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• XI, xi, Ⅺ, VVI, vvi

xi

1. Ⅺ, the Roman numeral eleven (11)

• Previous: ⅹ (ten, 10)
• Next: ⅻ (twelve, 12)

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← nu		→ omicron
Ξ ξ Ancient Greek: ξεῖ
Wikipedia article on xi

From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).

• enPR: zī, sī, ksī, ksē, IPA^(key): /zaɪ/, /saɪ/, /ksaɪ/, /ksiː/^[1][2][3]
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

xi (plural xis)

1. The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
2. (physics) Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion.

• xi baryon

• Ix

From Ancient Greek ξῖ (xî).

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

• Audio:

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

1. xi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

• xi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• ksi

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

• Audio:

  (file)

xi m (plural xi or xis)

1. xi (Greek letter)

• “xi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• csi, ksi

From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).

• IPA^(key): /ˈksi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: xì

xi m or f (invariable)

1. the name of the Greek-script letter Ξ/ξ
   1. xi (all senses)

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪ/

From Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing, a thing, something”). Compare the same use as a determiner in Moroccan Arabic شي (ši) and North Levantine Arabic شي (ši).

xi

1. some

   xi mkien ― somewhere

   xi ħadd ― someone

   xi ħaġa ― something

   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. any

See the lemma.

xi

1. Alternative form of x’ (used before a consonant cluster)

xi

1. Nonstandard spelling of xī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of xǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xì.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi/

• Rhymes: -i

• xii, xiii, etc.

xi

1. indicates that something has failed
2. indicates that someone is in trouble

xi m (plural xis)

1. Alternative spelling of csi

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

xi f (plural xíes)

1. xi; the Greek letter Ξ, ξ

• “xi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

xi

1. water

• Victor Golla, Takelma Texts and Grammar

Perhaps from French cirage

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

xi

1. shoe polish