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English Online Dictionary. What means xi‎? What does xi mean?

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • XI, xi, Ⅺ, VVI, vvi

Symbol

xi

  1. , the Roman numeral eleven (11)

See also

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

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ ().

Pronunciation

  • enPR: , , ksī, ksē, IPA(key): /zaɪ/, /saɪ/, /ksaɪ/, /ksiː/
  • (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ʃiː/
  • 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

  • xi baryon

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Ix

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξῖ ().

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ksi/

Noun

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

  1. xi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

  • xi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

French

Alternative forms

  • ksi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ksi/

Noun

xi m (plural xi or xis)

  1. xi (Greek letter)

Further reading

  • “xi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

  • csi, ksi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ ().

Pronunciation

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

Noun

xi m or f (invariable)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪ/

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 mkiensomewhere
    xi ħaddsomeone
    xi ħaġasomething
  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 .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi/

  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • xii, xiii, etc.

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/ [ˈsi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: xi

Noun

xi f (plural xíes)

  1. xi; the Greek letter Ξ, ξ

Further reading

  • “xi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Takelma

Noun

xi

  1. water

References

  • Victor Golla, Takelma Texts and Grammar

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps from French cirage

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [si˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sɪj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [sɪj˧˧]

Noun

xi

  1. shoe polish

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