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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. Half: demirelief.
  2. To some degree; part; partly: demigod.

Wiktionary

  1. half

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. A prefix, signifying half.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin dimidium divided in half, via Old French and Middle English demi- half (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English demi, a half of a measure or unit, from Old French, from Medieval Latin dīmedius, from Latin dīmidius, divided in half : dis-, dis- + medius, half; see medium. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. hemi-
  1. half-
  1. semi-

reverse dictionary (34)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. demirelief
  2. demi-bateau
  3. demi-pontoon
  4. semi-metamorphosis
  5. semipectinate
  6. spontoon
  1. demi-bain
  2. demi-bath
  3. demigarde-bras
  4. demi-grevière
  5. demi-jambe
  6. demi-placard
  1. dimilance
  2. half-caponiere
  3. half-shot
  4. landaulet
  5. demy
  6. demimondaine
  1. demi-season
  2. demi-semi
  3. contrefort
  4. half-relief
  5. hemi-
  6. lorette
  1. abbreviation
  2. sixty-fourth note
  3. thirty-second note
  4. caponiere
  5. Chopin
  6. crownwork
  1. demilance
  2. perclose
  3. rock
  4. vill

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