spi

See also: spí, spî, and śpi

Translingual

Symbol

spi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Saponi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Saponi terms

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɪ]

Verb

spi

1. second-person singular imperative of spát

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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Noun

spi m (plural spis)

1. (nautical) spinnaker

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pis, psi

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin spīcum, alternative form of spīca. Compare French épi, Italian spiga, Romanian spic.

Noun

spi m

1. ear or spike of grain

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spie.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈspi/ [ˈspi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: spi

Noun

spi (plural spi-spi)

1. key: an object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

   Karena tidak normal, mesinya sampai sudah mau dieksekusi turun mesin, tapi ternyata hanya murni spi magnetnya patah.

   Because it was not normal, the engine was about to be overhauled, but it turned out that the magnetic woodruff key was simply broken.

Italian

Noun

spi m (invariable)

1. (nautical) clipping of spinnaker

Synonyms

• spinnaker
• fiocco a pallone
• vela a pallone

Further reading

• spi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• psi

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spʲi]

Verb

spi

1. third-person singular present of spaś
2. second-person singular imperative of spaś