semestrielle

Se mestrielle is the feminine form of the French adjective semestriel. It designates something that occurs every six months or relates to a semester, a six‑month period used in academic calendars and financial planning. The term derives from semestre, meaning half-year.

In usage, semestrielle appears in education to describe assessments or reports tied to a semester, such as une évaluation semestrielle or un bilan semestriel. In finance and administration, it is used for semiannual payments or coupons, for example paiement semestriel or intérêt semestriel. Corporate reporting also uses forms like rapports semestriels or comptes semestriels. The expression can furthermore describe scheduling items, for instance une réunion semestrielle.

Note that semestrielle agrees in gender with the noun it modifies; there is also semestriel for masculine nouns. It is related to other periodic terms such as bimestriel (every two months) and trimestriel (every three months). In English, semestrielle is typically translated as semiannual or semi‑annual.