфина́ле n (polufinále)
• Polish: półfinał (pl) m
• Portuguese: semifinal f, meia-final f
• Russian: полуфина́л (ru) m (polufinál)
• Spanish: semifinal
• Swahili: nusu fainali (sw)
• Swedish: semifinal (sv)
• Tagalog: malapangwakas, mala-pangwakas
• Thai: รองสุดท้าย (rong-sùd-táai)
• Turkish: (rare) dömifinal (tr), semifinal, yarı final (tr)
• Ukrainian: півфіна́л m (pivfinál)
• Vietnamese: bán kết (vi)
• Arabic: الدور قبل النهائي

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌsɛ.mi.fiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌse.mi.fiˈnal]

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinals)

1. semifinal

Derived terms

• semifinalista

Further reading

• “semifinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semifinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• semi-final (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌsẽ.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.mi.fiˈnaw/ [ˌse.mi.fiˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmi.fiˈnal/ [sɨˌmi.fiˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmi.fiˈnal/ [sɨˌmi.fiˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌmi.fiˈna.li/

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

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinais)

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

   Synonym: meia-final

Spanish

Etymology

From semi- +‎ final.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

semifinal f (plural semifinales)

1. semifinal, semi-final

   Synonym: (colloquial) semi

Further reading

• “semifinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

semifinal c

1. semifinal

Declension

Declension of semifinal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	semifinal	semifinals
	definite	semifinalen	semifinalens
plural	indefinite	semifinaler	semifinalers
	definite	semifinalerna	semifinalernas

References

• semifinal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• semifinal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• semifinal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English semifinal.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• define
• definisyon
• definitif
• dömifinal
• final
• finalist
• finalite
• finalize
• finans
• finansal
• finansman
• finansör
• finiş
• fino
• prefinansman
• rafine
• rafineri
• röfinansman