Phi in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Phi

You can make 4 words from 'phi' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'phi'
• 2 letters words from 'phi'

3 letters words from 'phi'

HIP 8

PHI 8

2 letters words from 'phi'

HI 5

PI 4

Definitions and meaning of phi

phi

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.

Translations

See also

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

References

Anagrams

• HIP, PIH, hip

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi/

Noun

phi m (plural phi)

1. phi (Greek letter)

Further reading

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

phi m (invariable)

1. phi (Greek letter)

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Portuguese

Noun

phi m (plural phi)

1. Obsolete spelling of fi (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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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.

Synonyms

• (concubine): vợ lẽ, vợ bé, phi tần

Derived terms

Etymology 7

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 駓
11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 馡
12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䬠
13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 胚
14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 纰
15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 屝
16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 披
17. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 椪
18. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鲱
19. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 狉
20. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 邳
21. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 被
22. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騑
23. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䲹
24. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䯱
25. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 㔻
26. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飞
27. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 疿
28. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 伾
29. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鯡
30. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 旇
31. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 阠
32. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 扉
33. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 铍
34. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緋
35. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 翍
36. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 誹
37. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 婓
38. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鈹
39. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 狔
40. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鈚
41. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飛
42. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𩣚
43. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 泝
44. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鉟
45. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 非
46. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 啡
47. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 秠
48. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 苤
49. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𠃧
50. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飝
51. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 狓
52. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 绯
53. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𩙱
54. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紕
55. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 菲
56. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 裶
57. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呸
58. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 魾
59. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 姼
60. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 豾
61. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 批

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)

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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

• a Greek letter.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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