different between uni vs varsity
uni
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of university.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ju?.ni?/
Noun
uni (plural unis)
- (colloquial, chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) University.
Usage notes
Canadian usage is limited to prepositional phrases like to uni or at uni and cannot be used as a countable noun (as in *the uni or *unis).
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Japanese ??.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?u?.ni?/
Noun
uni (uncountable)
- Sea urchin eaten as sushi.
Anagrams
- NUI, Niu
Anauyá
Noun
uni
- water
References
- ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) ?
- native-languages.org
Baniwa
Noun
uni
- water
- river
References
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, ?ISBN
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
uni (not comparable)
- plain, monocoloured
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une, cognate to Finnish uni, Votic uni, Ludian u?i, and Erzya ?? (on, “dream”).
Noun
uni (genitive une, partitive und)
- sleep
- dream
Declension
Derived terms
- unenägu
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?uni/, [?uni]
- Rhymes: -uni
- Syllabification: u?ni
Noun
uni
- dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping; neutral term, not implied positive)
- Synonym: unennäkö
- sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
- Synonym: unitila
Declension
Derived terms
Compounds
See also
- painajainen
Anagrams
- uin
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ni/
- Rhymes: -i
Etymology 1
Verb
uni m (feminine singular unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)
- past participle of unir
Adjective
uni (feminine singular unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)
- united
Derived terms
- Organisation des Nations Unies
- unis comme les doigts de la main
Etymology 2
Clipping of université. Compare standard French univ.
Noun
uni f (plural unis)
- (Switzerland, informal) university
- Synonyms: univ, fac
Anagrams
- nui
Further reading
- “uni” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ilocano
Noun
uni
- sound; noise; voice
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch unie, from French union, from Latin ?ni? f.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ni]
- Hyphenation: uni
Noun
uni
- union,
- the act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members.
- Synonyms: perserikatan, persatuan, ikatan
Further reading
- “uni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une. Cognates with Finnish uni and Estonian uni.
Noun
uni (genitive unen, partitive unt)
- dream
- sleep
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u.ni/
- Hyphenation: ù?ni
- Rhymes: -uni
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
uni
- masculine plural of uno
Pronoun
uni m pl
- plural of uno
Etymology 2
Clipping of università.
Noun
uni f (invariable)
- (Switzerland, informal) university
Further reading
- uni in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- uni in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
- uni in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- uni in Grandi Dizionari
- uni in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- uni in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
- uni in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- uni in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Japanese
Romanization
uni
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une. Cognates with Finnish uni and Estonian uni.
Noun
uni (genitive unen, partitive undu)
- dream
- sleep
Ladin
Adjective
uni (invariable)
- every
Latin
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?.ni?/, [?u?ni?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?u.ni/, [?u?ni]
Numeral
?n?
- nominative masculine plural of ?nus
- dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of ?nus
Omagua
Noun
uni
- water
References
- Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology
Piapoco
Noun
uni
- water
- river
References
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, ?ISBN
- Li?guas arawak da Amazônia setentrional (2001), page 570 (úuni)
Portuguese
Verb
uni
- first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of unir
- second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of unir
Romanian
Etymology
From un, or from Latin ?n?re, present active infinitive of ?ni?.
Verb
a uni (third-person singular present une?te, past participle unit) 4th conj.
- to unite, merge, join
- Antonym: dezuni
Conjugation
Derived terms
- unire
Related terms
- unic
- un, unu
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?uni/, [?u.ni]
Noun
uni f (plural unis)
- Clipping of universidad (“university”); uni
Tariana
Alternative forms
- úuni, húuni
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?ni/
Noun
uni
- water
- waterway, river; body of water, lake; anything watery
Usage notes
- The precise meaning of the word is clarified by using classifiers.
References
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, ?ISBN
- Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, ?ISBN
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish uni.
Noun
uni
- sleep
- dream
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /???ni/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?i?ni/, /??ni/
Verb
uni
- second-person singular present/future of uno
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varsity
English
Etymology
Mid 17th century. Clipping of university (“i.e., univarsity”), reflecting an archaic pronunciation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v??.s?.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /?v??.s?.ti/
Noun
varsity (countable and uncountable, plural varsities)
- (often attributive) university
- (sports, US) The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)
Usage notes
- Used attributively in the UK to describe a sports team representing a university or college, or a match involving such a team (in normal usage only applying to one of the older universities, and considered somewhat dated even then).
- Used attributively in the U.S. and Canada to describe a sports team made up of older high school or college students (generally the 3rd and 4th years of a 4-year program), as contrasted with the junior varsity team made up of 1st- and 2nd-year students.
Derived terms
- intervarsity
- junior varsity
- varsity letter
Translations
References
varsity From the web:
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- what varsity soccer
- what's varsity sports
- what's varsity volleyball
- what's varsity cheerleading
- what's varsity jacket
- what varsity letter means
- what varsity means in spanish