semimetal

See also: semi-metal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi

Latin sēmi-bor.

English semi-

Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der.

Latin metallum

Old French metalbor.

Middle English metal

English metal

English semimetal

From semi- + metal.

Noun

semimetal (plural semimetals)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A solid of which the conduction and valence band overlap slightly in energy.

Anagrams

• lemmatise, mealtimes

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.mi.meˈtaw/ [se.mi.meˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.mi.mɨˈtal/ [sɨ.mi.mɨˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.mi.mɨˈtal/ [sɨ.mi.mɨˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.mi.mɨˈta.li/

• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧me‧tal

Noun

semimetal m (plural semimetais)

1. (inorganic chemistry) metalloid

Further reading

• “semimetal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “semimetal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

From semi- +‎ metal.

Noun

semimetal n (plural semimetale)

1. semimetal

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	semimetal	semimetalul	semimetale	semimetalele
genitive-dative	semimetal	semimetalului	semimetale	semimetalelor
vocative	semimetalule		semimetalelor