English Online Dictionary. What means psi? What does psi mean?
English
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/
- Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si (all for the latter pronunciation only)
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Psychic energy
- enPR: sī, IPA(key): /saɪ/
- Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Noun
psi (countable and uncountable, plural psis)
- (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
- (uncountable, parapsychology, science fiction) A form of psychic energy.
- 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.
Derived terms
- psi function
- psi particle
Translations
See also
- (Greek letter): Previous: chi, Next: omega
Etymology 2
Initialism of pounds per square inch.
Alternative forms
- P.S.I.
- PSI
Symbol
psi
- Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)
Related terms
psia
Anagrams
- IPS, IPs, ISP, Isp, PIs, SIP, SPI, iPS, isp, pis, sip
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpsi]
Noun
psi f (plural psis)
- Psi; the Greek letter Ψ (lowercase ψ)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpsɪ]
Noun
psi
- nominative/vocative plural of pes
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psi/
Noun
psi m or f (plural psi's, diminutive psi'tje n)
- psi (letter of the Greek alphabet)
Further reading
- psi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psi/
- Homophones: psy, psys
Noun
psi m (plural psi)
- psi (Greek letter)
Further reading
- “psi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pis, spi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpsi/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: psì
Noun
psi m or f (invariable)
- psi (Greek letter)
Anagrams
- spi
Polish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsьjь. By surface analysis, pies + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɕi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: psi
Adjective
psi (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (relational) canine, dog
- Synonyms: pieski, (archaic) sobaczy
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψῖ (psî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpsi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: psi
Noun
psi n (indeclinable)
- psi (Greek letter Ψ, ψ)
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈpɕi/
Interjection
psi
- (Near Masovian, often repeated) used to call young dogs
- Coordinate term: a cucu
Derived terms
Further reading
- psi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- psi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “psi”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: psi
Etymology 1
Derived from Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî)
Noun
psi m (plural psis)
- (countable) psi (name of the Greek letter Ψ)
Etymology 2
Noun
psi m or f by sense (plural psis)
- (informal) Clipping of psicólogo.
References
- "psi", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2024, https://dicionario.priberam.org/psi.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ψι (psi).
Noun
psi m (plural psi)
- psi
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [psi]
Noun
psi m anim
- nominative plural of pes
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi/ [ˈsi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: psi
Noun
psi f (plural psíes)
- psi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ
Further reading
- “psi”, 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