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English

Etymology

From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek ??? (pheî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?/
• • Rhymes: -a?
  • Homophone: fie
• IPA^(key): /fi?/
• • Rhymes: -i?
  • Homophone: fee

Noun

phi (plural phis)

1. ?, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".
2. (mathematics) The golden ratio.
3. 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.

Translations

See also

• (Greek letter): Previous: upsilon, Next: chi

References

Anagrams

• HIP, PIH, hip

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi/

Noun

phi m (plural phi)

1. phi (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “phi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

phi m (invariable)

1. phi (Greek letter)

Portuguese

Noun

phi m (plural phi)

1. Obsolete spelling of fi (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [fi??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [f?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [f?j??]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“to fly; to gallop”).

Verb

phi

1. (of a horse) to gallop

2. to flee; to travel very quickly

3. to lance (to throw in the manner of a lance)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“not”).

Prefix

phi (?)

1. non-, in-

Derived terms

Conjunction

phi

1. if it isn't

Etymology 3

Verb

phi

1. to stir-fry (an onion, scallion, or clove of garlic) before preparing a dish

Etymology 4

Noun

(classifier con) phi

1. Various species of saltwater clam of the genus Sanguinolaria, such as Sanguinolaria diphos and Sanguinolaria planculata.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Latin phi.

Noun

phi

1. phi (?)

Etymology 6

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Noun

(classifier bà) phi

1. concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch.

Synonyms

• (concubine): v? l?, v? bé, phi t?n

Derived terms

Etymology 7

Romanization

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Derived terms

• B?t Phi
• Hàn Phi
• hoàng phi
• hoành phi
• Phi Lai Giang
• Phi Liêm

See also

• phi-la-t?p
• phi lao, phi-lao
• phi lê, phi-lê (“fillet”)
• phi-nan (“finale”)
• phi-n?ng (“finance”)
• ph??ng phi

References

• "phi" in H? Ng?c ??c, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê S?n Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

-phi^?

1. which

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “phi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “phi”

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ?ahi (“yellowfin tuna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.hi/

Noun

ahi (plural ahis or ahi)

1. yellowfin tuna

References

Anagrams

• AIH, HIA, hai

'Are'are

Noun

ahi (plural hi ahi, plural wau ahi)

1. a dress

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ahjo.

Noun

ahi (genitive ahju, partitive ahju)

1. oven

Declension

Derived terms

• mikrolaineahi

Anagrams

• iha

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.i/

Interjection

ahi

1. ouch! (representing pain)

Synonyms

• (expression of pain): aïe, ouch, ouille, ayoye (Quebec)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Derived terms

• ahiahi

Italian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aj/

Interjection

ahi!

1. ouch!
2. ah!

Derived terms

• ahimè

Anagrams

• hai

Karao

Noun

ahi

1. sibling

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Vedic Sanskrit ??? (ahi). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?óg??is.

Noun

ahi m

1. snake, serpent, dragon

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

ahi

1. second-person singular imperative active of atthi (“to be”)

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ei

Determiner

ahi

1. my, mine, first person singular possessive pronoun

Portuguese

Adverb

ahi (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of aí

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Spanish

Adverb

ahi

1. Misspelling of ahí.

Tangam

Noun

ahi

1. water

Further reading

• Mark W. Post, The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts (2017)

Tetum

Noun

ahi

1. fire

Võro

Alternative forms

• aho

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ahjo.

Noun

ahi (genitive aho or ah'o, partitive ahjo)

1. oven

Declension