Definitions and meaning of pi
pi
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî). Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periféreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paɪ/
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- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophone: pie
Noun
pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)
- The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
- (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.
- (letterpress typography) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.
- Synonym: pie
Synonyms
- (irrational constant): Archimedes' constant, Ludolphian number, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number
Translations
Verb
pi (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle piing, simple past and past participle pied)
- (letterpress typography) To spill or mix printing type.
- Synonym: pie
Adjective
pi (not comparable)
- (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.
- In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviations
Noun
pi
- (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas ≈ 1 inch)
- piaster
Adjective
pi
- pious
- 1927, Magdalen King-Hall, I Think I Remember: Being the Random Recollections of Sir Wickham Woolicomb, an Ordinary English Snob and Gentleman
- Our Major was "Cherub" Cheeseman, noted for his foul language. I am afraid he lost a tidy little legacy that he was expecting from his aunt, the Dowager Lady Shuttlecock (a very "pi" old lady), through this same habit of his.
- 1972, Anya Seton, Green Darkness, Hachette UK →ISBN
- “Those are very 'pi' sentiments. Was a preacher in Staffordshire— I was raised chapel, though've tried to forget it—he talked that way... redemption and the lot.”
- 1994, Roger Gard, Jane Austen's Novels: The Art of Clarity, Yale University Press →ISBN, page 101
- In Sense and Sensibility, as even you might agree, there's at least the danger of a rather pi moral framework clamping down on the spontaneous fun and leaving the sisters to survive - a bit drearily - on the periphery of a mean world.
Related terms
Anagrams
Abinomn
Noun
pi
- (anatomy) gall bladder
Pronoun
pi
- you (more than two)
Albanian
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Albanian pii, from Proto-Albanian *pīja, from Proto-Indo-European *pih₃-, *peh₃- probably via the reduplicated form *píph₃eti; compare Greek πίνω (píno), Serbo-Croatian pìti, Italian bere. Orel compares the similarity between Proto-Albanian *pīja and Proto-Slavic *pijǫ; Tomaschek compares Tosk pirë/Gheg pinë with Thracian πίνον (pínon, “beer”).
Verb
- (Standard, Tosk) pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pirë)
- (Gheg) pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pinë)
- I drink, I suck
- I smoke (in use with duhan (“tobacco, cigarettes”))
- I take (in use with drogë (“drug(s)”) and medicinë (“medicine”))
- A pi drogë? - Do you take drugs?
- A i pive ilaçet? - Did you take (your) medicine?
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Usage notes
- (Standard, Tosk) ai pi - he drinks / he is a drinker
- (Standard, Tosk) (unë) nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke
- (Gheg) ai pin - he drinks / he is a drinker
- (Gheg) (unë) nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke
Derived terms
- pije, pija f
- pijane f, pijan m
- pijanece f, pijanec m
- pijanike f, pijanik m
- pirashe f, pirash m
- pijetore f, pijetorja f
- pijeshitse f, pijeshitës m
- pijshëm, papijshëm
References
Ambonese Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from Indonesian pergi and Malay pergi.
Pronunciation
Verb
pi
- (intransitive) to go
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin per. Compare Romanian pe.
Preposition
pi
- on
Related terms
- pisti / piste, pristi / priste
- pintru
Berawan
Noun
pi
- (Central, West) water
References
- Robert Blust, 2000, Low Vowel Fronting in Northern Sarawak, Oceanic Linguistics, 39:2, pp. 285-319, page 316
- Robert Blust, 2006, The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited, Oceanic Linguistics, 45:2, pages 311-338
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpi/
- Rhymes: -i
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).
Noun
pi m (plural pins)
- pine; evergreen tree of the genus Pinus.
- pinewood
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pi f (plural pis)
- Pi; the Greek letter Π (lowercase π).
Chachi
Noun
pi
- water
- river
References
- Peter W. Stahl, Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics (2006, →ISBN, page 253
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin pes, pedem.
Noun
pi m (plural pič)
- foot
Danish
Proper noun
pi
- pi (number)
- pi (letter)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi/
- Hyphenation: pi
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
pi ? (uncountable)
- pi (Greek letter)
- (mathematics) pi (number)
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
pi m (plural pi)
- pi (Greek letter)
- (mathematics) pi
Etymology 2
Conjunction
pi
- (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative spelling of pis (“and”)
Further reading
- “pi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Greenlandic
Root
pi
- Means nothing in particular.
Usage notes
See note at su.
Derived terms
Guambiano
Noun
pi
- water
- river
References
- Beatriz Vásquez de Ruiz, La predicación en guambiano (Colciencias, 1988)
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Inuktitut
Noun
pi
- Latin spelling of ᐱ (pi)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: pì
Etymology 1
From Latin pē (the name of the letter P).
Noun
pi f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.; pee
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî, the name of the Greek letter Π).
Noun
pi m (invariable)
- The name of the Greek-script letter Π/π; pi
- (mathematics) Synonym of pi greco
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
pi
- Rōmaji transcription of ぴ
- Rōmaji transcription of ピ
Kedah Malay
Pronunciation
Verb
pi
- Go
- Satgi kalau depa nak pi keluaq dah, habaq kat aku awai sikit noh, satgi tak dan.
- If they are ready to go out, please inform me earlier, so that I won't be late.
- Hang ni oghang kata pa pun bukan nak dengaq, mampuih pi kat hang la.
- You never listen, just go to hell
- Do
- Hangpa pi bedak elok-elok bagi sama banyak buah moktan tu, satgi baghu tak berkelai.
- You should split the rambutans equally between yourselves, then you won't have to fight over it.
- Awat yang hang pi pukui dia, satgi dia bawak mai geng pi taboh hang pulak, lagu mana?
- Why did you hit him, don't you afraid he might summon his gang to beat you up?
See also
Lango (Uganda)
Noun
pì
- water
References
- Michael P. Noonan, A Grammar of Lango [Uganda]
Luo
Noun
pi
- water
References
- Benny Garell Blount, Acquisition of Language by Luo Children (1969), page 57
- Roy Lawrence Stafford, An elementary Luo grammar, page 24, 1967
Mandarin
Romanization
pi
- Nonstandard spelling of pī.
- Nonstandard spelling of pí.
- Nonstandard spelling of pǐ.
- Nonstandard spelling of pì.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Marshallese
Etymology
Borrowed from English bee.
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲi]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲij/
- Bender phonemes: {piy}
Noun
pi
- bee
References
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
Norman
Alternative forms
- pyid (continental Normandy)
- pid (Jersey, Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
pi m (plural pis)
- (Sark, anatomy) foot
Nuer
Noun
pi
- water
References
- Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, Outlines of a Nuer grammar, page 28, 1933
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Enclitic form of api.
Particle
pi
- an emphatic particle
Conjunction
pi
- also, even so
- even
References
- Pali Text Society, editor (1921-1925) , “pi”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Pirahã
Alternative forms
Noun
pi
- water
- thorn
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).
Noun
pi m (plural pis)
- pi (name of the Greek letter Π, π)
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Alternative forms
Interjection
pi
- bleep (high-pitched sound)
Quechua
Pronoun
pi
- who
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
pȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)
- pi (Greek letter)
- pi (mathematical constant)
Shilluk
Noun
pi
- water
References
- B. Kohnen, Shilluk grammar : with a little English-Shilluk dictionary, Missioni Africane, Vérone, Italie, 317 pages, page 313, 1933
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
pȋ m inan
- pi (Greek letter)
- pi (mathematical constant)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
pi f (plural píes)
- pi; the Greek letter Π, π
Swahili
Particle
pi
- Suffix used as an alternative to gani to more specifically say "which" of a known noun class.
Inflection
See also
- gani
- -po: definite place indicator
- -ko: indefinite place indicator
- -mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
pi n
- (mathematics) pi, a constant
- pi; a Greek letter
Totoro
Noun
pi
- water
References
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Tsafiki
Noun
pi
- water
References
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pii, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *piŋe.
Noun
pi
- tooth (protrusion of certain objects, e.g. a saw, rake)
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “зуб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
pi f (plural piau)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Mutation
This word cannot be mutated.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i/i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd (Category: cy:Latin letter names)
Zou
Adjective
pi
- big
Noun
pi
- leader
- thatch
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf
Source: wiktionary.org- a letter in the Greek alphabet.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)