Wiktionary

pi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pi"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

pi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Pali.

EnglishEdit

Ancient Greek Alphabet
←
omicron
    →
rho
Π π
Ancient Greek: πεῖ
Wikipedia article on pi
 
This mosaic is outside the mathematics building at the Technische Universität Berlin.
 
When a circle's diameter is 1 unit, its circumference is π units.
 
When a circle's radius is 1 unit, its circumference is 2π units.

Etymology 1Edit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)

  1. The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
  2. (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.
  4. (letterpress typography) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.
    Synonym: pie
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

pi (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle piing, simple past and past participle pied)

  1. (letterpress typography) To spill or mix printing type.
    Synonym: pie

AdjectiveEdit

pi (not comparable)

  1. (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.
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviations.

NounEdit

pi

  1. (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas ≈ 1 inch).
  2. Piaster.

AdjectiveEdit

pi

  2. 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 termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AbinomnEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. (anatomy) gall bladder

PronounEdit

pi

  1. you (more than two)

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  • (Standard, Tosk) pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pirë)
  • (Gheg) pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pinë)
  1. I drink, I suck
  2. I smoke (in use with duhan (“tobacco, cigarettes”))
  3. I 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 notesEdit

  1. (Standard, Tosk) ai pi - he drinks / he is a drinker
    (Standard, Tosk) (unë) nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke
    (Gheg) ai pin - he drinks / he is a drinker
    (Gheg) (unë) nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke

ConjugationEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Standard Albanian conjugation of pi (active voice)
participle pirë
gerund duke pirë
infinitive për të pirë
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative unë ti ai/ajo ne ju ata/ato
present pij pin pin pijmë pini pijnë
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 pij do të pish do të pijë do të pijmë do të pini do të pijnë
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 unë ti ai/ajo ne ju ata/ato
present të pij të pish të pijë të pijmë të pini të pijnë
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 unë ti ai/ajo ne ju ata/ato
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 unë ti ai/ajo ne ju ata/ato
present pifsha pifsh piftë pifshim pifshit pifshin
perfect paça pirë paç pirë pastë pirë paçim pirë paçit pirë paçin pirë
admirative unë ti ai/ajo ne ju ata/ato
present pikam pike pika pikemi pikeni pikan
imperfect pikësha pikëshe pikësh pikëshim pikëshit pikëshin
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 — ti — — ju —
present — pi — — pini —
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 324-325

Ambonese MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of pigi.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pi

  1. (intransitive) to go
    Beta pi ka bendar. ― I'm going to the city.

ReferencesEdit

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin per. Compare Romanian pe.

PrepositionEdit

pi

  1. on

Related termsEdit

BerawanEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. (Central, West) water

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Catalan pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

NounEdit

pi m (plural pins)

  1. pine; evergreen tree of the genus Pinus.
  2. pinewood
Derived termsEdit
Species of pine
Other evergreen species
Other words

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

pi f (plural pis)

  1. Pi; the Greek letter Π (lowercase π).

ReferencesEdit

  • “pi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ChachiEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water
  2. river

ReferencesEdit

  • Peter W. Stahl, Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics (2006, →ISBN, page 253
  • Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin pes, pedem.

NounEdit

pi m (plural pič)

  1. foot

DanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

pi

  1. pi (number)
  2. pi (letter)

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pi/
  • Hyphenation: pi
  • Rhymes: -i

NounEdit

pi ? (uncountable)

  1. pi (Greek letter)
  2. (mathematics) pi (number)

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

pi m (plural pi)

  1. pi (Greek letter)
  2. (mathematics) pi

Etymology 2Edit

ConjunctionEdit

pi

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative spelling of pis (“and”)

Further readingEdit

GreenlandicEdit

RootEdit

pi

  1. Means nothing in particular.

Usage notesEdit

See note at su.

Derived termsEdit

GuambianoEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water
  2. river

ReferencesEdit

  • Beatriz Vásquez de Ruiz, La predicación en guambiano (Colciencias, 1988)
  • Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

InuktitutEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. Latin spelling of ᐱ (pi)

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: pì

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin pē (the name of the letter P).

NounEdit

pi f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P.; pee
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

 
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From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî, the name of the Greek letter Π).

NounEdit

pi m (invariable)

  1. the name of the Greek-script letter Π/π; pi
  2. (mathematics) Synonym of pi greco
Derived termsEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

pi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぴ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ピ

Kedah MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pi

  1. 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
  2. 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 alsoEdit

Lango (Uganda)Edit

NounEdit

pì

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Michael P. Noonan, A Grammar of Lango [Uganda]

LuoEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Benny Garell Blount, Acquisition of Language by Luo Children (1969), page 57
  • Roy Lawrence Stafford, An elementary Luo grammar, page 24, 1967

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

pi

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pī.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of pí.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of pǐ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of pì.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

MarshalleseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bee.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. bee

ReferencesEdit

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • pyid (continental Normandy)
  • pid (Jersey, Guernsey)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

NounEdit

pi m (plural pis)

  1. (Sark, anatomy) foot

NuerEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, Outlines of a Nuer grammar, page 28, 1933

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

EtymologyEdit

Enclitic form of api.

ParticleEdit

pi

  1. an emphatic particle

ConjunctionEdit

pi

  1. also, even so
  2. even

ReferencesEdit

  • Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “pi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

PirahãEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water[3]
  2. thorn[1]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Volume 1, 1986
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ “Pirahã Dictionary/ Dicionário Mura-Pirahã”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 2 February 2011, archived from the original on 2011-02-02

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Onomatopoeic.

InterjectionEdit

pi

  1. cheep, used to imitate the sound made by a chick

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), from Phoenician 𐤐‬‎ (p‬ /pē/).

NounEdit

pi n (indeclinable)

  1. pi (Greek letter Π, π)
  2. (mathematics) pi (irrational mathematical constant)

Further readingEdit

  • pi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).

NounEdit

pi m (plural pis)

  1. pi (name of the Greek letter Π, π)

Etymology 2Edit

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative formsEdit

InterjectionEdit

pi

  1. bleep (high-pitched sound)

QuechuaEdit

PronounEdit

pi

  1. who

RomagnolEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin plēnus (“full”).

AdjectiveEdit

pi m (feminine pina, masculine plural pi, feminine plural pini)

  1. full

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Greek πι (pi).

NounEdit

pi m (uncountable)

  1. pi

DeclensionEdit

declension of pi (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pi piul
genitive/dative (unui) pi piului
vocative piule

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)

  1. pi (Greek letter)
  2. pi (mathematical constant)

ShillukEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • B. Kohnen, Shilluk grammar : with a little English-Shilluk dictionary, Missioni Africane, Vérone, Italie, 317 pages, page 313, 1933

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pȋ m inan

  1. pi (Greek letter)
  2. pi (mathematical constant)

InflectionEdit

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
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.

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi/ [ˈpi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: pi

NounEdit

pi f (plural píes)

  1. pi; the Greek letter Π, π

Further readingEdit

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

pi

  1. 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?

InflectionEdit

Inflected forms of -pi:
Noun class singular plural
M-wa class yupi wepi
M-mi class upi ipi
Ma class lipi yapi
Ki-vi class kipi vipi
N class ipi zipi
U class upi zipi
Pa class kupi N/A
Ku class kupi N/A
Mu class mupi N/A

See alsoEdit

  • gani
  • -po: definite place indicator
  • -ko: indefinite place indicator
  • -mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pi n

  1. (mathematics) pi, a constant
  2. pi; a Greek letter

Tocharian BEdit

ParticleEdit

pi

  1. really, indeed (used to emphasize questions and commands)

TotoroEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

TsafikiEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *pii, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *piŋe.

NounEdit

pi

  1. tooth (protrusion of certain objects, e.g. a saw, rake)

InflectionEdit

Inflection of pi (inflection type 13/ma)
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

ReferencesEdit

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “зуб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pi f (plural piau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P.

MutationEdit

This word cannot be mutated.

See alsoEdit

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

pi

  1. (ditransitive) to give
    Synonym: pula
    nipi de te ― (you) give me (some) tea!
  2. (ditransitive) to sell
    Synonym: pula

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of pi (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tepi mepi api
2nd person nepi fepi
3rd person inanimate ipi depi
animate
imperative nipi, pi fipi, pi

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pí

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P.

See alsoEdit

ZouEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puj (augmentative marker).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

pi

  1. big

NounEdit

pi

  1. leader

Etymology 2Edit

From Northern Proto-Kuki-Chin *bii.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pi

  1. thatch

ReferencesEdit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 45
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