semi

semi-remorque

Grand camion tirant une remorque, ou cette remorque elle-même, dont les roues sont uniquement à l'arrière.

En anglais simple : A large truck pulling a trailer, or the trailer itself, which has wheels only at the back.

• A semi blocked the road.
• She drives a semi across the country.
• Two semis were parked behind the warehouse.

Synonymes : tractor-trailer, semi-trailer, eighteen-wheeler

Expressions courantes : drive a semi, a loaded semi, semi trailer

demi-finale

Match ou tour qui détermine qui participera à la finale d'une compétition.

En anglais simple : A match or round that decides who reaches the final of a competition.

• Our team reached the semi.
• She lost her semi in three sets.
• Both semis will be played on Saturday.

Synonymes : semi-final

Expressions courantes : reach the semi, win a semi, in the semi

maison jumelée

Maison reliée à une seule autre maison par un mur commun.

En anglais simple : A house joined to one other house by a shared wall.

• They live in a semi.
• We bought a three-bedroom semi with a garden.
• Several semis on this street are for sale.

Synonymes : semi-detached house

Expressions courantes : a three-bedroom semi, buy a semi, a suburban semi

demi-érection

État dans lequel le pénis est un peu dur, sans être complètement rigide.

En anglais simple : A state in which the penis is partly hard but not fully hard.

• He had a semi.
• He felt embarrassed about getting a semi.
• The character jokes about his semi in the comedy.

Synonymes : partial erection

Expressions courantes : have a semi, get a semi