Phi - Wiktionary

See also: Phi, PHI, phỉ, phị, phî, and -phi

Translingual

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Symbol

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phi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Philippine languages.

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:phiWikipedia Ancient Greek Alphabet
← upsilon → chi
Φ φ Ancient Greek: φεῖ
Wikipedia article on phi

Etymology

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From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aɪ
    • Homophone: fie
  • IPA(key): /fiː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -iː
    • Homophone: fee

Noun

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phi (plural phis)

  1. Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".
  2. (mathematics) The golden ratio.
  3. A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.
    • 1963, Psychology Through Experiment (George Humphrey, Jaroslav Antonio Deutsch), page 90: [] tolerance (Frenkel-Brunswik 1949) for it showed that those persons with the strongest defences against internal conflict, i.e. obsessionals and conversion hysterics, were those least able to perceive the reality-conflicting phenomenon of phi.
    • 2007, Wayne Weiten, Psychology: Themes and Variations: Themes And Variations, page 138:The illusion of movement in a highway construction sign is an instance of the phi phenomenon, which is also at work in motion pictures and television.
    • 2013, Francis Glebas, The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design, page 66:Is it the phi phenomenon or the persistence of vision? Originally, the illusion of motion that movies excel at was thought to be the effect of the persistence of vision.

Derived terms

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  • phi-feature
  • phi phenomenon
 

Translations

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  • Arabic: فَاي m (fay)
  • Catalan: fi (ca) f
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 弗愛弗爱 (zh), 佛爱 (fú'ài),  (zh) (fěi)
  • Czech:  n
  • Dutch: phi (nl) m or f
  • Esperanto: fio (eo)
  • Finnish: fii (fi)
  • French: phi (fr) m
  • German: Phi (de) n
  • Greek: φι (el) n (fi) Ancient: φεῖ n (pheî)
  • Hebrew: פִי (he) f (fi)
  • Hungarian: fi (hu)
  • Interlingua: phi
  • Irish:  f
  • Japanese: ファイ (fai), フィ (fi), ピー (ja) ()
  • Korean:  (ko) (pi)
  • Macedonian: фи n (fi)
  • Malay: fi
  • Persian: فی (fa) (fi)
  • Polish: fi (pl) n, phi (pl) n
  • Portuguese: fi (pt) m
  • Romanian: fi (ro)
  • Russian: фи (ru) n (fi)
  • Slovak:  n
  • Spanish: fi (es) f

See also

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  • (Greek letter): Previous: upsilon, Next: chi

References

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "phi, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.

Anagrams

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  • HIP, PIH, hip

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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  • fi

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fi/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. phi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

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  • phi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fi/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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phi m (plural phi)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Further reading

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

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:phiWikipedia it

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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phi m (invariable)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:phiWikipedia pl

Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpxi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: phi

Interjection

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phi

  1. huh, pooh used to express dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Alternative forms

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  • fi

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: phi

Noun

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phi n (indeclinable)

  1. phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)

Further reading

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  • phi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • phi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Noun

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phi m (invariable)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fi.

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (to fly; to gallop).

Verb

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phi

  1. (of a horse) to gallop Ngựa phi.The horse gallops.
  2. to flee; to travel very quickly Phi nhanh về nhà kẻo tối.Hurry home before it gets dark.
  3. to lance (to throw in the manner of a lance) phi dao gămto throw a dagger
Derived terms
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  • phi báo
  • phi cảng
  • phi công
  • phi công vũ trụ
  • phi cơ
  • phi đao
  • phi điểu
  • phi đội
  • phi hành
  • phi hành đoàn
  • phi hành gia
  • phi hành vũ trụ
  • phi kiếm
  • phi mã, Phi Mã
  • phi ngựa (to gallop a horse)
  • phi pháo
  • phi tiêu
  • phi thuyền
  • phi trường
  • phi vụ
  • phi xuất
  • song phi

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (not).

Prefix

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phi ()

  1. non-, in- phi (chính) nghĩaunjust; for an unjustifiable cause phi phàminhuman; extraordinary
Derived terms
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  • gian phi
  • phi chính nghĩa
  • phi chính phủ (non-governmental)
  • phi chính trị
  • phi đạo đức
  • phi giai cấp
  • phi giáo hội
  • phi lộ
  • phi lợi nhuận (non-profit)
  • phi lý, phi lí
  • phi mậu dịch
  • phi nghĩa (unjust)
  • phi nhân
  • phi ngã
  • phi phàm
  • phi pháp
  • phi phù trí quỷ
  • phi quân sự
  • phi quân sự hóa, phi quân sự hoá
  • phi sản xuất
  • phi tang
  • phi thời gian
  • phi thực dân hóa, phi thực dân hoá
  • phi thực tại
  • phi thường
  • phi thương bất phú
  • phi trọng lượng
  • phi vi
  • phi vô sản
  • phi vô sản hóa, phi vô sản hoá
  • phi vụ
  • tái ông thất mã, yên tri phi phúc
  • thị phi
  • trừ phi

Conjunction

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phi

  1. if it isn't Phi anh ấy, không ai biết.If it isn't him, then who knows?

Etymology 3

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Verb

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phi

  1. to stir-fry (an onion, scallion, or clove of garlic) before preparing a dish Phi tỏi rồi mới bỏ rau muống vào.Stir-fry the garlic before adding in water spinach. Phi hành để nấu nước chấm.Stir-fry the onion to make dipping sauce.

Etymology 4

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Noun

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(classifier con) phi

  1. Various species of saltwater clam of the genus Sanguinolaria, such as Sanguinolaria diphos and Sanguinolaria planculata.

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Latin phi.

Noun

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phi

  1. phi (Φ)

Etymology 6

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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phi

  1. concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch. các bà phi trong cungthe palace concubines
  2. wives, consorts of a junior monarch such as a prince. vương phi, vương tử phi, hoàng tử phithe queen consort, the royal princess consort, the imperial princess consort
Synonyms
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  • (concubine): vợ lẽ, vợ bé, phi tần
  • (consort): vợ
Derived terms
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  • ái phi
  • cung phi
  • phi hậu
  • phi tần
  • quý phi, quí phi
  • thứ phi

Etymology 7

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Sino-Vietnamese reading of various Chinese characters.

Romanization

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phi

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  17. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  18. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
  19. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
Derived terms
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  • Bột Phi
  • Hàn Phi
  • hoàng phi
  • hoành phi
  • Phi Lai Giang
  • Phi Liêm

See also

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  • phi-la-tốp
  • phi lao, phi-lao
  • phi lê, phi-lê (fillet)
  • phi-nan (finale)
  • phi-năng (finance)
  • phương phi

References

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  • "phi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
  • Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

Zulu

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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-phi?

  1. which

Inflection

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Enumerative concord, tone H
Modifier
Class 1 muphi
Class 2 baphi
Class 3 muphi
Class 4 miphi
Class 5 liphi
Class 6 maphi
Class 7 siphi
Class 8 ziphi
Class 9 yiphi
Class 10 ziphi
Class 11 luphi
Class 14 buphi
Class 15 kuphi
Class 17 kuphi

References

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  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “phi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN:phi

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