準決勝
解説 Definition
semis は semifinals の略で、スポーツや大会などの「準決勝」を指す名詞です。ふつう複数形で使われ、決勝に進む選手やチームを決める段階を表します。
In sports and competitions, semis is an informal shortened plural of semifinals, the matches or rounds that determine who advances to the final. It can refer collectively to the semifinal stage or individually to two or more semifinal contests.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
semisは口語的なsemi「準決勝」の複数形で、semifinalsを短くした形。semi-「半分」とfinal「決勝」を結び付け、「決勝の一段前」と捉える。reach the semisは「準決勝進出」、both semisは「二つの準決勝」。車のsemiの複数形にもなるため、大会の文脈で判断する。
Treat semis as the convenient informal plural of semi, short for semifinal. The prefix semi- means “half,” and a semifinal is the round just before the final, usually reducing the remaining competitors to the finalists. Common patterns are reach the semis, lose in the semis, and both semis were close. The final -s marks the plural, so one contest can be a semi, while the stage or its two contests are often the semis. Context matters because semis can also be the plural of semi meaning a large truck.
例文
Our team reached the semis for the first time.
私たちのチームは初めて準決勝に進みました。
The winner of the semis will play in the final on Sunday.
準決勝の勝者は日曜日の決勝で戦います。
Both semis were close matches.
どちらの準決勝も接戦でした。
semis の類義語・関連語
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semis の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語で「半分」を意味する semis が語源の接頭辞 semi- と final（最終）が組み合わさった語の略称です。「最終戦の半分前から進む」という構造が、準決勝の意味にそのまま直結します。同語根には semester（学期／半年）などがあります。
In the competition sense, semis is the plural of the informal shortening semi, itself clipped from semifinal. Semifinal combines semi-, an English prefix derived from Latin semi, “half,” with final. The sporting term refers to a match or round immediately before the final, often one of two contests that decide the finalists. Adding the regular plural ending -s produces semis. Although Latin also had a word semis meaning “half,” the modern tournament abbreviation developed directly by shortening English semifinal.
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