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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

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 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)
    Synonym: unennäkö
  2. sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
    Synonym: unitila

Declension

Derived terms

  • 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”)
  • syvässä unessa (“sound asleep”)
  • unien selittäminen, unista ennustaminen (“oneiromancy”)

    • 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 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

    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈu.ni/
    • Hyphenation: ù‧ni
    • Rhymes: -uni

    Etymology 1

    See the etymology of the main entry.

    Numeral

    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, Olivetti Media Communication
    • uni in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
    • uni in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

    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

    See the etymology of the main entry.

    Pronunciation

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

    Numeral

    ūnī

    1. nominative masculine plural of ūnus
    2. dative masculine/feminine/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. 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 ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.

    Verb

    a uni (third-person singular present unește, 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): /ˈuni/, [ˈu.ni]

    Noun

    uni f (plural unis)

    1. Clipping of universidad (“university”); uni

    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)