psi
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
| ← chi |
→ omega |
|
|
Ancient Greek: ψεῖ |
||
| Wikipedia article on psi | ||
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Ancient Greek ψῖ, the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
Pronunciation [edit]
Greek letter
- enPR: psī, sī, IPA: /psaɪ/, /saɪ/, X-SAMPA: /psaI/, /saI/
-
Audio (US) (Greek letter) (file) - Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si (all for the latter pronunciation only)
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Psychic abilities
- enPR: sī, IPA: /saɪ/, X-SAMPA: /saI/
-
Audio (US) (psychic abilities) (file) - Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Noun [edit]
psi (countable and uncountable; plural psis)
- (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fourth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
- (uncountable, parapsychology) A form of psychic energy.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- ‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
Translations [edit]
Greek letter
psychic energy
See also [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Initialism
Alternative forms [edit]
Initialism [edit]
psi
- Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)
Anagrams [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Noun [edit]
psi f (plural psis)
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
psi m (invariable)
- psi (Greek letter)
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
psi m and f (invariable)
- psi (Greek letter)
Polish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From pies
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [pʲɕi]
Adjective [edit]
psi m (not comparable)
Declension [edit]
Declension of psi
| Case | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal and animate masculine | Inanimate masculine | Neuter | Feminine | Personal masculine | Neuter Feminine Non-personal masculine | ||
| Nominative Vocative | psi | psie | psia | psi | psie | ||
| Genitive | psiego | psiej | psich | ||||
| Dative | psiemu | psim | |||||
| Accusative | psiego | psi | psie | psią | psich | psie | |
| Instrumental | psim | psimi | |||||
| Locative | psiej | psich | |||||
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Ancient Greek ψῖ, the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ps̪ʲi]
Noun [edit]
psi n (indeclinable)
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
psi f (plural psíes)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms with homophones
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Parapsychology
- English abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
- English initialisms
- en:Fictional abilities
- en:Greek letter names
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending
- ca:Greek letter names
- French nouns
- French invariable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Greek letter names
- Italian nouns
- it:Greek letter names
- Polish adjectives
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish nouns
- Spanish nouns
- es:Greek letter names