xi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

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.

References

Anagrams

• Ix

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξῖ (xî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Alternative forms

• ksi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

• Audio:

  (file)

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.

Alternative forms

• csi, ksi

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)

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).

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Romanization

xi

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi/

• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Noun

xi

1. water

References

• Victor Golla, Takelma Texts and Grammar

Etymology

Perhaps from French cirage

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [si˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧]

Noun

xi

1. shoe polish