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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Pali or Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

Symbol

pi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Pali.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pali terms

English

Ancient Greek alphabet

← omicron		→ rho
Π π Ancient Greek: πεῖ
Wikipedia article on pi

This mosaic is outside the mathematics building at the Technische Universität Berlin.

When a circle's diameter is 1 unit, its circumference is π units.

When a circle's radius is 1 unit, its circumference is 2π units.

Etymology 1

From Koine Greek πῖ (pî), from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: pie

Noun

pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)

2. The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

   Alternative form: π (p) (Ancient Greek)

4. (mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265.

   Alternative form: π

   Synonyms: Archimedes' constant, Ludolphian number, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number

Derived terms

• pi bond
• piem
• pi font
• pi-heptomino
• pilish
• pi meson
• pi-minus
• pion
• piphilology
• pi-plus
• pi-system
• pith

Translations

letter of Greek alphabet

• Arabic: بِي m (bī), پِي m (pī)
• Asturian: pi (ast)
• Catalan: pi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 派 (zh) (pài)

• Dutch: pi (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: pio (eo)
• Finnish: pii (fi)
• French: pi (fr) m
• Galician: pi (gl) m
• German: Pi (de) n
• Greek: πι (el) n (pi)

  Ancient Greek: πεῖ n (peî), πῖ n (pî)

• Gujarati: પાઇ (pāi)
• Hebrew: פאי / פַּי (he) f (pay)
• Hindi: पाइ (hi) m (pāi)
• Hungarian: pí (hu)
• Icelandic: pí n
• Interlingua: pi
• Irish: pí f
• Italian: pi greco (it) m
• Japanese: パイ (ja) (pai)
• Korean: 파이 (ko) (pai)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pî (ku) f

• Latvian: pī m
• Macedonian: пи (pi)
• Malay: pi (ms)
• Persian: پی (fa) (pi)
• Polish: pi (pl) n
• Portuguese: pi (pt) m
• Romanian: pi (ro) m
• Russian: пи (ru) n (pi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пи̑ n

  Latin: pȋ (sh) n

• Sindhi: پاءِ (pāi)
• Slovak: pí (sk)
• Slovene: pí (sl) m
• Spanish: pi (es) f
• Swedish: pi (sv) n
• Turkish: pi (tr)

irrational mathematical constant

• Arabic: ط (ar) m (ṭāʔ), بَاي (ar) m (bāi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 圓周率 / 圆周率 (jyun⁴ zau¹ leot^6-2)

  Mandarin: 圓周率 / 圆周率 (zh) (yuānzhōulǜ), 派 (zh) (pài)

• Czech: pí (cs)
• Dutch: pi (nl) m or f
• Finnish: pii (fi)
• French: pi (fr) m
• German: Pi (de) n, Kreiszahl (de) f
• Greek: πι (el) (pi)
• Gujarati: પાઇ (pāi)
• Hindi: पाइ (hi) m (pāi)
• Hungarian: pí (hu)
• Icelandic: pí n
• Interlingua: pi
• Irish: pí f
• Italian: pi greco (it) m
• Japanese: パイ (ja) (pai), 円周率 (ja) (enshū ritsu)
• Kannada: ಪೈ (pai)
• Korean: 파이 (ko) (pai), 원주율 (ko) (wonjuyul)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pî (ku) f

• Limburgish: pie (li), pi (li)
• Macedonian: пи (pi)
• Māori: pae
• Persian: پی (fa) (pi)
• Polish: pi (pl) n
• Portuguese: pi (pt) m
• Romanian: pi (ro) m
• Russian: пи (ru) n (pi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пи̑ n

  Latin: pȋ (sh) n

• Sindhi: پاءِ (pāi)
• Slovak: pí (sk)
• Slovene: pí (sl) m
• Spanish: pi (es) f
• Swedish: pi (sv) n
• Turkish: pi (tr), pi sayısı (tr)
• Welsh: pi (cy)

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

Unclear. Possibly from the Greek letter (see Etymology 1) as a common example of non-alphabetic character, possibly from pica (“type size”) (see Etymology 3), possibly from pie referring to its mixed nature or pied (“checkered, multicoloured”).

Noun

pi (countable and uncountable, plural pis)

2. (letterpress typography) Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.

   Alternative form: pie

Translations

metal type that has been spilled

• Italian: pasticcio (it) m, confusione (it) f

Verb

pi (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle piing, simple past and past participle pied)

1. (letterpress typography) To spill or mix printing type.

   Alternative form: pie

Adjective

pi (not comparable)

1. (typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.

   In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.

Translations

not part of the usual font

• Finnish: erikois- (fi)

Derived terms

• pi character

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Noun

pi

1. (typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch).
2. Piaster.

Adjective

pi

2. Pious.
   • 1927, Magdalen King-Hall, I Think I Remember: Being the Random Recollections of Sir Wickham Woolicomb, an Ordinary English Snob and Gentleman:

     Our Major was "Cherub" Cheeseman, noted for his foul language. I am afraid he lost a tidy little legacy that he was expecting from his aunt, the Dowager Lady Shuttlecock (a very "pi" old lady), through this same habit of his.

   • 1972, Anya Seton, Green Darkness, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     “Those are very 'pi' sentiments. Was a preacher in Staffordshire— I was raised chapel, though've tried to forget it—he talked that way... redemption and the lot.”

   • 1994, Roger Gard, Jane Austen's Novels: The Art of Clarity, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 101:

     In Sense and Sensibility, as even you might agree, there's at least the danger of a rather pi moral framework clamping down on the spontaneous fun and leaving the sisters to survive - a bit drearily - on the periphery of a mean world.

Derived terms

• pi-jaw

Related terms

• pica stick

See also

• cicero
• pi sai (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• IP, Ip

Abinomn

Noun

pi

1. (anatomy) gall bladder

Pronoun

pi

1. you (more than two)

Albanian

Etymology

From Old Albanian pii, from Proto-Albanian *pīja, from Proto-Indo-European *pih₃-, *peh₃- probably via the reduplicated form *píph₃eti; compare Greek πίνω (píno), Serbo-Croatian pìti, Italian bere. Orel compares the similarity between Proto-Albanian *pīja and Proto-Slavic *pijǫ; Tomaschek compares Tosk pirë/Gheg pinë with Thracian πίνον (pínon, “beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi]

Verb

pi (aorist piva, participle pirë) (standard, Tosk)
pi (aorist piva, participle pinë) (Gheg)

1. to drink, to suck
2. to smoke (in use with duhan (“tobacco, cigarettes”))
3. to take (in use with drogë (“drug(s)”) and medicinë (“medicine”))

   A pi drogë? ― Do you take drugs?

   A i pive ilaçet? ― Did you take (your) medicine?

Preposition

pi (Gheg)

1. from

   Pi ku ije? ― Where are you from?

Usage notes

• (Standard, Tosk) ai pi - he drinks / he is a drinker
• (Standard, Tosk) (unë) nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke
• (Gheg) ai pin - he drinks / he is a drinker
• (Gheg) (unë) nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of pi (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

		participle		pirë
		gerund		duke pirë
		infinitive		për të pirë
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	pi	pi	pi	pimë	pini	pinë
	imperfect	pija	pije	pinte	pinim	pinit	pinin
	aorist	piva	pive	piu	pimë	pitë	pinë
perfect	kam pirë	ke pirë	ka pirë	kemi pirë	keni pirë	kanë pirë
past perfect	kisha pirë	kishe pirë	kishte pirë	kishim pirë	kishit pirë	kishin pirë
aorist II	pata pirë	pate pirë	pati pirë	patëm pirë	patët pirë	patën pirë
future1	do të pi	do të pish	do të pijë	do të pimë	do të pini	do të pinë
future perfect2	do të kem pirë	do të kesh pirë	do të ketë pirë	do të kemi pirë	do të keni pirë	do të kenë pirë
subjunctive	present	të pi	të pish	të pijë	të pimë	të pini	të pinë
imperfect	të pija	të pije	të pinte	të pinim	të pinit	të pinin
perfect	të kem pirë	të kesh pirë	të ketë pirë	të kemi pirë	të keni pirë	të kenë pirë
past perfect	të kisha pirë	të kishe pirë	të kishte pirë	të kishim pirë	të kishit pirë	të kishin pirë
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të pija	do të pije	do të pinte	do të pinim	do të pinit	do të pinin
	past perfect	do të kisha pirë	do të kishe pirë	do të kishte pirë	do të kishim pirë	do të kishit pirë	do të kishin pirë
optative	present	pifsha	pifsh	piftë	pifshim	pifshi	pifshin
perfect	paça pirë	paç pirë	pastë pirë	paçim pirë	paçit pirë	paçin pirë
admirative	present	pikam	pike	pika	pikemi	pikeni	pikan
	imperfect	pikësha	pikëshe	pikësh / pikej	pikëshim	pikëshit	pikëshin
perfect	paskam pirë	paske pirë	paska pirë	paskemi pirë	paskeni pirë	paskan pirë
past perfect	paskësha pirë	paskëshe pirë	paskësh pirë	paskëshim pirë	paskëshit pirë	paskëshin pirë
imperative	present	—	pi	—	—	pini	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

• pijane f, pijan m
• pijanece f, pijanec m
• pijanike f, pijanik m
• pije, pija f
• pijeshitse f, pijeshitës m
• pijetore f, pijetorja f
• pijshëm, papijshëm
• pirashe f, pirash m

Further reading

• “pi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “pi”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Ambonese Malay

Alternative forms

• pigi

Etymology

Clipping of pigi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Verb

pi

1. (intransitive) to go

   Beta pi ka bendar. ― I'm going to the city.

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[4], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pri, pre

Etymology

From Latin per. Compare Romanian pe.

Preposition

pi

1. on

Related terms

• pisti / piste, pristi / priste
• pintru

Baga Pokur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Noun

pi

1. hunger

Verb

pi

1. (transitive) to want

References

• Neige Rochant, A Bilectal Grammar of Baga Pukur: An Atlantic Language of Guinea (2023)

Berawan

Noun

pi

1. (Central, West) water

References

• Robert Blust, 2000, Low Vowel Fronting in Northern Sarawak, Oceanic Linguistics, 39:2, pp. 285-319, page 316
• Robert Blust, 2006, The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited, Oceanic Linguistics, 45:2, pages 311-338

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpi]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

Noun

pi m (plural pins)

1. pine; evergreen tree of the genus Pinus
2. pinewood

Derived terms

Species of pine

• pi blanc
• pi blau de l’Himàlaia
• pi bo
• pi bord
• pi campaner
• pi carrasser
• pi cembra
• pi cerrut
• pi de Canàries
• pi de fulla
• pi de llei
• pi de Monterrey
• pi de pinyes
• pi de pinyons
• pi escarrassó
• pi garriguenc
• pi insigne
• pi negre
• pi pinyer
• pi redó
• pi roig
• pi ver
• pi vermell
• pinassa
• pinastre

Other evergreen species

• pi de pisos
• pi de Xile
• pi d’Alaska
• pi d’Oregon
• pi melis

Other words

• empinar
• pinar
• pineda
• pinenc
• pinetell

Etymology 2

Noun

pi f (plural pis)

1. Pi; the Greek letter Π (lowercase π)

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pi”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chachi

Noun

pi

1. water
2. river

References

• Peter W. Stahl, Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics (2006, →ISBN, page 253
• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

pī

1. (transitive) To pluck

References

• J. Richard Andrews (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin pes, pedem.

Noun

pi m (plural pič)

1. foot

Danish

Proper noun

pi

1. pi (number)
2. pi (letter)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî). Doublet of pe, pee (“Hebrew letter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pi
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

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

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. (mathematics) pi (number)

Further reading

• pi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Etymology 1

Noun

pi m (invariable)

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. (mathematics) pi

Etymology 2

Conjunction

pi

1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative spelling of pis (“and”)
   • 1963, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Gerard, page 8:

     "Blanc d'or rouge noir pi toute"

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

Greenlandic

Root

pi

1. Means nothing in particular.

Usage notes

See note at su.

Derived terms

• persuaq
• pikoorfik
• pillammak
• piumavoq

Guambiano

Noun

pi

1. water
2. river

References

• Beatriz Vásquez de Ruiz, La predicación en guambiano (Colciencias, 1988)
• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French plus (“more”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Adverb

pi

1. used to express the comparative of a following adjective or adverb.
   1. more, -er (comparative)

Inuktitut

Noun

pi

1. Latin spelling of ᐱ (pi)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin pē (the name of the letter P).

Noun

pi f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.; pee

See also

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

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî, the name of the Greek letter Π).

Noun

pi m (invariable)

1. the name of the Greek-script letter Π/π; pi
2. (mathematics) synonym of pi greco

Derived terms

• pi greco

Japanese

Romanization

pi

1. The hiragana syllable ぴ (pi) or the katakana syllable ピ (pi) in Hepburn romanization.

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *pitupô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi]

Noun

pi (possessed pìpo)

1. skin
2. bark
3. peel, rind
4. outer wall (of a basket)
5. skin, membrane (of a drum)

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[5], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 344
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “pipo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 376; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[6], Paris, 1956, page 367

Kedah Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Verb

pi

1. Go

   Satgi kalau depa nak pi keluaq dah, habaq kat aku awai sikit noh, satgi tak dan.

   If they are ready to go out, please inform me earlier, so that I won't be late.

   Hang ni oghang kata pa pun bukan nak dengaq, mampuih pi kat hang la.

   You never listen, just go to hell

2. Do

   Hangpa pi bedak elok-elok bagi sama banyak buah moktan tu, satgi baghu tak berkelai.

   You should split the rambutans equally between yourselves, then you won't have to fight over it.

   Awat yang hang pi pukui dia, satgi dia bawak mai geng pi taboh hang pulak, lagu mana?

   Why did you hit him, don't you afraid he might summon his gang to beat you up?

See also

• pergi

Lango (Uganda)

Noun

pì

1. water

References

• Michael P. Noonan, A Grammar of Lango [Uganda]

Luo

Noun

pi

1. water

References

• Benny Garell Blount, Acquisition of Language by Luo Children (1969), page 57
• Roy Lawrence Stafford, An elementary Luo grammar, page 24, 1967

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *pia, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-bəy-n/k.

Verb

pi

1. to give

Mandarin

Romanization

pi

1. nonstandard spelling of pī
2. nonstandard spelling of pí
3. nonstandard spelling of pǐ
4. nonstandard spelling of pì

Usage notes

• 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.

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bee.

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [pʲi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲij/
• Bender phonemes: {piy}

Noun

pi

1. bee

References

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “pi”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[7]

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *pii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pij.

Noun

pi

1. grandmother
2. a woman in charge of something

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “pi”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi/

Noun

pi

1. vagina

   Synonym: pwapwahk

Declension

Possessive forms of pi (tight inalienable possession, oa/a stem)

singular possessor	first person		pioaioa
	second person		pioamwen
	third person		pioa
dual possessors	first person inclusive		piasa
	first person exclusive		piama
	second person		piamwa
	third person		piara
plural possessors	first person inclusive		piasai
	first person exclusive		piamai
	second person		piamwai
	third person		piarai
remote plural possessors	first person inclusive		piahs
	first person exclusive		piami
	second person		piemwi
	third person		piahr
construct form			pien

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[8], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 189

Norman

Alternative forms

• pyid (continental)
• pid (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

pi m (plural pis)

1. (Sark, anatomy) foot

Nuer

Noun

pi

1. water

References

• Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, Outlines of a Nuer grammar, page 28, 1933

O'odham

Adverb

pi

1. not (negative marker)

   'I꞉da 'o'odham 'o pi ñeok.

   This person is not speaking.

References

• Zepeda, Ofelia (1983), A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published after 1986, page 7

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• पि (Devanagari script)
• পি (Bengali script)
• පි (Sinhalese script)
• ပိ (Burmese script)
• ปิ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິ (Lao script)
• បិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Enclitic form of api.

Particle

pi

1. an emphatic particle

Derived terms

• pi nāma

Conjunction

pi

1. also, even so
2. even

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “pi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Pirahã

Alternative forms

• water: pii, pé, ipé

Noun

pi

1. water
2. thorn

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pi

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

pi

1. cheep, used to imitate the sound made by a chick

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), from Phoenician 𐤐 (p‬ /⁠pē⁠/).

Noun

pi n (indeclinable)

1. pi (Greek letter Π, π)
2. (mathematics) pi (irrational mathematical constant)

Further reading

• “pi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[9] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi/

• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).

Noun

pi m (plural pis)

1. pi (name of the Greek letter Π, π)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• pii, piii, piiii

Interjection

pi

1. bleep (high-pitched sound)

Further reading

• “pi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Quechua

Pronoun

pi

1. who

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plēnus (“full”).

Adjective

pi m (feminine pina, masculine plural pi, feminine plural pini)

1. full

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πι (pi).

Noun

pi m (uncountable)

1. pi

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pi	piul
genitive-dative	pi	piului
vocative	piule

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîː/

Noun

pȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. pi (mathematical constant)

Shilluk

Noun

pi

1. water

References

• B. Kohnen, Shilluk grammar : with a little English-Shilluk dictionary, Missioni Africane, Vérone, Italie, 317 pages, page 313, 1933

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /píː/

Noun

pȋ m inan

1. pi (Greek letter)
2. pi (mathematical constant)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	pí
gen. sing.	píja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pí	píja	píji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	píja	píjev	píjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	píju	píjema	píjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pí	píja	píje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	píju	píjih	píjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	píjem	píjema	píji

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi/ [ˈpi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pi

Noun

pi f (plural píes)

1. pi; the Greek letter Π, π

Further reading

• “pi”, 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

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Particle

pi

1. Suffix used as an alternative to gani to more specifically say "which" of a known noun class.

   Anakaa nyumba ipi? ― Which house does he live in?

Inflection

Inflected forms of -pi

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	yupi	wepi
m-mi class(III/IV)	upi	ipi
ji-ma class(V/VI)	lipi	yapi
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kipi	vipi
n class(IX/X)	ipi	zipi
u class(XI)	upi	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	papi
ku class(XVII)	kupi
mu class(XVIII)	mpi

See also

• gani
• -po: definite place indicator
• -ko: indefinite place indicator
• -mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

pi n

1. (mathematics) pi, a constant
2. pi; a Greek letter

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pee, the English name of the letter P / p.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pi/ [pɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: pi

Noun

pi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin script letter P/p, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) pa, (in the Abecedario) pe

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Etymology 2

Alteration of po with /i/ to sound cutesy. Originally a typographical error due to the closeness of the positions of the I and O keys in the keyboard.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʔ/ [ˈpɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: pi

Particle

pî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ) (slang)

1. synonym of po

   Okey pi!

   Okay! (polite)

Further reading

• “pi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• Ip

Tocharian B

Particle

pi

1. really, indeed (used to emphasize questions and commands)

Totoro

Noun

pi

1. water

References

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

Tsafiki

Noun

pi

1. water

References

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pii, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *piŋe.

Noun

pi

1. tooth (protrusion of certain objects, e.g. a saw, rake)

Inflection

Inflection of pi (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing.	pi
genitive sing.	pin
partitive sing.	pid
partitive plur.	pid
	singular	plural
nominative	pi	pid
accusative	pin	pid
genitive	pin	piden
partitive	pid	pid
essive-instructive	pin	pin
translative	pikš	pikš
inessive	piš	piš
elative	pišpäi	pišpäi
illative	pihe	pihe
adessive	pil	pil
ablative	pilpäi	pilpäi
allative	pile	pile
abessive	pita	pita
comitative	pinke	pidenke
prolative	pidme	pidme
approximative I	pinno	pidenno
approximative II	pinnoks	pidennoks
egressive	pinnopäi	pidennopäi
terminative I	pihesai	pihesai
terminative II	pilesai	pilesai
terminative III	pissai	—
additive I	pihepäi	pihepäi
additive II	pilepäi	pilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “зуб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[10], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

pi f (plural piau)

1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/

Verb

pi

1. (ditransitive) to give

   Synonym: pula

   nipi de te ― (you) give me (some) tea!

2. (ditransitive) to sell

   Synonym: pula

Conjugation

Conjugation of pi (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tepi	mepi	api
2nd person		nepi	fepi
3rd person	inanimate	ipi	depi
	animate
imperative		nipi, pi	fipi, pi

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[11], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pí/

Noun

pí

1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi/
• Hyphenation: pi

Noun

pi m

1. father

   Synonyms: pêr, pêrd

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *pii.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pī]
• Hyphenation: pi

Noun

pi

1. grandmother
2. mother-in-law (for a son-in-law)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puj (augmentative marker).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pí]
• Hyphenation: pi

Verb

pí (stem II pì)

1. (stative) to be important

Derived terms

• -pí
• píching

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, pages 54, 77
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40