phi
Translingual edit
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phi
English edit
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Wikipedia article on phi |
Etymology edit
From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
phi (plural phis)
- Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".
- (mathematics) The golden ratio.
- A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.
- 1963, Psychology Through Experiment (George Humphrey, Jaroslav Antonio Deutsch), page 90:
- […] tolerance (Frenkel-Brunswik 1949) for it showed that those persons with the strongest defences against internal conflict, i.e. obsessionals and conversion hysterics, were those least able to perceive the reality-conflicting phenomenon of phi.
- 2007, Wayne Weiten, Psychology: Themes and Variations: Themes And Variations, page 138:
- The illusion of movement in a highway construction sign is an instance of the phi phenomenon, which is also at work in motion pictures and television.
- 2013, Francis Glebas, The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design, page 66:
- Is it the phi phenomenon or the persistence of vision? Originally, the illusion of motion that movies excel at was thought to be the effect of the persistence of vision.
- 1963, Psychology Through Experiment (George Humphrey, Jaroslav Antonio Deutsch), page 90:
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Greek letter
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "phi, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
phi m or f (plural phi's, diminutive phi'tje n)
- phi (letter of the Greek alphabet)
Further reading edit
- phi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
phi m (plural phi)
- phi (Greek letter)
Further reading edit
- “phi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
phi m (invariable)
- phi (Greek letter)
Polish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
phi
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
phi n (indeclinable)
- phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
phi m (invariable)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of fi.
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 飛 (“to fly; to gallop”).
Verb edit
phi
- (of a horse) to gallop
- Ngựa phi.
- The horse gallops.
- to flee; to travel very quickly
- Phi nhanh về nhà kẻo tối.
- Hurry home before it gets dark.
- to lance (to throw in the manner of a lance)
- phi dao găm
- to throw a dagger
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 非 (“not”).
Prefix edit
phi (非)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- gian phi
- phi chính nghĩa
- phi chính phủ (“non-governmental”)
- phi chính trị
- phi đạo đức
- phi giai cấp
- phi giáo hội
- phi lộ
- phi lợi nhuận (“non-profit”)
- phi lý, phi lí
- phi mậu dịch
- phi nghĩa (“unjust”)
- phi nhân
- phi ngã
- phi phàm
- phi pháp
- phi phù trí quỷ
- phi quân sự
- phi quân sự hóa, phi quân sự hoá
- phi sản xuất
- phi tang
- phi thời gian
- phi thực dân hóa, phi thực dân hoá
- phi thực tại
- phi thường
- phi thương bất phú
- phi trọng lượng
- phi vi
- phi vô sản
- phi vô sản hóa, phi vô sản hoá
- phi vụ
- tái ông thất mã, yên tri phi phúc
- thị phi
- trừ phi
Conjunction edit
phi
- if it isn't
- Phi anh ấy, không ai biết.
- If it isn't him, then who knows?
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
phi
- to stir-fry (an onion, scallion, or clove of garlic) before preparing a dish
- Phi tỏi rồi mới bỏ rau muống vào.
- Stir-fry the garlic before adding in water spinach.
- Phi hành để nấu nước chấm.
- Stir-fry the onion to make dipping sauce.
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
(classifier con) phi
- Various species of saltwater clam of the genus Sanguinolaria, such as Sanguinolaria diphos and Sanguinolaria planculata.
Etymology 5 edit
Noun edit
phi
- phi (Φ)
Etymology 6 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 妃.
Noun edit
(classifier bà) phi
- concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch.
- các bà phi trong cung
- the palace concubines
- wives, consorts of a junior monarch such as a prince.
- vương phi, vương tử phi, hoàng tử phi
- the queen consort, the royal princess consort, the imperial princess consort
Synonyms edit
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Etymology 7 edit
Sino-Vietnamese reading of various Chinese characters.
Romanization edit
phi
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妃
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 痱
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 不
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 霏
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 髬
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 腓
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 斐
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 丕
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蜚
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 披
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騑
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鯡
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 扉
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緋
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飛
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 非
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紕
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 菲
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呸
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- phi-la-tốp
- phi lao, phi-lao
- phi lê, phi-lê (“fillet”)
- phi-nan (“finale”)
- phi-năng (“finance”)
- phương phi
References edit
- "phi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective edit
-phi?
Inflection edit
Enumerative concord, tone H | ||||
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Modifier | ||||
Class 1 | muphi | |||
Class 2 | baphi | |||
Class 3 | muphi | |||
Class 4 | miphi | |||
Class 5 | liphi | |||
Class 6 | maphi | |||
Class 7 | siphi | |||
Class 8 | ziphi | |||
Class 9 | yiphi | |||
Class 10 | ziphi | |||
Class 11 | luphi | |||
Class 14 | buphi | |||
Class 15 | kuphi | |||
Class 17 | kuphi |
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “phi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “phi”