zi

• IPA^(key): /zi/

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁dʰo- (compare Dutch kwaad (“angry, evil”), Serbo-Croatian gȁd (“loathing, nausea”)).

i zi m (feminine e zezë, masculine plural të zinj, feminine plural të zeza)

1. black

• zezë
• zymtë
• zift
• zili

• bardhë

From Proto-Basque *zini.

zi

1. acorn

• ze

From Middle High German si(e), from Old High German siu, from Proto-Germanic *sī, nominative singular feminine of *iz. Cognate with German sie, Dutch zij, Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si).

zi

1. (Sette Comuni) she, her

• “zi” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

zi

1. deer

zî m (possessed form zîn)

1. (card games) diamonds

zi

1. Rōmaji transcription of じ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ジ
3. Rōmaji transcription of ずぃ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ズィ

zi

1. Pinyin transcription of 子
2. Nonstandard spelling of zī.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zí.
4. Nonstandard spelling of zǐ.
5. Nonstandard spelling of zì.

• 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.

zi

1. Alternative spelling of si; first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

• d̦i (obsolete)
• d̦iua (obsolete)
• ziuă

• IPA^(key): [zi]

From Latin dīēs (“day”), back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”). Compare Spanish día, archaic Italian dì.

zi f (plural zile)

1. day

• noapte

• bună ziua
• ziar
• zilnic
• ziua

Forms of zice.

zi

1. second-person singular imperative of zice