vi

• VI, vi, Ⅵ, ↅ

vi

1. Ⅵ, the Roman numeral six (6)
2. (music) minor submediant triad

• Previous: ⅴ (five, 5)
• Next: ⅶ (seven, 7)

• vi, v.i., v.i.

vi

1. (grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)

• v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)

• IV

vi

1. down below

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Celtic *āuyom (compare Welsh wy, Cornish oy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

vi m

1. egg

From Old Occitan, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbi/

vi m (plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

• vi negre

• viner
• vinater

From Latin vīvus.

• IPA^(key): /βi/

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• Rhymes: -i

vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores, c vor, n vort, pl vore)

1. we

Borrowed from Italian voi, French vous and/or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

• IPA^(key): /vi/
• Hyphenation: vi
• Audio:

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vi (accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person plural and formal singular pronoun): you

   Vi batis min.

   You hit me.

2. yourselves

   Vi diras al vi.

   You say to yourselves.

• via
• viaj
• vian
• vin

• ĝi
• ili
• li
• mi
• ni
• oni
• ŝi
• ci

• IPA^(key): /viː/

vi

1. little
2. small

vi

1. child (a son or daughter)
2. descendant

vu (“you”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

vi pl

1. you (plural)

• tu
• vu

See voi.

• -vi (enclitic)

vi

1. second-person personal plural object pronoun: you, to you

   (noi) vi amiamo ― we love you

2. second-person reflexive plural: yourselves

   (voi) vi ricordate ― you remember

3. (often not translated) it; about it, of it, on it

Becomes ve when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

From Latin ibi.

vi

1. (formal) there

   Synonym: ci

2. (formal) here

   Synonym: ci

Stylistically elevated variant of ci, only used in formal contexts.

vi f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of vu

vi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヸ

vī

1. ablative singular of vīs
2. dative singular of vīs (rare)

• vi in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

vi

1. we

   Hvordan kommer vi dit?

   How do we get there?

vi

1. imperative of vie

Probably with influence from Swedish vi and Danish vi, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• me

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

vi

1. we

vi

1. imperative of via and vie

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• Rhymes: -i

vi

1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of ver

   Eu vi um pássaro uma vez.

   I saw a bird once.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă )

1. to you

This word is used when vă (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as vi-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as vi-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

• li
• ni

• IPA^(key): /ʋîː/

vȋ (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ (“you”))
3. (formal) you (formal singular and plural)

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋíː/
• Tonal orthography: vȋ

ví

1. you (masculine plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (masculine singular)

• Rhymes: -i

vi

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of ver.

From Old Swedish vīr, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /viː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

vi

1. we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)
   • 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21

     Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult

     We'll walk away eventually from the noise and tumult of Bacchus

From Old Swedish hvi, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, locative of *kʷis (“who”). Cognate with Old Danish hvi, Danish hvi, Old West Norse hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi, Norwegian Bokmål hvi, Old Saxon hwi, hwiu, Old High German hwiu, Middle High German wiu, German wie (“how”), Old English hwȳ, hvī, Middle English why, English why, Latin quī (“what, who, which”).

vi

1. (obsolete) why

   Synonym: varför

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”). Cognate with Latin victima (“offering, sacrifice”).

vi

1. sanctuary

• vi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧]

vi

1. (anatomy, especially of sharks) Alternative form of vây (“fin”)