pi

pi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Pali.

Ancient Greek alphabet

← omicron		→ rho
Π π Ancient Greek: πεῖ
Wikipedia article on pi

From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.

• IPA^(key): /paɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: pie

pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)

2. The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
4. (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.

• (irrational constant): Archimedes' constant, Ludolphian number, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number

• (Greek-script letter names) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega

Unclear. Possibly from the Greek letter (see Etymology 1) as a common example of non-alphabetic character, possibly from pica (“type size”) (see Etymology 3), possibly from pie referring to its mixed nature or pied (“checkered, multicoloured”).

pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)

2. (letterpress typography) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.

   Alternative form: pie

pi (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle piing, simple past and past participle pied)

1. (letterpress typography) To spill or mix printing type.

   Alternative form: pie

pi (not comparable)

1. (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.

Abbreviations.

pi

1. (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).
2. Piaster.

pi

2. 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.

• pi-jaw

• cicero
• pica stick

• pi sai (etymologically unrelated)

• IP, Ip

pi

1. (anatomy) gall bladder

pi

1. you (more than two)

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;^[1] Tomaschek compares Tosk pirë/Gheg pinë with Thracian πίνον (pínon, “beer”).

• IPA^(key): [pi]

• (Standard, Tosk) pi (aorist piva, participle pirë)
• (Gheg) pi (aorist piva, participle pinë)

1. to drink, to suck
2. to smoke (in use with duhan (“tobacco, cigarettes”))
3. to 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?

• (Tetova-Gheg) pi

1. from

   Pi ku ije? ― Where are you from?

1. (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

• “pi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “pi”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3]

• pigi

Clipping of pigi.

• IPA^(key): /pi/

pi

1. (intransitive) to go

   Beta pi ka bendar. ― I'm going to the city.

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[4], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

• pri, pre

From Latin per. Compare Romanian pe.

pi

1. on

• pisti / piste, pristi / priste
• pintru

pi

1. (Central, West) water

• 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpi]
• Rhymes: -i

Inherited from Old Catalan pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

pi m (plural pins)

1. pine; evergreen tree of the genus Pinus
2. pinewood

pi f (plural pis)

1. Pi; the Greek letter Π (lowercase π)

• “pi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

pi

1. water
2. river

• Peter W. Stahl, Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics (2006, →ISBN, page 253
• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

pi (pī)

1. (transitive) To pluck

• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press

From Latin pes, pedem.

pi m (plural pič)

1. foot

pi

1. pi (number)
2. pi (letter)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî). Doublet of pe, pee (“Hebrew letter”).

• IPA^(key): /pi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pi
• Rhymes: -i

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

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. (mathematics) pi (number)

• pi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• IPA^(key): /pi/

pi m (plural pi)

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. (mathematics) pi

pi

1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative spelling of pis (“and”)
   • 1963, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Gerard, page 8:

     "Blanc d'or rouge noir pi toute"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

pi

1. Means nothing in particular.

See note at su.

pi

1. water
2. river

• Beatriz Vásquez de Ruiz, La predicación en guambiano (Colciencias, 1988)
• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

pi

1. Latin spelling of ᐱ (pi)

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

From Latin pē (the name of the letter P).

pi f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.; pee

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî, the name of the Greek letter Π).

pi m (invariable)

1. the name of the Greek-script letter Π/π; pi
2. (mathematics) synonym of pi greco

• pi greco

pi

1. The hiragana syllable ぴ (pi) or the katakana syllable ピ (pi) in Hepburn romanization.

From Proto-Cariban *pitupô.

• IPA^(key): [pi]

pi (possessed pìpo)

1. skin
2. bark
3. peel, rind
4. outer wall (of a basket)
5. skin, membrane (of a drum)

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[5], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 344
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “pipo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 376; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[6], Paris, 1956, page 367

• IPA^(key): /pi/

pi

1. 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

2. 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?

• pergi

pì

1. water

• Michael P. Noonan, A Grammar of Lango [Uganda]

pi

1. water

• Benny Garell Blount, Acquisition of Language by Luo Children (1969), page 57
• Roy Lawrence Stafford, An elementary Luo grammar, page 24, 1967

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *pia, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-bəy-n/k.

pi

1. to give

pi

1. nonstandard spelling of pī
2. nonstandard spelling of pí
3. nonstandard spelling of pǐ
4. nonstandard spelling of pì

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Borrowed from English bee.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲij/
• Bender phonemes: {piy}

pi

1. bee

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi/

pi

1. vagina

   Synonym: pwapwahk

• pyid (continental Normandy)
• pid (Jersey, Guernsey)

From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

pi m (plural pis)

1. (Sark, anatomy) foot

pi

1. water

• Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, Outlines of a Nuer grammar, page 28, 1933

pi

1. not (negative marker)

Enclitic form of api.

pi

1. an emphatic particle

• pi nāma

pi

1. also, even so
2. even

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

• water: pii,^[1] pé, ipé^[2]

pi

1. water^[3]
2. thorn^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pi

Onomatopoeic.

pi

1. cheep, used to imitate the sound made by a chick

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), from Phoenician 𐤐 (p‬ /⁠pē⁠/).

pi n (indeclinable)

1. pi (Greek letter Π, π)
2. (mathematics) pi (irrational mathematical constant)

• pi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -i

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).

pi m (plural pis)

1. pi (name of the Greek letter Π, π)

Onomatopoeic.

• pii, piii, piiii

pi

1. bleep (high-pitched sound)

pi

1. who

Inherited from Latin plēnus (“full”).

pi m (feminine pina, masculine plural pi, feminine plural pini)

1. full

Borrowed from Greek πι (pi).

pi m (uncountable)

1. pi

• IPA^(key): /pîː/

pȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. pi (mathematical constant)

pi

1. water

• B. Kohnen, Shilluk grammar : with a little English-Shilluk dictionary, Missioni Africane, Vérone, Italie, 317 pages, page 313, 1933

• IPA^(key): /píː/

pȋ m inan

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. pi (mathematical constant)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	pí
gen. sing.	píja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pí	píja	píji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	píja	píjev	píjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	píju	píjema	píjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pí	píja	píje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	píju	píjih	píjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	píjem	píjema	píji

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi/ [ˈpi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pi

pi f (plural píes)

1. pi; the Greek letter Π, π

• “pi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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pi

1. Suffix used as an alternative to gani to more specifically say "which" of a known noun class.

   Anakaa nyumba ipi? ― Which house does he live in?

• gani
• -po: definite place indicator
• -ko: indefinite place indicator
• -mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator

• Rhymes: -iː

pi n

1. (mathematics) pi, a constant
2. pi; a Greek letter

Borrowed from English pee, the English name of the letter P / p.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pi/ [pɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pi

pi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter P/p, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) pa, (in the Abecedario) pe

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Alteration of po with /i/ to sound cutesy. Originally a typographical error due to the closeness of the positions of the I and O keys in the keyboard.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʔ/ [ˈpɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: pi

pî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ) (slang)

1. synonym of po

   Okey pi!

   Okay! (polite)

• “pi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Ip

pi

1. really, indeed (used to emphasize questions and commands)

pi

1. water

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

pi

1. water

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

From Proto-Finnic *pii, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *piŋe.

pi

1. tooth (protrusion of certain objects, e.g. a saw, rake)

Inflection of pi (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing.	pi
genitive sing.	pin
partitive sing.	pid
partitive plur.	pid
	singular	plural
nominative	pi	pid
accusative	pin	pid
genitive	pin	piden
partitive	pid	pid
essive-instructive	pin	pin
translative	pikš	pikš
inessive	piš	piš
elative	pišpäi	pišpäi
illative	pihe	pihe
adessive	pil	pil
ablative	pilpäi	pilpäi
allative	pile	pile
abessive	pita	pita
comitative	pinke	pidenke
prolative	pidme	pidme
approximative I	pinno	pidenno
approximative II	pinnoks	pidennoks
egressive	pinnopäi	pidennopäi
terminative I	pihesai	pihesai
terminative II	pilesai	pilesai
terminative III	pissai	—
additive I	pihepäi	pihepäi
additive II	pilepäi	pilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “зуб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• IPA^(key): /piː/
• Rhymes: -iː

pi f (plural piau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

This word cannot be mutated.

• (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 / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

• IPA^(key): /pi/

pi

1. (ditransitive) to give

   Synonym: pula

   nipi de te ― (you) give me (some) tea!

2. (ditransitive) to sell

   Synonym: pula

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8], Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /k͡pí/

pí

1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

• IPA^(key): /pi/
• Hyphenation: pi

pi m

1. father

   Synonyms: pêr, pêrd

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puj (augmentative marker).

• IPA^(key): /pi˧/

pi

1. big

pi

1. leader

From Northern Proto-Kuki-Chin *bii.

• IPA^(key): /pi˧/

pi

1. thatch

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 45