vi

See also: Vi, VI, .vi, vì, ví, vị, vĩ, vī, v.i., v. i., V.I., and V. I.

Contents

Translingual

ⅵ U+2175, ⅵ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL SIX ← ⅴ [U+2174] Number Forms ⅶ → [U+2176]

Alternative forms

• VI, vi, Ⅵ, ↅ

Symbol

vi

1. Ⅵ, the Roman numeral six (6)
2. (music) minor submediant triad

See also

• Previous: ⅴ (five, 5)
• Next: ⅶ (seven, 7)

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English

Alternative forms

• vi, v.i., v.i.

Abbreviation

vi

1. (grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)

Related terms

• v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)

Anagrams

• IV

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Adverb

vi

1. down below

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *āuyom (compare Welsh wy, Cornish oy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

vi m

1. egg

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbi/

Noun

vi m (plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

Derived terms

• vi negre

Related terms

• viner
• vinater

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βi/

Adjective

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores, c vor, n vort, pl vore)

1. we

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian voi, French vous and/or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/
• Hyphenation: vi
• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

vi (accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person plural and formal singular pronoun): you

   Vi batis min.

   You hit me.

2. yourselves

   Vi diras al vi.

   You say to yourselves.

Related terms

• via
• viaj
• vian
• vin

See also

• ĝi
• ili
• li
• mi
• ni
• oni
• ŝi
• ci

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/

Adjective

vi

1. little
2. small

Noun

vi

1. child (a son or daughter)
2. descendant

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Ido

Etymology

vu (“you”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

vi pl

1. you (plural)

Related terms

• tu
• vu

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Italian

Etymology 1

See voi.

Alternative forms

• -vi (enclitic)

Pronoun

vi

1. second-person personal plural object pronoun: you, to you

   (noi) vi amiamo ― we love you

2. second-person reflexive plural: yourselves

   (voi) vi ricordate ― you remember

3. (often not translated) it; about it, of it, on it

Usage notes

Becomes ve when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti					te
	third	m	lui	si2, s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
		f 1	lei, Lei1		la, l', La1, -la	le3, Le1, -le			lei, Lei1, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			—		noi
	second	—1	voi, Voi1	vi, v', -vi, Vi1					voi, Voi1
	third	m	loro, Loro1	si, s', -si	li, -li	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro1, sé
		f 1			le, -le
1	The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

Etymology 2

From Latin ibi.

Adverb

vi

1. (formal) there

   Synonym: ci

2. (formal) here

   Synonym: ci

Usage notes

Stylistically elevated variant of ci, only used in formal contexts.

Etymology 3

Noun

vi f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of vu

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Japanese

Romanization

vi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヸ

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Latin

Noun

vī

1. ablative singular of vīs
2. dative singular of vīs (rare)

References

• vi in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. we

   Hvordan kommer vi dit?

   How do we get there?

Etymology 2

Verb

vi

1. imperative of vie

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	jeg	meg	min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person	du	deg	din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m	han	han/ham	hans
Third person f	hun	henne	hennes
Third person n	det	det	dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f	den	den	dens
Plural
First person	vi	oss	vår m
Second person	dere	dere	deres
Third person	de	dem	deres

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Probably with influence from Swedish vi and Danish vi, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Alternative forms

• me

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. we

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg, je1	meg	min, mi, mitt, mine
Second person	du	deg	din, di, ditt, dine
Third person m	han	han, honom2	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes1
Third person n	det, dat3	det, dat3	dess 4
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Second person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar
Third person	dei	dei, deim2	deira, deires1
Notes
1No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.
2Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
3Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
4Rare or literary

Etymology 2

Verb

vi

1. imperative of via and vie

References

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• Rhymes: -i

Verb

vi

1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of ver

   Eu vi um pássaro uma vez.

   I saw a bird once.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

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Romanian

Pronoun

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă )

1. to you

Usage notes

This word is used when vă (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as vi-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as vi-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

See also

• li
• ni

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîː/

Pronoun

vȋ (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ (“you”))
3. (formal) you (formal singular and plural)

Declension

Declension of vi

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋíː/
• Tonal orthography: vȋ

Pronoun

ví

1. you (masculine plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (masculine singular)

Declension

Declension of vi (irregular, suppletive)

singular
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	jàz	tí	—
accusative	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
genitive	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
dative	méni, mi	tébi, ti	sébi, si
locative	méni	tébi	sébi
instrumental	menój, máno	tebój, tábo	sebój, sábo
possessive	mój	tvój	svój
dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídva m, médve/mídve f or n	vídva m, védve/vídve f or n	—
accusative	náju	váju	sébe, se
genitive	náju	váju	sébe, se
dative	náma	váma	sébi, si
locative	náju	váju	sébi
instrumental	náma	váma	sebój, sábo
possessive	nájin	vájin	svój
plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mí m, mé f or n	ví m, vé f or n	—
accusative	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
genitive	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
dative	nàm	vàm	sébi, si
locative	nàs	vàs	sébi
instrumental	nàmi	vàmi	sebój, sábo
possessive	nàš	vàš	svój

Quotations

See also

Slovene personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
		f		medve, midve	me
2nd person	familiar	m	ti	vidva	vi
		f		vedve, vidve	ve
	polite	m	vi	vidva	vi
		f	vi	vedve, vidve	ve
3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Verb

vi

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of ver.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vīr, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Pronoun

vi

1. we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)
   • 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21

     Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult

     We'll walk away eventually from the noise and tumult of Bacchus

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig, dej2	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom, han2	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person gender-neutral	hen1	hen1, henom1	hens1
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man or en6	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
2nd person	ni	er, eder5	er, eran2, eder5	ert, erat2, edert5	era, edra5
3rd person	de, dom4	dem, dom4	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Not universally accepted.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.

⁴Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.

⁵Dated

⁶Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hvi, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, locative of *kʷis (“who”). Cognate with Old Danish hvi, Danish hvi, Old West Norse hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi, Norwegian Bokmål hvi, Old Saxon hwi, hwiu, Old High German hwiu, Middle High German wiu, German wie (“how”), Old English hwȳ, hvī, Middle English why, English why, Latin quī (“what, who, which”).

Adverb

vi

1. (obsolete) why

   Synonym: varför

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”). Cognate with Latin victima (“offering, sacrifice”).

Noun

vi

1. sanctuary

References

• vi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧]

Noun

vi

1. (anatomy, especially of sharks) Alternative form of vây (“fin”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• trầy vi tróc vảy