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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]phi
English
[edit]← upsilon |
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Wikipedia article on phi |
Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Greek letter
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "phi, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]phi m or f (plural phi's, diminutive phi'tje n)
- phi (letter of the Greek alphabet)
Further reading
[edit]phi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]phi m (plural phi)
- phi (Greek letter)
Further reading
[edit]- “phi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]phi m (invariable)
- phi (Greek letter)
Polish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]phi
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]phi n (indeclinable)
- phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
Further reading
[edit]- phi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- phi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]phi m (invariable)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of fi.
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 飛 (“to fly; to gallop”).
Verb
[edit]phi
- (of a horse) to gallop
- Ngựa phi.
- The horse gallops.
- to flee; to travel very quickly
- Phi nhanh về nhà kẻo tối.
- Hurry home before it gets dark.
- to lance (to throw in the manner of a lance)
- phi dao găm
- to throw a dagger
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 非 (“not”).
Prefix
[edit]phi (非)
Derived terms
[edit]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 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
Conjunction
[edit]phi
- if it isn't
- Phi anh ấy, không ai biết.
- If it isn't him, then who knows?
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]phi
- to stir-fry (an onion, scallion, or clove of garlic) before preparing a dish
- Phi tỏi rồi mới bỏ rau muống vào.
- Stir-fry the garlic before adding in water spinach.
- Phi hành để nấu nước chấm.
- Stir-fry the onion to make dipping sauce.
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit](classifier con) phi
- Various species of saltwater clam of the genus Sanguinolaria, such as Sanguinolaria diphos and Sanguinolaria planculata.
Etymology 5
[edit]Noun
[edit]phi
- phi (Φ)
Etymology 6
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 妃.
Noun
[edit](classifier bà) phi
- concubines, mistresses, ladies of a monarch.
- các bà phi trong cung
- the palace concubines
- wives, consorts of a junior monarch such as a prince.
- vương phi, vương tử phi, hoàng tử phi
- the queen consort, the royal princess consort, the imperial princess consort
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 7
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese reading of various Chinese characters.
Romanization
[edit]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 披
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騑
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鯡
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 扉
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緋
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 飛
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 非
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紕
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 菲
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呸
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- phi-la-tốp
- phi lao, phi-lao
- phi lê, phi-lê (“fillet”)
- phi-nan (“finale”)
- phi-năng (“finance”)
- phương phi
References
[edit]- "phi" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
[edit]-phi?
Inflection
[edit]Enumerative concord, tone H | ||||
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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
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “phi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “phi”
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