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Yes. The word phi is a Scrabble US word. The word phi is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

HIP,PHI,

2-letter words (2 found)

HI,PI,

You can make 4 words from phi according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of phi

phi hpi pih iph hip ihp

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Definitions and meaning of phi

phi

Translingual

Symbol

phi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Philippine languages.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ
    • Homophone: fie
  • IPA(key): /fiː/
    • Rhymes: -iː
    • Homophone: fee

Noun

phi (plural phis)

  1. Φ, 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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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

References

Anagrams

  • HIP, PIH, hip

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • fi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi/

Noun

phi m or f (plural phi's, diminutive phi'tje n)

  1. phi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

  • phi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi/

Noun

phi m (plural phi)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Further reading

  • “phi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: phì

Noun

phi m (invariable)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Polish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pxi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: phi

Interjection

phi

  1. huh, pooh used to express dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Alternative forms

  • fi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: phi

Noun

phi n (indeclinable)

  1. phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)

Further reading

  • phi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • phi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

phi m (invariable)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of fi.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 飛 (“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 非 (“not”).

Prefix

phi (非)

  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 (Φ)

Etymology 6

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妃.

Noun

(classifier bà) phi

  1. concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch.
  2. wives, consorts of a junior monarch such as a prince.
Synonyms
  • (concubine): vợ lẽ, vợ bé, phi tần
  • (consort): vợ
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Sino-Vietnamese reading of various Chinese characters.

Romanization

phi

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妃
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 痱
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 不
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 霏
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 髬
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 腓
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 斐
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 丕
  9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蜚
  10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 披
  11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騑
  12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鯡
  13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 扉
  14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緋
  15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飛
  16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 非
  17. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紕
  18. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 菲
  19. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呸
Derived terms
  • Bột Phi
  • Hàn Phi
  • hoàng phi
  • hoành phi
  • Phi Lai Giang
  • Phi Liêm

See also

  • phi-la-tốp
  • phi lao, phi-lao
  • phi lê, phi-lê (“fillet”)
  • phi-nan (“finale”)
  • phi-năng (“finance”)
  • phương phi

References

  • "phi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
  • Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

Zulu

Etymology

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Adjective

-phi?

  1. which

Inflection

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org