xi

xi

See also: XI, Xi, xiʼ, ⅺ, χι, xí, xì, xī, and xǐ

ⅺ U+217A, ⅺ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN ← ⅹ [U+2179] Number Forms ⅻ → [U+217B]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• XI, xi, Ⅺ, VVI, vvi

Symbol

xi

1. Ⅺ, the Roman numeral eleven (11)

See also

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

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English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← nu		→ omicron
Ξ ξ Ancient Greek: ξεῖ
Wikipedia article on 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)

  (file)

• 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

Greek letter

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) Ancient: ξεῖ n (xeî) Hungarian: kszi Interlingua: xi 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)

References

1. “xi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (zaɪ, ksaɪ)
2. “xi”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (zaɪ, saɪ, ksi)
3. “xi”, in Collins English Dictionary. (zaɪ, saɪ, ksaɪ, ksi)

Anagrams

• Ix

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French

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.

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Italian

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)

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪ/

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَيْء‎ (šayʾ, “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
2. any

Derived terms

• xi mkien
• xi ħadd
• xi ħaġa

Related terms

• x'
• -x
• xejn
• xiex
• x'inhu

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Pronoun

xi

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

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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

• 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.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi/

• Rhymes: -i

Alternative forms

• xii, xiii, etc.

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

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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

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Takelma

Noun

xi

1. water

References

• Victor Golla, Takelma Texts and Grammar

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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