zi

See also: zī, zí, zǐ, zì, and ZI

Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology

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”)).

Adjective

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

  1. black
Derived terms

Antonyms

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *sini.

Noun

zi

  1. acorn

Declension

"zi"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutiveziziaziak
ergativezikziakziek
dativeziriziariziei
genitivezirenziarenzien
comitativezirekinziarekinziekin
causativezirentzatziarentzatzientzat
benefactivezirengatikziarengatikziengatik
instrumentalzizziazziez
inessivezitanzianzietan
locativezitakozikozietako
allativezitarazirazietara
terminativezitarainozirainozietaraino
directivezitarantzzirantzzietarantz
destinativezitarakozirakozietarako
ablativezitatikzitikzietatik
partitivezirik
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-
prolativezitzat
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-

Ewe

Noun

zi

  1. deer

Hausa

Noun

zî m (possessed form zîn)

  1. (card games) diamonds

Japanese

Romanization

zi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ジ

Mandarin

Romanization

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.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Middle Dutch

Verb

zi

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

Romanian

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zi]

Etymology 1

From Latin dīēs (“day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“heaven, sky”).

Noun

zi f (plural zile)

  1. day
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Forms of zice.

Verb

zi

  1. second-person singular imperative of zice.
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