quasi-

See also: quasi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost, as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkweɪzaɪ/, /ˈkweɪsaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/[1]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːˌzaɪ/, /ˈkwɑːzi/, /ˈkwɑːsi/[1][2][3]
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /kwɑːzi/, /kwæzi/, /-aɪ/, /-ʌɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːzi, -ɑːsi
  • Homophone: quasi

Prefix

quasi-

  1. Almost, virtually.
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 18:
      The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death.
  2. Apparently, seemingly, or resembling. [from 17th c.]
  3. To a limited extent or degree, to be somewhat or partially.
    • 2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service.

Usage notes

  • “Quasi-” may be prefixed to nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
  • Words derived from quasi- are more often spelled with a hyphen than solid. Using hyphen is recommended by GPO manual.[4] OED2 lists the derived terms as hyphenated.[5]

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • quasiaesthetic
  • quasiamicable
  • quasi-arithmetical
  • quasi-art
  • quasiatom
  • quasi-automatic
  • quasi-automatically
  • quasi-belief
  • quasi-bialgebra
  • quasi-classic
  • quasi-colloquial
  • quasi-continuous
  • quasi-continuum
  • quasicontraction
  • quasi-contractual
  • quasi-copula
  • quasi-crime
  • quasi-crystalline
  • quasi-definition
  • quasi-deify
  • quasi-dereliction
  • quasidihedral
  • quasidiploid
  • quasidirect
  • quasi-divine
  • quasi-dying
  • quasi-emperor
  • quasi-episcopal
  • quasi-equilibrium
  • quasi-eternal
  • quasi-ethical
  • quasi-ethically
  • quasi-existence
  • quasi-fascist
  • quasi-feudal
  • quasifunction
  • quasi-general
  • quasi-governmental
  • quasi-grammatical
  • quasi-hallucinatory
  • quasi-historical
  • quasi-horizontal
  • quasi-implication
  • quasi-independent
  • quasi in rem
  • quasi-instantaneous
  • quasi-invariant
  • quasi-jazz
  • quasi-judicial
  • quasi-legal
  • quasi-logical
  • quasi-marital
  • quasi-marriage
  • quasi-material
  • quasi-mathematical
  • quasi-mechanical
  • quasi-mechanistic
  • quasi-metallic
  • quasi-metaphysical
  • quasi-military
  • quasi-miracle
  • quasi-miraculous
  • quasi-modal
  • quasi-molecular
  • quasi-molecule
  • quasi-monastic
  • quasi-monopoly
  • quasi-mythical
  • quasi-neutral
  • quasi-neutrality
  • quasinorm
  • quasi-nuptial
  • quasi-object
  • quasi-official
  • quasi-optical
  • quasi-ossianic
  • quasi-parlando
  • quasi parlato
  • quasi-partner
  • quasi-peak
  • quasi-permanent
  • quasi-personal
  • quasi-philosophical
  • quasi-physical
  • quasiplatonic
  • quasiprojective
  • quasi-public
  • quasi-purposive
  • quasiquotation
  • quasiquote
  • quasi-religion
  • quasi-religious
  • quasirhombicosidodecahedron
  • quasirhombicuboctahedron
  • quasiromantic
  • quasi-romantic
  • quasi-science
  • quasi-semi
  • quasi-sensation
  • quasiseparable
  • quasi-simultaneous
  • quasi-simultaneously
  • quasistability
  • quasi-statement
  • quasi-stationary
  • quasisteady
  • quasi-substance
  • quasi-technical
  • quasi-thermodynamic
  • quasi-totalitarian
  • quasi-totality
  • quasitransitive
  • quasitruncated
  • quasi-universal
  • quasi-vacuity
  • quasi-verb
  • quasi-war
  • Quasi-War

Translations

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “quasi-”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. ^ Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “quasi-”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ “quasi-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  4. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
  5. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “quasi-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

quasi-

  1. quasi-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with quasi-
quasianterior
quasidelicte
quasiobert
quasiposterior

Further reading

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋaː.zi/

Prefix

quasi-

  1. quasi-

Derived terms

Note: quasi- should be written connected to the following word, except where the vowels collide, in which case a hyphen is inserted.
  • quasiauthentiek
  • quasi-intellectueel
  • quasimodo
  • quasinonchalant
  • quasionschuldig
  • quasiwetenschappelijk

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kuasi-

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.zi/

Prefix

quasi-

  1. quasi-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with quasi-
quasi-frère
quasi-particule
quasiparticule
quasi-sœur
quasi-totalité

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From quasi, from Latin quasi (“as if”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkwa.zi/
  • Hyphenation: quà‧si-

Prefix

quasi-

  1. quasi-

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin quasi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkfa.zi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -azi
  • Syllabification: qua‧si-

Prefix

quasi-

  1. para-, quasi-
    Synonyms: niby-, para-

Derived terms

Category Polish terms prefixed with quasi- not found

Further reading

  • quasi- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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