# semis

Pronunciation: say "SEM-eez" /ˈsɛmiːz/

## Noun

1. Plural of semi. — plural of semi
   - Simple: Plural of semi. People often use it for semifinals or for big trucks.
   - _The highway was jammed with semis hauling freight to the port._
   - _She won her quarterfinal easily but went out in the semis._
2. A small bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth half an as. (pronounced: say "SEM-is" /ˈsɛmɪs/)
   - Simple: A small bronze coin made in the Roman Republic, worth half of a coin called an as.
   - _Archaeologists recovered a bronze semis, its face worn almost smooth, from the floor of the shop._
   - _The collector kept a single bronze semis in a velvet-lined box._

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin sēmis.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/semis (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).