ci

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ci"

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (roman numeral): CI, LLI, llli

Number

ci

1. A Roman numeral representing one hundred and one (101).

See also

• Previous: c (one hundred, 100)
• Next: cii (one hundred and two, 102)

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Aka (Central Africa)

Noun

ci

1. water

Further reading

• Marvin Lionel Bender, Topics in Nilo-Saharan linguistics (1989) (cí, cì)
• [1] (ɕi)

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin quem. Compare Portuguese quem, Romanian cine, Spanish quien, Romansch che, Sardinian chíne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

Pronoun

ci

1. who

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Dhimal

Noun

ci

1. water

External sources

• John T. King, A Grammar of Dhimal

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian or French tu, Russian ты (ty), etc., plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡si/

Pronoun

ci (accusative cin, possessive cia)

1. (archaic) thou
   • 1907, Vallienne, Henri, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 6:

     Cia sintenado estos vere fiera, li moke murmuretis en ŝian orelon, kiam ci estos vekinta la tutan loĝantaron.

     Thine attitude shall be truly proud, he mockingly whispered into her ear, when thou shalt have awakened the whole population.

Usage notes

This word has never been in common usage; Zamenhof advised against using 'ci' as early as the Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, published in 1888. Some authors have used 'ci' to portray archaic language, for translations, and for stylistic effects. This usage is criticized by other writers.

• Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia; Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Lingvaj Respondoj; Bertilo Wennergren, Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko (PMEG); Bernard Golden, La Gazeto #11, June 15, 1987; Zlatko Tisjlar, Frekvencmorfemaro de Parolata Esperanto.

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French

Etymology

Contraction of ici (or ceci) or from Old French ci, from Latin ecce hīc.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /si/
• Homophones: si, scie, scies

Adverb

ci

1. here
2. this

   cet homme-ci ― this man

   Ces choses-ci ― these things

   Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. ― I prefer this cake to that one.

See also

• là

Further reading

• “ci” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsi/

Determiner

ci

1. Alternative form of ici

Pronoun

ci

1. Alternative form of ici

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsi/

Adverb

ci

1. here (at this place)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ci

Etymology 1

From Latin cē (the name of the letter C).

Noun

ci f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.; cee

See also

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

Etymology 2

From hīce or *hicce, from hīc (“here”).

Pronoun

ci

1. us.
2. (reflexive) ourselves
3. impersonal reflexive pronoun

   Ci vuole poco a farmi felice.

   It doesn't take much to make me happy.

4. on it, about it, of it

See also

• noi
• si

Etymology 3

From hīce or *hicce, from hic.

Adverb

ci

1. here, there

See also

• ivi
• là
• qua
• qui

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Kanuri

Noun

ci

1. mouth

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Latin

Verb

cī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ciō

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Lojban

Lojban cardinal numbers

<  re	ci	vo  >
Cardinal : ci     Ordinal : cimai     Adverbial : ciroi     Distributive : cimei     Quantified : cimoi     Higher-Order Ordinal : cimo'o

Cmavo

ci (rafsi cib)

1. three

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Malay

ci

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮎᮤ (ci).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃi, -i

Noun

ci

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

• alir
• alur
• batang
• bengawan
• kali
• sungai
• wai

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Mandarin

Romanization

ci

1. Nonstandard spelling of cī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cì.

Usage notes

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

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Noone

Verb

ci

1. strike

Synonyms

• kfune
• nyɛw
• suŋ

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin ecce hīc.

Adverb

ci

1. here (in this place)
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar

     Va t'en de ci ! Lai me aveir pes.

     Go, leave this place! Let me have peace.

Descendants

• French: ici, ci

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Old Irish

Pronoun

ci

1. Alternative spelling of cía

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕi/

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

ci

1. short dative singular of ty.

   Daję ci łzy, które spadły z moich oczu.

   I'm giving you the tears that fell from my eyes.

Related terms

• tobie (stressed form)

Pronoun

ci

1. personal masculine plural of ten

   ci mężczyźni

   these men

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Romanian

Etymology

From ce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

Conjunction

ci

1. (adversative) but; so that; on the contrary, opposite

   Nici eu, ci el. ― Not I, but he.

See also

• dimpotrivă
• dar

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• cci

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʃi]
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): [tʃɪ]

Etymology 1

From Latin hīc via Vulgar Latin *hīcce. Compare Italian ci.

Adverb

ci

1. here, there

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ci

1. dative form of iddu (“he”); to him
2. dative form of idda (“she”); to her
3. dative form of iddi (“they”); to them

Inflection

3rd person	m	f	pl
nominative	iddu	idda	iddi
prepositional	iddu	idda	iddi
accusative	lu	la	li
dative	ci	ci	ci
reflexive	si	si	si

Usage notes

• Unlike in Italian, the Sicilian pronoun ci is not used for the first-person plural ('us'). The Sicilian equivalent is ni.

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Tarantino

Pronoun

ci (relative)

1. who

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin quis (compare Italian chi).

Pronoun

ci (interrogative)

1. who?

Usage notes

• Redoubled for reinforcement.

  Ci èlo ci?

  Who on earth is he?

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French cel, from Latin ecce illum (< ille).

Determiner

ci

1. this

Pronoun

ci

1. this

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Welsh

Welsh Corgi dog

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiː/

Noun

ci m (plural cŵn)

1. dog

Derived terms

• cïaidd
• corgi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ci	gi	nghi	chi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci˧/

Verb

ci

1. to cook, to roast, to toast
2. to glow, to shine