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Translingual

Alternative forms

Symbol

xi

  1. Ⅺ, the Roman numeral eleven (11)

See also

English

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • enPR: zī, sī, ksī, ksē, IPA(key): /zaɪ/, /saɪ/, /ksaɪ/, /ksiː/
  • (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ʃiː/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ chapter XI, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. (zaɪ, ksaɪ)
  2. ^ chapter XI, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (zaɪ, saɪ, ksi)
  3. ^ chapter XI, in Collins English Dictionary. (zaɪ, saɪ, ksaɪ, ksi)

Anagrams

See also: theta

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξῖ (xî).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. xi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

xi m (plural xi or xis)

  1. xi (Greek letter)

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

xi m or f (invariable)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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).

Determiner

xi

  1. some
    xi mkien ― somewhere
    xi ħadd ― someone
    xi ħaġa ― something
  2. any
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Pronoun

xi

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

Mandarin

Romanization

xi

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

Usage notes

  • 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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Interjection

xi

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

Etymology 2

Noun

xi m (plural xis)

  1. Alternative spelling of csi

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

xi f (plural xíes)

  1. xi; the Greek letter Ξ, ξ

Further reading

Takelma

Noun

xi

  1. water

References

  • Victor Golla, Takelma Texts and Grammar

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps from French cirage

Pronunciation

Noun

xi

  1. shoe polish
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