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> quasi- quasi- is Latin in origin and means "as if, as it were". In English it is combined with adjectives in the sense of "seemingly, apparently, but not really", as in "He gave a quasi-scientific explanation of the occurrence which convinced many people but did not fool his colleagues", or "partly, to a certain extent but not completely", as in "It is a quasi-official body which does not have full powers". Quasi- can also be combined with nouns to mean "seeming, but not really", as in "a quasi-socialist who is really a capitalist" and "a quasi-Christian who will not give donations to charity". Quasi- has several possible pronunciations. It can be pronounced kway-zi, kway-si or kwah-si. Pour éviter fautes de grammaire, contresens et confusions. The English Usage Dictionary est le parfait complément des dictionnaires bilingues, du dictionnaire de définitions anglaises et du Thesaurus. Ce dictionnaire signale toutes les difficultés que recèle l'usage d'un mot: orthographe, grammaire, prononciation, homonymies, etc. Exemple d'article du dictionnaire English Usage Dictionary