semestrialsemestraladj.

/sɪˈmɛstrɪəl/

/sɪˈmɛstrəl/

Etymology: < Latin sēmēstris (see semester n.) + -ial suffix, -al suffix¹.

Half-yearly; taking place every six months; lasting for six months. Of persons: holding office for six months; exercising office every six months.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring specific number of times a year

quarterly1563

trimestrial1693

semestrial1701

semi-annual1794

three-monthly1819

trimestral1824

bi-monthly1846

trimonthly1856

biannual1870

triannual1901

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > hired for specific period of time

day-labouring1577

semestrial1701

yearly1707

seasonal1904

perm1916

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > lasting or occurring every specific number of months

trimestre1623

half-yearly1660

trimestrial1693

two-monthly1811

trimestral1824

decimestrial1842

bimestrial1846

trimonthly1856

bi-monthly1879

trimensual1891

semestrial1894

1701 J. Sage Vindic. Disc. Princ. Cyprianic Age iii. 118 Neither was the change..made only from weekly, or monthly, or semestrial, or annual, to constant Moderators.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 332 As they may in their Semestral Visitations inform themselves touching such Churches as are become void.

1844 W. Kay in J. H. Newman & W. Kay tr. C. Fleury Eccl. Hist. III. 406 (note) The old canonical semestral council.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Barnwell in Punch 12 136/2 Speeding to the Bank for her semestrial pittance.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 1/2 The ideal state of things, Lord Salisbury's argument implies, would be not Triennial but Semestral Parliaments.

Derivatives

seˈmestrially adv. every six months.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adverb] > during or occurring every specific number of months

month about1749

bi-monthly1846

biannually1882

semestrially1891

1891 Sat. Rev. 9 May 573/2 [He] continues..semestrially..to furnish his quota of sensational aventures parisiennes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	semestrial
释义	semestrialsemestraladj. /sɪˈmɛstrɪəl//sɪˈmɛstrəl/ Etymology: < Latin sēmēstris (see semester n.) + -ial suffix, -al suffix¹. Half-yearly; taking place every six months; lasting for six months. Of persons: holding office for six months; exercising office every six months. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [adjective] > occurring specific number of times a year quarterly1563 trimestrial1693 semestrial1701 semi-annual1794 three-monthly1819 trimestral1824 bi-monthly1846 trimonthly1856 biannual1870 triannual1901 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > hired for specific period of time day-labouring1577 semestrial1701 yearly1707 seasonal1904 perm1916 the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > lasting or occurring every specific number of months trimestre1623 half-yearly1660 trimestrial1693 two-monthly1811 trimestral1824 decimestrial1842 bimestrial1846 trimonthly1856 bi-monthly1879 trimensual1891 semestrial1894 1701 J. Sage Vindic. Disc. Princ. Cyprianic Age iii. 118 Neither was the change..made only from weekly, or monthly, or semestrial, or annual, to constant Moderators. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 332 As they may in their Semestral Visitations inform themselves touching such Churches as are become void. 1844 W. Kay in J. H. Newman & W. Kay tr. C. Fleury Eccl. Hist. III. 406 (note) The old canonical semestral council. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Barnwell in Punch 12 136/2 Speeding to the Bank for her semestrial pittance. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 18 Dec. 1/2 The ideal state of things, Lord Salisbury's argument implies, would be not Triennial but Semestral Parliaments. Derivatives seˈmestrially adv. every six months. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adverb] > during or occurring every specific number of months month about1749 bi-monthly1846 biannually1882 semestrially1891 1891 Sat. Rev. 9 May 573/2 [He] continues..semestrially..to furnish his quota of sensational aventures parisiennes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1701
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