noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktə/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktɚ/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˌsemikənˈdɐktə/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˌsemikənˈdaktə/
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noun
Meaning 1
A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: semiconducting material
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conductor
Narrower terms: germanium, Ge, atomic number 32, silicon, Si, atomic number 14
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English conductor English semiconductor From semi- + conductor.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gjysmëpërcjellës
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Arabic:
شِبْه مُوَصِّل
(šibh muwaṣṣil)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Armenian:
կիսահաղորդիչ
(kisahaġordičʻ)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Azerbaijani:
yarımkeçirici
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Basque:
erdieroale
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Belarusian:
паўправадні́к
(pawpravadník)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Bengali:
অর্ধপরিবাহী
(ordhopribahi)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Bulgarian:
полупрово́дник
(poluprovódnik)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Burmese:
တပိုင်းလျှပ်ကူး
(ta.puing:hlyapku:)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Burmese:
ဆီမီကွန်ဒက်တာ
(hcimi-kwandakta)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Catalan:
semiconductor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Chinese Cantonese:
半導體 /半导体
(bun3 dou6 tai2)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Chinese Mandarin:
半導體 /半导体
(bàndǎotǐ)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Czech:
polovodič
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Danish:
halvleder
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Dutch:
halfgeleider
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Esperanto:
duonkonduktaĵo
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Esperanto:
semikonduktaĵo
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Esperanto:
duonkonduktanto
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Estonian:
pooljuht
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Finnish:
puolijohde
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
French:
semiconducteur
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Georgian:
ნახევარგამტარი
(naxevargamṭari)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
German:
Halbleiter
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Greek:
ημιαγωγός
(imiagogós)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Hebrew:
מוֹלִיךְ לְמֶחֱצָה
(molíkh lemekhetsá)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Hindi:
अर्धचालक पदार्थ
(ardhacālak padārth)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Hungarian:
félvezető
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Icelandic:
hálfleiðari
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Indonesian:
semikonduktor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Irish:
leathsheoltóir
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Italian:
semiconduttore
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Japanese:
半導体
(handōtai)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Kazakh:
шалаөткізгіш
(şalaötkızgış)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Khmer:
អង្គធាតុកន្លះចម្លង
(ʼɑng thiət kɑɑkɑnlah cɑɑmlɑɑng)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Khmer:
សឺមីកុងឌុចទ័រ
(səɨmiikongductɔə)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Korean:
반도체
(bandoche)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Kyrgyz:
жарым өткөргүч
(jarım ötkörgüc)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Lao:
ສານກິ່ງຕົວນໍາ
(sān king tūa nam)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Latvian:
pusvadītājs
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Lithuanian:
puslaidininkis
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Macedonian:
полуспроводник
(polusprovodnik)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Malay:
separa pengalir
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Malay:
semikonduktor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Mongolian:
хагас дамжуулагч
(xagas damžuulagč)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Norwegian Bokmål:
halvleder
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Iranian Persian:
نیمرِسانا
(nim-resânâ)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Polish:
półprzewodnik
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Portuguese:
semicondutor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Romanian:
semiconductor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Russian:
полупроводни́к
(poluprovodník)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Scottish Gaelic:
fo-ghiùlanair
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Serbo-Croatian:
полуво̀дӣч
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Serbo-Croatian:
poluvòdīč
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Slovak:
polovodič
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Slovene:
polprevodnik
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Spanish:
semiconductor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Swedish:
halvledare
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Tagalog:
malasaluyan
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Tagalog:
semikonduktor
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Tajik:
нимноқил
(nimnoqil)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Thai:
สารกึ่งตัวนํา
(sǎan-gʉ̀ng-dtuua-nam)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Turkish:
yarı iletken
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Turkmen:
ýarymgeçiriji
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Ukrainian:
напівпровідни́к
(napivprovidnýk)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Urdu:
نِیم مُوَصِّل
(nīm muvassil)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Uyghur:
يېرىم ئۆتكۈزگۈچ
(yërim ötküzgüch)
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Uzbek:
yarimoʻtkazgich
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Vietnamese:
chất bán dẫn
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
Welsh:
lled-ddargludydd
— substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator
