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xi

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xi - Translingual

Alternative forms

Symbol

xi

  1. Ⅺ, the Roman numeral eleven (11)

xi - English

Pronunciation

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

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

  • Arabic: كْسِي‎ (ar) m (ksī)
  • Catalan: ksi (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 克西 (zh) (kèxī), 克希 (kèxī), 可塞 (zh) (kěsài)
  • Danish: ksi (da) n
  • Dutch: xi (nl) m or f, ksi (nl) m or f
  • Esperanto: ksio (eo)
  • Finnish: ksii (fi)
  • French: xi (fr) m, ksi (fr) m
  • German: Xi (de) n
  • Greek: ξι (el) n (xi)
  • Hungarian: kszi
  • Interlingua: xi
  • Irish: xí f
  • Italian: xi (it) m or f, csi m or f, ksi m or f
  • Japanese: グザイ (guzai), クサイ (kusai), クスィー (kusī)
  • Korean: 크시 (ko) (keusi)
  • Macedonian: кси n (ksi)
  • Malay: xi
  • Persian: کسی‎ (fa) (ksi)
  • Polish: ksi (pl) n
  • Portuguese: xi (pt) m, csi (pt) m, ksi m
  • Russian: кси (ru) n (ksi)
  • Spanish: xi (es) f
  • Ukrainian: ксі f (ksi)

Anagrams

xi - French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ksi/

Noun

xi m (plural xi or xis)

  1. xi (Greek letter)

xi - Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈksi/
  • Hyphenation: xì

Noun

xi m or f (invariable)

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

xi - Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʃɪ/

Determiner

xi

  1. some
  2. any

Derived terms

  • xi ħadd
  • xi ħaġa
  • xi mkien

Pronoun

xi

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

xi - 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.

xi - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi/

Alternative forms

Interjection

xi

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

Noun

xi m (plural xis)

  1. Alternative spelling of csi

xi - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈsi/ [ˈsi]
  • Syllabification: xi

Noun

xi f (plural xíes)

  1. xi; the Greek letter Ξ, ξ

xi - Takelma

Noun

xi

  1. water

xi - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

xi

  1. shoe polish
Meaning and Definition of xi
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