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See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"
ⅺ U+217A, ⅺ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN
← ⅹ[U+2179] Number Forms ⅻ →[U+217B]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

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  • XI, xi, Ⅺ, VVI, vvi

Symbol

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xi

  1. Ⅺ, the Roman numeral eleven (11).
  2. November. Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XII, xii, 12

See also

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  • Previous: ⅹ (ten, 10)
  • Next: ⅻ (twelve, 12)

English

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← nu → omicron
Ξ ξ Ancient Greek: ξεῖ
Wikipedia article on xi

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: zī, sī, ksī, ksē, IPA(key): /zaɪ/, /saɪ/, /ksaɪ/, /ksiː/[1][2][3]
  • (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ʃiː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

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xi (plural xis)

  1. The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
  2. (particle physics) Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion.

Derived terms

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  • xi baryon

Translations

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  • Arabic: كْسِي (ar) m (ksī)
  • Asturian: xi (ast)
  • Catalan: ksi (ca) f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 克西 (zh) (kèxī), 克希 (kèxī), 可塞 (zh) (kěsài)
  • Danish: ksi (da) n
  • Dutch: xi (nl) m or f, ksi (nl) m or f
  • Esperanto: ksio (eo)
  • Finnish: ksii (fi)
  • French: xi (fr) m, ksi (fr) m
  • German: Xi (de) n
  • Greek: ξι (el) n (xi) Ancient: ξεῖ n (xeî)
  • Hungarian: kszi
  • Interlingua: xi
  • Irish: xí f
  • Italian: xi (it) m or f, csi m or f, ksi m or f
  • Japanese: グザイ (ja) (guzai), クサイ (kusai), クスィー (kusī)
  • Korean: 크시 (ko) (keusi)
  • Macedonian: кси n (ksi)
  • Malay: xi
  • Persian: کسی (fa) (ksi)
  • Polish: ksi (pl) n
  • Portuguese: xi (pt) m, csi (pt) m, ksi m
  • Russian: кси (ru) n (ksi)
  • Spanish: xi (es) f
  • Ukrainian: ксі f (ksi)

See also

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  • (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

References

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  1. ^ “xi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. (zaɪ, ksaɪ)
  2. ^ “xi”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (zaɪ, saɪ, ksi)
  3. ^ “xi”, in Collins English Dictionary. (zaɪ, saɪ, ksaɪ, ksi)

Anagrams

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  • Ix

Achang

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Pronunciation

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  • (Myanmar) /xi˧/

Verb

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xi

  1. to begin, start

Derived terms

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  • kukxi

Further reading

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  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 140

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ξῖ (xî).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ksi/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. xi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

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  • xi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

French

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Alternative forms

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  • ksi

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ksi/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

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xi m (plural xi or xis)

  1. xi (Greek letter)

Further reading

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

Italian

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Alternative forms

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  • csi, ksi

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈksi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: xì

Noun

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xi m or f (invariable)

  1. the name of the Greek-script letter Ξ/ξ
    1. xi (all senses)

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪ

Etymology 1

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From Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing, a thing, something”). Compare the same use as a determiner in Moroccan Arabic شي (ši) and North Levantine Arabic شي (ši).

Determiner

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xi

  1. some xi mkien ― somewhere xi ħadd ― someone xi ħaġa ― something
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:bini l-għatx u tawni nixrobminn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. any
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  • *iex
  • -x
  • xejn
  • x’
  • x’inhu

Etymology 2

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See the lemma.

Pronoun

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xi

  1. alternative form of x’ (used before a consonant cluster)

Mandarin

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Romanization

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xi

  1. nonstandard spelling of xī
  2. nonstandard spelling of xí
  3. nonstandard spelling of xǐ
  4. nonstandard spelling of xì

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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  • xii, xiii

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: xi

Interjection

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xi

  1. indicates that something has failed
  2. indicates that someone is in trouble

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈksi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈksi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: xi

Noun

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xi m (plural xis)

  1. alternative spelling of csi

Further reading

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  • “xi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  • “xi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsi/ [ˈsi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: xi

Noun

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xi f (plural xíes)

  1. xi; the Greek letter Ξ, ξ

Further reading

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  • “xi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Takelma

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Noun

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xi

  1. water

References

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  • Victor Golla, Takelma Texts and Grammar

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [si˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French cire.

Noun

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xi

  1. wax

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French cirage.

Noun

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xi

  1. shoe polish
  2. waxing

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