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Plural of semi

regular plural

The plural of semi is semis.

Forms of semi

Singularsemi /ˈsɛmi/
Pluralsemis /ˈsɛmiːz/
Countablecountable

Semis in a sentence

  • The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52
  • The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory.2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 150
  • It's not just market forces that are bringing out the semis and towns.2004 June 11, Derek Raymaker, “Suburbs add semi-detached to the mix”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN…. From the entry town
  • Detached houses always sell faster than towns or semis.2002, Garth Turner, The Little Book of Real Estate Wisdom, Toronto, O.N.: Key Porter Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry town
  • They were re-engined and modified as required, then had either turntables attached for semis or else traybodies fitted and some trailers tacked on.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 47. From the entry reengine

Meaning of semi

  1. noun A semi-detached house.
  2. noun A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
  3. noun A semifinal.

Full definition of semi

Questions about the plural of semi

What is the plural of semi?
The plural of semi is semis.
Is semi countable?
Semi is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semi (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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