Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semi-weekly

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: semi-week-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week

adv

noun

A periodical published twice a week.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English weekly English semi-weekly From semi- + weekly.

Inflected Forms

semiweekly (alternative) semi-weeklies (plural)

Synonyms

biweekly

Questions

What does semi-weekly mean?: Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week
Where does semi-weekly come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English weekly English semi-weekly From semi- + weekly.

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