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Is uni a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word uni is a Scrabble US word. The word uni is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

U1N1I1

Is uni a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word uni is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

U1N1I1

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3 letters words from 'uni'

UNI 3 

2 letters words from 'uni'

IN 2NU 2
UN 2 

All 3 letters words made out of uni

uni nui uin iun niu inu

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Definitions and meaning of uni

uni

Etymology 1

Clipping of university.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.niː/

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 雲丹.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈuː.niː/

Noun

uni (uncountable)

  1. Sea urchin eaten as sushi.

Anagrams

  • NUI, Niu

Anauyá

Noun

uni

  1. water

References

  • Čestmír 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

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 uńi, and Erzya он (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): /ˈuni/, [ˈuni]
  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Syllabification: u‧ni

Noun

uni

  1. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping; neutral term, not implied positive)
  2. sleep (state of reduced consciousness)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (dream) unennäkö
  • (sleep) unitila

Derived terms

  • märkä uni
  • nähdä unta (“to have a dream”)
  • olla unten mailla (“to be in the Land of Nod, in sleepland”)
  • saada unen päästä kiinni (“can get to sleep”) (literally: to be able to catch sleep)
  • uneksia
  • unelias
  • unelma
  • unessa (“asleep”)
  • syvässä unessa (“sound asleep”)
  • uneton
  • unien selittäminen, unista ennustaminen (“oneiromancy”)
  • uninen
  • unikko

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

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 ūniō f.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊni]
  • 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

Japanese

Romanization

uni

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うに
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ウニ

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

Inflected form of ūnus (“one”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.niː/
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ni/, [ˈuː.ni]

Numeral

ūnī

  1. nominative masculine plural of ūnus
  2. dative masculine singular of ūnus
  3. dative feminine singular of ūnus
  4. dative neuter singular of ūnus

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
  • Lińguas arawak da Amazônia setentrional (2001), page 570 (úuni)

Portuguese

Verb

uni

  1. Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative of unir
  2. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of unir

Romanian

Etymology

From un, or from Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.

Verb

a uni (third-person singular present unește, past participle unit) 4th conj.

  1. to unite, merge, join

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • dezuni

Derived terms

  • unire

Related terms

  • unic
  • un, unu

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuni/

Noun

uni f (plural unis)

  1. Clipping of universidad.

Tariana

Alternative forms

  • úuni (húuni)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːni/

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) , “сон”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞ni/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈiːni/, /ˈɪni/

Verb

uni

  1. second-person singular present/future of uno

Source: wiktionary.org
  • not hyphenated.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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