gui
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gui"
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi/
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Etymology 1
From Middle French guy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin viscum, influenced by Frankish *wīhsila.
Noun
gui m (plural guis)
- mistletoe
Derived terms
- gui blanc
- gui des feuillus
Etymology 2
From Dutch giek.
Noun
gui m (plural guis)
- (nautical) spar (pole that supports a sail)
Further reading
- “gui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guaraní
Preposition
gui
- from
Mandarin
Romanization
gui
- Nonstandard spelling of guī.
- Nonstandard spelling of guǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of guì.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Wutunhua
Etymology
From Mandarin 鬼 (guǐ).
Noun
gui
- ghost
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN