psi

See also: Psi, PSI, psí, and pśi

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

chi

omega
Ψ ψ
Ancient Greek: ψεῖ
Wikipedia article on psi

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî), the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (Ψ, ψ).

Pronunciation

Greek letter

  • enPR: psī, , IPA(key): /psaɪ/, /saɪ/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si (all for the latter pronunciation only)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Psychic energy

  • enPR: , IPA(key): /saɪ/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: xi, sigh, scye, sai, Si
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

psi (countable and uncountable, plural psis)

  1. (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
  2. (uncountable, parapsychology, science fiction) A form of psychic energy.
    • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
      ‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’
    • 1996, Michael F. Stoeber, Hugo Anthony Meynell, Critical Reflections on the Paranormal (page 60)
      When an event is classified as a psi phenomenon, it is claimed that all known channels for the apparent interaction have been eliminated.
    • 2005, Michael Ashley, Transformations: The History of the Science Fiction Magazine 1950 to 1970, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, page 133:
      It traces the growth of homo gestalt with the uniting of six lovely outcasts of society who have psi powers and come together as a hive mind, thus creating a gestalt super-being.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • (Greek letter): Previous: chi, Next: omega

Etymology 2

Initialism of pounds per square inch.

Alternative forms

Symbol

psi

  1. Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)

psia

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

psi f (plural psis)

  1. Psi; the Greek letter Ψ (lowercase ψ)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpsɪ]

Noun

psi

  1. nominative/vocative plural of pes

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψεῖ (pseî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /psi/
  • (file)

Noun

psi m or f (plural psi's, diminutive psi'tje n)

  1. psi (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /psi/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: psy, psys

Noun

psi m (plural psi)

  1. psi (Greek letter)

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpsi/*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: psì

Noun

psi m or f (invariable)

  1. psi (Greek letter)

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsьjь. By surface analysis, pies + -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɕi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: psi

Adjective

psi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (relational) canine, dog
    Synonyms: pieski, (archaic) sobaczy
Declension
Derived terms
nouns
verb
nouns

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψῖ (psî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /psi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: psi

Noun

psi n (indeclinable)

  1. psi (Greek letter Ψ, ψ)

Further reading

  • psi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • psi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈsi/, /ˈpsi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpsi/, /piˈsi/

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: psi

Noun

psi m (plural psis)

  1. (countable) psi (name of the Greek letter Ψ)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ψι (psi).

Noun

psi m (plural psi)

  1. psi

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [psi]

Noun

psi m anim

  1. nominative plural of pes

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi/ [ˈsi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: psi

Noun

psi f (plural psíes)

  1. psi; the Greek letter Ψ, ψ

Further reading

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