xi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"

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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)

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/
• (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
• 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

• Ix

See also: theta

Dutch

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

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.

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)

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 mkien ― somewhere

   xi ħadd ― someone

   xi ħaġa ― something

   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. any

Related terms

• *iex
• -x
• xejn
• x’
• x’inhu

 

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Pronoun

xi

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

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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi/

• (Portugal) 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɪj˧˧]

Noun

xi

1. shoe polish