semita

See also: sémita

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• Amesti, Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, samite, tamise

Catalan

Etymology

From Sem +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈmi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈmi.ta]

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

• antisemita
• semític
• semitisme
• semitista

Further reading

• “semita”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Esperanto

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

• antisemita

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

Related terms

• sentiero

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• astemi, estima, mestai