different between uniform vs uni

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: yo?o?n?-fôrm, IPA^(key): /?jun??f??m/, /?jun?f?m/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ju?n?f??m/
• Hyphenation: uni?form
• Rhymes: -??(r)m

Adjective

uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)

1. Unvarying; all the same.
2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
   • 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in 1830, The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, page 313,

     The only doubt is, about the manner of their unity; how far Churches are bound to be uniform in their Ceremonies, and what way they ought to take for that purpose.

3. (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
4. (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
5. (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.

Usage notes

• As a description of polymers, the IUPAC prefers the term uniform to monodisperse.

Synonyms

• (unvarying): regular, stable; see also Thesaurus:steady
• (all the same): invariable, of a piece; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous

Antonyms

• nonuniform

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

uniform (plural uniforms)

1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
   • 1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book

     The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron.

     This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue.

   • F. W. Robertson

     There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
2. Uniform, the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet
3. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
   • 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,^[2] Macmillan, ?ISBN, page 265,

     Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill.

   • 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,^[3] Da Capo Press, ?ISBN, page 113,

     Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. […] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.”

   • 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful,^[4] MacAdam/Cage Publishing, ?ISBN, page 81,

     Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant.

Translations

Verb

uniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed)

1. (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin ?nif?rmis.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?y.ni?f?rm/
• Hyphenation: uni?form

Noun

uniform n (plural uniformen, diminutive uniformpje n)

1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• politie-uniform

Descendants

• Afrikaans: uniform

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?yni?f?rm/
• Hyphenation: uni?form
• Rhymes: -?rm

Adjective

uniform (comparative uniformer, superlative uniformst)

1. Uniform. [from 16th c.]

Inflection

Descendants

• Afrikaans: uniform

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

uniform m or f (definite singular uniforma or uniformen, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

1. a uniform

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

uniform f (definite singular uniforma, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

1. a uniform

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u??i.f?rm/

Noun

uniform m inan

1. (rare) uniform

Declension

Synonyms

• mundur, mundurek

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nif?rmis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.ni?form/

Adjective

uniform m or n (feminine singular uniform?, masculine plural uniformi, feminine and neuter plural uniforme)

1. uniform

Declension

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin uniformis.

Pronunciation

Noun

uniform c

1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.

Declension

References

• uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (noun)
• uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (adjective)

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of university.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ju?.ni?/

Noun

uni (plural unis)

1. (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)

1. Sea urchin eaten as sushi.

Anagrams

• NUI, Niu

Anauyá

Noun

uni

1. 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

1. water
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. sleep

2. 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

1. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping; neutral term, not implied positive)

   Synonym: unennäkö

2. 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)

1. past participle of unir

Adjective

uni (feminine singular unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

1. 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)

1. (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

1. sound; noise; voice

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch unie, from French union, from Latin ?ni? f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ni]
• Hyphenation: uni

Noun

uni

1. union,
   1. the act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
   2. 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)

1. dream
2. sleep

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.ni/
• Hyphenation: ù?ni
• Rhymes: -uni

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

uni

1. masculine plural of uno

Pronoun

uni m pl

1. plural of uno

Etymology 2

Clipping of università.

Noun

uni f (invariable)

1. (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

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. 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)

1. dream
2. sleep

Ladin

Adjective

uni (invariable)

1. 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?

1. nominative masculine plural of ?nus
2. dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of ?nus

Omagua

Noun

uni

1. water

References

• Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology

Piapoco

Noun

uni

1. water
2. 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

1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of unir
2. 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.

1. 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)

1. Clipping of universidad (“university”); uni

Tariana

Alternative forms

• úuni, húuni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?ni/

Noun

uni

1. water
2. 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

1. sleep
2. 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

1. second-person singular present/future of uno