different between sampi vs campi

English

Noun

sampi (plural sampis)

1. The obsolete Greek letter ?, ?.
2. The numeral 900.

Related terms

• ?? (900)

Translations

Anagrams

• SIMAP

Balinese

Romanization

sampi

1. Romanization of ?????

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sam.pi/

Noun

sampi f (plural sampis)

1. sampi; the Ancient Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).

Finnish

(index sa)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sampi, from Proto-Uralic *?ampe. Cognates include Estonian samb and Mansi ???? (šupu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mpi/, [?s??mpi]
• Rhymes: -?mpi
• Syllabification: sam?pi

Noun

sampi

1. sturgeon (any fish of the family Acipenseridae)
2. European sea sturgeon, common sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (type species of that family)

Usage notes

Acipenser sturio is only called sampi in Finnish as it is the only sturgeon species naturally occurring in Finland.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• For a complete listing of sturgeon species, see Wikipedia article Sammet.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.pi/

Noun

sampi m (plural sampi)

1. sampi (Greek letter)

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

sampi m or f (invariable)

1. sampi (Greek letter)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sampi/, [?sãm.pi]

Noun

sampi f (plural sampis)

1. sampi; the Greek letter ?, ?

English

Etymology

From Latin camp? (nominative plural of campus).

Noun

campi

1. (nonstandard) plural of campus
   • 1894: Stanford University, The Stanford Quad: Being the Year Book of the Junior Class of … Stanford University, p119

     Economics major Bob Shatzen, one of two assistant financial managers, is responsible for Wilbur and Stern Halls, Freshman women, and foreign campi.

   • 2003: John B. Bear, Ph.D. & Mariah P. Bear, M.A., Bears’ Guide to College Degrees by Mail & Internet: 100 Accredited Schools That Offer Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorates, and Law Degrees by Distance Learning, p94

     Master of Liberal Studies students complete the program by attending a total of three ten-day seminars on campi and by finishing…

   • 2004: Ahmed Karmouch et alii, Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications: First International Workshop, MATA 2004, Florianopólis, Brazil, October 2004 Proceedings, p37

     …high-speed wireless communication is now available in many locations such as corporate offices, factories, shopping malls, university campi,…

References

• Merriam-Webster online, American Heritage (via answers.com), MSN Encarta, Oxford English Dictionary (askoxford.com), all have no entry for campi, M-W and Oxford English Dictionary show plural of campus as campuses.

Italian

Noun

campi m

1. plural of campo

Verb

campi

1. second-person singular present of campare
2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of campare
3. third-person singular imperative of campare

Latin

Noun

camp?

1. inflection of campus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

References

• campi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• campi in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

campi

1. plural of campus