pi
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
pi
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)
- The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
- (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.
- (letterpress typography) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.
- Alternative form: pie
Synonyms edit
- (irrational constant): Archimedes' constant, Ludolphian number, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
pi (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle piing, simple past and past participle pied)
- (letterpress typography) To spill or mix printing type.
- Alternative form: pie
Adjective edit
pi (not comparable)
- (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
- In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviations.
Noun edit
pi
- (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).
- Piaster.
Adjective edit
pi
- Pious.
- 1927, Magdalen King-Hall, I Think I Remember: Being the Random Recollections of Sir Wickham Woolicomb, an Ordinary English Snob and Gentleman:
- Our Major was "Cherub" Cheeseman, noted for his foul language. I am afraid he lost a tidy little legacy that he was expecting from his aunt, the Dowager Lady Shuttlecock (a very "pi" old lady), through this same habit of his.
- 1972, Anya Seton, Green Darkness, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- “Those are very 'pi' sentiments. Was a preacher in Staffordshire— I was raised chapel, though've tried to forget it—he talked that way... redemption and the lot.”
- 1994, Roger Gard, Jane Austen's Novels: The Art of Clarity, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 101:
- In Sense and Sensibility, as even you might agree, there's at least the danger of a rather pi moral framework clamping down on the spontaneous fun and leaving the sisters to survive - a bit drearily - on the periphery of a mean world.
Related terms edit
See also edit
- pi-jaw (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Abinomn edit
Noun edit
pi
Pronoun edit
pi
- you (more than two)
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Albanian pii, from Proto-Albanian *pīja, from Proto-Indo-European *pih₃-, *peh₃- probably via the reduplicated form *píph₃eti; compare Greek πίνω (píno), Serbo-Croatian pìti, Italian bere. Orel compares the similarity between Proto-Albanian *pīja and Proto-Slavic *pijǫ;[1] Tomaschek compares Tosk pirë/Gheg pinë with Thracian πίνον (pínon, “beer”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to drink, to suck
- to smoke (in use with duhan (“tobacco, cigarettes”))
- to take (in use with drogë (“drug(s)”) and medicinë (“medicine”))
- A pi drogë? ― Do you take drugs?
- A i pive ilaçet? ― Did you take (your) medicine?
Usage notes edit
Conjugation edit
Show compound tenses:
participle | pirë | ||||||
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gerund | duke pirë | ||||||
infinitive | për të pirë | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st pers. | 2nd pers. | 3rd pers. | 1st pers. | 2nd pers. | 3rd pers. | ||
indicative | present | pi | pi | pi | pimë | pini | pinë |
imperfect | pija | pije | pinte | pinim | pinit | pinin | |
aorist | piva | pive | piu | pimë | pitë | pinë | |
perfect | kam pirë | ke pirë | ka pirë | kemi pirë | keni pirë | kanë pirë | |
past perfect | kisha pirë | kishe pirë | kishte pirë | kishim pirë | kishit pirë | kishin pirë | |
aorist II | pata pirë | pate pirë | pati pirë | patëm pirë | patët pirë | patën pirë | |
future1 | do të pi | do të pish | do të pijë | do të pimë | do të pini | do të pinë | |
future perfect2 | do të kem pirë | do të kesh pirë | do të ketë pirë | do të kemi pirë | do të keni pirë | do të kenë pirë | |
subjunctive | present | të pi | të pish | të pijë | të pimë | të pini | të pinë |
imperfect | të pija | të pije | të pinte | të pinim | të pinit | të pinin | |
perfect | të kem pirë | të kesh pirë | të ketë pirë | të kemi pirë | të keni pirë | të kenë pirë | |
past perfect | të kisha pirë | të kishe pirë | të kishte pirë | të kishim pirë | të kishit pirë | të kishin pirë | |
conditional1, 2 | imperfect | do të pija | do të pije | do të pinte | do të pinim | do të pinit | do të pinin |
past perfect | do të kisha pirë | do të kishe pirë | do të kishte pirë | do të kishim pirë | do të kishit pirë | do të kishin pirë | |
optative | present | pifsha | pifsh | piftë | pifshim | pifshit | pifshin |
perfect | paça pirë | paç pirë | pastë pirë | paçim pirë | paçit pirë | paçin pirë | |
admirative | present | pikkam | pikke | pikka | pikkemi | pikkeni | pikkan |
imperfect | pikkësha | pikkëshe | pikkësh (pikkej) | pikkëshim | pikkëshit | pikkëshin | |
perfect | paskam pirë | paske pirë | paska pirë | paskemi pirë | paskeni pirë | paskan pirë | |
past perfect | paskësha pirë | paskëshe pirë | paskësh pirë | paskëshim pirë | paskëshit pirë | paskëshin pirë | |
imperative | present | — | pi | — | — | pini | — |
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect |
Derived terms edit
- pije, pija f
- pijane f, pijan m
- pijanece f, pijanec m
- pijanike f, pijanik m
- pirashe f, pirash m
- pijetore f, pijetorja f
- pijeshitse f, pijeshitës m
- pijshëm, papijshëm
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 324-325
Ambonese Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of pigi.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pi
- (intransitive) to go
- Beta pi ka bendar. ― I'm going to the city.
References edit
- D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin per. Compare Romanian pe.
Preposition edit
pi
Related terms edit
Berawan edit
Noun edit
pi
- (Central, West) water
References edit
- Robert Blust, 2000, Low Vowel Fronting in Northern Sarawak, Oceanic Linguistics, 39:2, pp. 285-319, page 316
- Robert Blust, 2006, The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited, Oceanic Linguistics, 45:2, pages 311-338
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).
Noun edit
pi m (plural pins)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pi f (plural pis)
References edit
- “pi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chachi edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Peter W. Stahl, Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics (2006, →ISBN, page 253
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Classical Nahuatl edit
Verb edit
pi (pī)
- (transitive) To pluck
References edit
- J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pes, pedem.
Noun edit
pi m (plural pič)
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
pi
- pi (number)
- pi (letter)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî). Doublet of pe, pee (“Hebrew letter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi f or m (plural pi's, diminutive pi'tje n)
- pi (Greek letter)
- (mathematics) pi (number)
Further reading edit
- pi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
pi m (plural pi)
- pi (Greek letter)
- (mathematics) pi
Etymology 2 edit
Conjunction edit
pi
- (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative spelling of pis (“and”)
- 1963, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Gerard, page 8:
- "Blanc d’or rouge noir pi toute"
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “pi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Greenlandic edit
Root edit
pi
- Means nothing in particular.
Usage notes edit
See note at su.
Derived terms edit
Guambiano edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Beatriz Vásquez de Ruiz, La predicación en guambiano (Colciencias, 1988)
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Inuktitut edit
Noun edit
pi
- Latin spelling of ᐱ (pi)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin pē (the name of the letter P).
Noun edit
pi f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.; pee
See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî, the name of the Greek letter Π).
Noun edit
pi m (invariable)
- the name of the Greek-script letter Π/π; pi
- (mathematics) Synonym of pi greco
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
pi
Kari'na edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *pitupô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi (possessed pìpo)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[3], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 344
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pipo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 376; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[4], Paris, 1956, page 367
Kedah Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pi
- Go
- Satgi kalau depa nak pi keluaq dah, habaq kat aku awai sikit noh, satgi tak dan.
- If they are ready to go out, please inform me earlier, so that I won't be late.
- Hang ni oghang kata pa pun bukan nak dengaq, mampuih pi kat hang la.
- You never listen, just go to hell
- Do
- Hangpa pi bedak elok-elok bagi sama banyak buah moktan tu, satgi baghu tak berkelai.
- You should split the rambutans equally between yourselves, then you won't have to fight over it.
- Awat yang hang pi pukui dia, satgi dia bawak mai geng pi taboh hang pulak, lagu mana?
- Why did you hit him, don't you afraid he might summon his gang to beat you up?
See also edit
Lango (Uganda) edit
Noun edit
pì
References edit
- Michael P. Noonan, A Grammar of Lango [Uganda]
Luo edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Benny Garell Blount, Acquisition of Language by Luo Children (1969), page 57
- Roy Lawrence Stafford, An elementary Luo grammar, page 24, 1967
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
pi
- Nonstandard spelling of pī.
- Nonstandard spelling of pí.
- Nonstandard spelling of pǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of pì.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Marshallese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
Mokilese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi
Declension edit
singular possessor | first person | pioaioa | |
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second person | pioamwen | ||
third person | pia | ||
dual possessors | first person inclusive | piasa | |
first person exclusive | piama | ||
second person | piamwa | ||
third person | piara | ||
plural possessors | first person inclusive | piasai | |
first person exclusive | piamai | ||
second person | piamwai | ||
third person | piarai | ||
remote plural possessors | first person inclusive | piahs | |
first person exclusive | piemi | ||
second person | piemwi | ||
third person | piahr | ||
construct form | pien |
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun edit
pi m (plural pis)
Nuer edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, Outlines of a Nuer grammar, page 28, 1933
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Enclitic form of api.
Particle edit
pi
- an emphatic particle
Derived terms edit
Conjunction edit
pi
References edit
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pi”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Pirahã edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Volume 1, 1986
- ^ Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 96 (as pé, ipé)
- ^ “Pirahã Dictionary/ Dicionário Mura-Pirahã”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2011 February 2 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2 February 2011
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Interjection edit
pi
- cheep, used to imitate the sound made by a chick
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), from Phoenician 𐤐 (p /pē/).
Noun edit
pi n (indeclinable)
- pi (Greek letter Π, π)
- (mathematics) pi (irrational mathematical constant)
Further reading edit
- pi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -i
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).
Noun edit
pi m (plural pis)
- pi (name of the Greek letter Π, π)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Interjection edit
pi
- bleep (high-pitched sound)
Quechua edit
Pronoun edit
pi
Romagnol edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin plēnus (“full”).
Adjective edit
pi m (feminine pina, masculine plural pi, feminine plural pini)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pi m (uncountable)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)
- pi (Greek letter)
- pi (mathematical constant)
Shilluk edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- B. Kohnen, Shilluk grammar : with a little English-Shilluk dictionary, Missioni Africane, Vérone, Italie, 317 pages, page 313, 1933
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȋ m inan
- pi (Greek letter)
- pi (mathematical constant)
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | pí | ||
gen. sing. | píja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pí | píja | píji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
píja | píjev | píjev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
píju | píjema | píjem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pí | píja | píje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
píju | píjih | píjih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
píjem | píjema | píji |
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi f (plural píes)
Further reading edit
- “pi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Particle edit
pi
- Suffix used as an alternative to gani to more specifically say "which" of a known noun class.
- Anakaa nyumba ipi? ― Which house does he live in?
Inflection edit
Noun class | singular | plural |
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m-wa class(I/II) | yupi | wepi |
m-mi class(III/IV) | upi | ipi |
ji-ma class(V/VI) | lipi | yapi |
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | kipi | vipi |
n class(IX/X) | ipi | zipi |
u class(XI) | upi | see n(X) or ma(VI) class |
pa class(XVI) | papi | |
ku class(XVII) | kupi | |
mu class(XVIII) | mupi |
See also edit
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun edit
pi n
- (mathematics) pi, a constant
- pi; a Greek letter
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From English pee, the English name of the letter P/p.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P/p, in the Filipino alphabet.
See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
Further reading edit
- “pi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tocharian B edit
Particle edit
pi
- really, indeed (used to emphasize questions and commands)
Totoro edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Tsafiki edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *pii, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *piŋe.
Noun edit
pi
- tooth (protrusion of certain objects, e.g. a saw, rake)
Inflection edit
Inflection of pi (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
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nominative sing. | pi | ||
genitive sing. | pin | ||
partitive sing. | pid | ||
partitive plur. | pid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pi | pid | |
accusative | pin | pid | |
genitive | pin | piden | |
partitive | pid | pid | |
essive-instructive | pin | pin | |
translative | pikš | pikš | |
inessive | piš | piš | |
elative | pišpäi | pišpäi | |
illative | pihe | pihe | |
adessive | pil | pil | |
ablative | pilpäi | pilpäi | |
allative | pile | pile | |
abessive | pita | pita | |
comitative | pinke | pidenke | |
prolative | pidme | pidme | |
approximative I | pinno | pidenno | |
approximative II | pinnoks | pidennoks | |
egressive | pinnopäi | pidennopäi | |
terminative I | pihesai | pihesai | |
terminative II | pilesai | pilesai | |
terminative III | pissai | — | |
additive I | pihepäi | pihepäi | |
additive II | pilepäi | pilepäi |
References edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi f (plural piau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Mutation edit
This word cannot be mutated.
See also edit
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pi
- (ditransitive) to give
- Synonym: pula
- nipi de te ― (you) give me (some) tea!
- (ditransitive) to sell
- Synonym: pula
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pi (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tepi | mepi | api | |
2nd person | nepi | fepi | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ipi | depi | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nipi, pi | fipi, pi |
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[6], Pacific linguistics
Yoruba edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pí
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
See also edit
Zou edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puj (augmentative marker).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pi
Noun edit
pi
Etymology 2 edit
From Northern Proto-Kuki-Chin *bii.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pi
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 45