semi-upright

1. 1.

   of animals that are partly erect

   Similarerect

Questions about semi-upright

What does semi-upright mean?

semi-upright means "of animals that are partly erect".

How many syllables are in semi-upright?

semi-upright has 4 syllables and divides as se-mi--u-pright under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semi-upright a common word?

semi-upright is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.