zi

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Albanian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁dʰo- (compare Dutch kwaad ‘angry, evil’, Serbo-Croatian gȁd ‘loathing, nausea’).

Adjective [edit]

i zi m (feminine e zezë, m plural zinj, f plural zeza)

  1. black

Antonyms [edit]


Ewe [edit]

Noun [edit]

zi

  1. deer

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

zi (form of zi0 or zi5)

Romanization [edit]

zi

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes [edit]

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.


Romanian [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin dīēs (day), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (heaven, sky; to shine).

Noun [edit]

zi f (plural zile)

  1. day
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Forms of zice

Verb [edit]

zi

  1. second-person singular imperative form of zice.