semester semese • semester hour · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · semester · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) one of two divisions of an academic year. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) half a year; a period of 6 months. · · Noun Definition 2 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 m latin small letter m U+006D r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074