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See also: Psi, PSI, psí, and pśi

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet
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Ψ ψ
Ancient Greek: ψεῖ
Wikipedia article on psi

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).

Pronunciation

Greek letter

  • enPR: psī, sī, IPA(key): /psaɪ/, /saɪ/
  • Audio (US) (Greek letter)(file)
  • Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si (all for the latter pronunciation only)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Psychic energy

Noun

psi (countable and uncountable, plural psis)

  1. (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
  2. (uncountable, parapsychology, science fiction) A form of psychic energy.
    • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
      ‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’
    • 1996, Michael F. Stoeber, Hugo Anthony Meynell, Critical Reflections on the Paranormal (page 60)
      When an event is classified as a psi phenomenon, it is claimed that all known channels for the apparent interaction have been eliminated.
    • 2005, Michael Ashley, Transformations: The History of the Science Fiction Magazine 1950 to 1970, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, page 133:
      It traces the growth of homo gestalt with the uniting of six lovely outcasts of society who have psi powers and come together as a hive mind, thus creating a gestalt super-being.
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See also

  • (Greek letter): Previous: chi, Next: omega

Etymology 2

Initialism of pounds per square inch.

Alternative forms

Symbol

psi

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  1. Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)
Related terms

psia

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

psi f (plural psis)

  1. Psi; the Greek letter Ψ (lowercase ψ)

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

psi

  1. nominative/vocative plural of pes

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî).

Pronunciation

Noun

psi m or f (plural psi's, diminutive psi'tje n)

  1. psi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

psi m (plural psi)

  1. psi (Greek letter)

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpsi/*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: psì

Noun

psi m or f (invariable)

  1. psi (Greek letter)

Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsьjь. By surface analysis, pies +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɕi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: psi

Adjective

psi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (relational) canine, dog
    Synonyms: pieski, (archaic) sobaczy
Declension
Declension of psi (soft)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative psi psia psie psi psie
genitive psiego psiej psiego psich
dative psiemu psiej psiemu psim
accusative psiego psi psią psie psich psie
instrumental psim psią psim psimi
locative psim psiej psim psich
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nouns
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verb
nouns

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψῖ (psî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /psi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: psi

Noun

psi n (indeclinable)

  1. psi (Greek letter Ψ, ψ)

Further reading

  • psi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • psi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: psi

Noun

psi m (plural psis)

  1. (countable) psi (name of the Greek letter Ψ)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ψι (psi).

Noun

psi m (plural psi)

  1. psi

Declension

Declension of psi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) psi psiul (niște) psi psii
genitive/dative (unui) psi psiului (unor) psi psilor
vocative psiule psilor

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

psi m anim

  1. nominative plural of pes

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: psi

Noun

psi f (plural psíes)

  1. psi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ

Further reading

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