English Explanatory Dictionary

quasi-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Almost; virtually.
  2. Apparently, seemingly, or resembling.
  3. To a limited extent or degree; being somewhat or partially.

Pronunciation

/ˈkweɪzaɪ/ /ˈkweɪsaɪ/ /ˈkwɑːzi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quasi.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quasi2.wav /ˈkwɑˌzaɪ/ /ˈkwɑzi/ /ˈkwɑsi/ /ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/ /ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aadenboy-quasi-.wav /kwɑzi/ /kwæzi/ /-aɪ/ /-ʌɪ/

Word forms

quasi-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost; as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).

Synonyms

para- -oid -form -iform -esque -ish -ly -some -y pene- sub- -ass -like partially demi- semi- sort of

Related words

pseudo- quango quasar

Derived words

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
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