English

Adjective

quasi ‎(not comparable)

1. resembling or having a likeness to something
   • 2000, Henry Martyn Robert; Sarah Corbin Robert, Robert's Rules of Order, 10th revised edition, page 522:

     The presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the chair himself throughout its proceedings.

Derived terms

• quasi-

Translations

Catalan

Adverb

quasi

1. almost, nearly, quasi

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) kwasi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʋaːzi/

Etymology

From Latin quasi ‎(“as if”).

Adverb

quasi

1. quasi

Synonyms

• alsof

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kazi/

Adverb

quasi

1. (dated, colloquial, regional or literary) almost, nearly

Anagrams

• quais

German

Etymology

From Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvaːzi]

Adverb

quasi

1. effectively, as it were

Synonyms

• gewissermaßen, sozusagen

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwaː.zi]

Adverb

quasi

1. nearly, almost
2. hardly

Synonyms

• circa
• pressappoco

Related terms

• quasiché

Latin

Etymology

From quam ‎(“as”) + sī ‎(“if”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.si/

Conjunction

quasi

1. as if

Descendants

References

• quasi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quasi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• QUASI in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quasi”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to obscure the mental vision: mentis quasi luminibus officere (vid. sect. XIII. 6) or animo caliginem offundere
    
  • to represent a thing dramatically: sic exponere aliquid, quasi agatur res (non quasi narretur)
    
  • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): quasi praeteriens, in transitu attingere aliquid
    
  • belief in God is part of every one's nature: omnibus innatum est et in animo quasi insculptum esse deum
    
  • I said en passant, by the way: dixi quasi praeteriens or in transitu
    

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi.

Adverb

quasi

1. almost, nearly

Novial

Etymology

From Latin quasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.si/, /kwa.zi/

Conjunction

quasi

1. as if, as it were

Portuguese

Adverb

quasi (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of quase