Meanings
adjectivesemi-official (not comparable)
alternative semiofficial
- not comparableHaving some degree of official authority.
We are indebted to these correspondents for correcting these errors, based on semi-official statements, which have been published many times.
1954 March, Editor's comment, “Letters to the Editor”, in Railway Magazine, page 209
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishofficial
- Englishsemi-official
Translations
Czech polooficiální
- polooficiálníhaving some degree of official authority
Dutch officieus
- officieushaving some degree of official authority
German halboffiziell
- halboffiziellhaving some degree of official authority
Hungarian félhivatalos
- félhivataloshaving some degree of official authority
Norwegian offisiøs
- offisiøshaving some degree of official authority
Russian полуофициа́льный
- полуофициа́льный (poluoficiálʹnyj)having some degree of official authority
Cite this entry
APA
semi-official. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-official
MLA
“semi-official.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-official. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semi-official,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semi-official.
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