adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈkweɪzaɪ/
UK:/ˈkweɪsaɪ/
UK:/ˈkwɑːzi/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:/ˈkwɑːˌzaɪ/
US:/ˈkwɑːzi/
US:/ˈkwɑːsi/
US:/ˈkweɪˌzaɪ/
US:/ˈkweɪˌsaɪ/
rhymes with -ɑːzi
rhymes with -ɑːsi
homophone: quasi-
CMU ARPABET:K W AA1 S IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or having a likeness to the named thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
