different between whales vs uni

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?lz, IPA^(key): /we?lz/
• (without the wine–whine merger) enPR: hw?lz, IPA^(key): /hwe?lz/
• Homophones: wails, Wales (accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whales

1. plural of whale

Verb

whales

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whale

Anagrams

• wheals

Middle English

Noun

whales

1. plural of whale

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