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semester.

a holiday/vacation, especially from work

8 characters3 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɛˈmɛstɛr/

  1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work

    common-gender
    Nästan alla här åker på semester under sensommaren.

  2. an activity related to vacationing

    common-gender · especially · in-compounds
    Jag åkte på campingsemester med kollegerna.

  3. a relief from a taxing situation

    common-gender · figuratively
    Vi behöver ta semester från varandra.
Where this word comes from

From New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). See also German Semester. The semantic shift might have been influenced by the French congé de semestre (six months military leave).

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