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semita

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English

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Etymology

From Latin semita (a path).

Noun

semita (plural semitae)

  1. A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for semita”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

From Sem + -ita.

Pronunciation

Adjective

semita m or f (masculine and feminine plural semites)

  1. Semitic

Noun

semita m or f by sense (plural semites)

  1. Semite

Derived terms

Further reading

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Adjective

semita (accusative singular semitan, plural semitaj, accusative plural semitajn)

  1. singular past passive participle of semi

Italian

Etymology 1

From Sem (Shem) + -ita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈmi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: se‧mì‧ta

Adjective

semita m or f (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

  1. Semitic
    Synonym: semitico

Noun

semita m or f by sense (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

  1. Semite
Derived terms

Further reading

  • semìta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin sēmita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.mi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmita
  • Hyphenation: sè‧mi‧ta

Noun

semita f (plural semite)

  1. (obsolete) path
    Synonym: sentiero

Further reading

  • sèmita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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