phi
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Ancient Greek: φεῖ | ||
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Etymology
From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
phi (plural phis)
- Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".
- (mathematics) The golden ratio.
- A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion.
- 1963, Psychology Through Experiment (George Humphrey, Jaroslav Antonio Deutsch), page 90:
- […] tolerance (Frenkel-Brunswik 1949) for it showed that those persons with the strongest defences against internal conflict, i.e. obsessionals and conversion hysterics, were those least able to perceive the reality-conflicting phenomenon of phi.
- 2007, Wayne Weiten, Psychology: Themes and Variations: Themes And Variations, page 138:
- The illusion of movement in a highway construction sign is an instance of the phi phenomenon, which is also at work in motion pictures and television.
- 2013, Francis Glebas, The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design, page 66:
- Is it the phi phenomenon or the persistence of vision? Originally, the illusion of motion that movies excel at was thought to be the effect of the persistence of vision.
- 1963, Psychology Through Experiment (George Humphrey, Jaroslav Antonio Deutsch), page 90:
Translations
Greek letter
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "phi, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi/
Further reading
- “phi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Noun
phi m (plural phi)
- Obsolete spelling of fi (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fɪj˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 飛 (“to fly; to gallop”).
Verb
phi
Derived terms
Derived terms
- phi báo
- phi cảng
- phi công
- phi công vũ trụ
- phi cơ
- phi đao
- phi điểu
- phi đội
- phi hành
- phi hành đoàn
- phi hành gia
- phi hành vũ trụ
- phi kiếm
- phi mã, Phi Mã
- phi ngựa (“to gallop a horse”)
- phi pháo
- phi tiêu
- phi thuyền
- phi trường
- phi vụ
- phi xuất
- song phi
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 非 (“not”).
Prefix
phi (非)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gian phi
- phi chính nghĩa
- phi chính phủ (“non-governmental”)
- phi chính trị
- phi đạo đức
- phi giai cấp
- phi giáo hội
- phi lộ
- phi lợi nhuận (“non-profit”)
- phi lý, phi lí
- phi mậu dịch
- phi nghĩa (“unjust”)
- phi nhân
- phi ngã
- phi nghĩa
- phi phàm
- phi pháp
- phi phù trí quỷ
- phi quân sự
- phi quân sự hóa, phi quân sự hoá
- phi sản xuất
- phi tang
- phi thời gian
- phi thực dân hóa, phi thực dân hoá
- phi thực tại
- phi thường
- phi thương bất phú
- phi trọng lượng
- phi vi
- phi vô sản
- phi vô sản hóa, phi vô sản hoá
- phi vụ
- tái ông thất mã, yên tri phi phúc
- thị phi
- trừ phi
Etymology 3
Verb
phi
Etymology 4
Noun
(classifier con) phi
Etymology 6
Sino-Vietnamese word from 妃.
Noun
(classifier bà) phi
- concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch.
- các bà phi trong cung
- the palace concubines
Synonyms
- (concubine): vợ lẽ, vợ bé, phi tần
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ái phi
- cung phi
- phi hậu
- phi tần
- quý phi, quí phi
- thứ phi
Etymology 7
Romanization
phi
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妃
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 痱
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 不
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 霏
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 髬
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 腓
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 斐
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 丕
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蜚
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 駓
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 馡
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䬠
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 胚
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 纰
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 屝
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 披
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 椪
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鲱
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 狉
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 邳
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 被
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騑
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䲹
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䯱
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 㔻
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飞
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 疿
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 伾
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鯡
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 旇
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 阠
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 扉
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 铍
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緋
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 翍
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 誹
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 婓
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鈹
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 狔
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鈚
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飛
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𩣚
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 泝
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鉟
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 非
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 啡
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 秠
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 苤
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𠃧
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飝
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 狓
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 绯
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𩙱
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紕
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 菲
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 裶
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呸
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 魾
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 姼
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 豾
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 批
See also
- phi-la-tốp
- phi lao, phi-lao
- phi lê, phi-lê (“fillet”)
- phi-nan (“finale”)
- phi-năng (“finance”)
- phương phi
References
- "phi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
Zulu
Etymology
Inflection
Enumerative concord, tone class H | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Modifier | ||||
Class 1 | muphi | |||
Class 2 | baphi | |||
Class 3 | muphi | |||
Class 4 | miphi | |||
Class 5 | liphi | |||
Class 6 | maphi | |||
Class 7 | siphi | |||
Class 8 | ziphi | |||
Class 9 | yiphi | |||
Class 10 | ziphi | |||
Class 11 | luphi | |||
Class 14 | buphi | |||
Class 15 | kuphi | |||
Class 17 | kuphi |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “phi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “phi”
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