English

Proper noun

Vi

1. A diminutive of the female given names Violet and Viola.
   • 1967, Samuel Beckett, Come and Go

     FLO: What do you think of Vi?
     RU: I see little change.

Anagrams

• IV

Translingual

Alternative forms

• VI

Number

vi

1. Roman numeral for six.

English

Alternative forms

• vi, v.i., v.i.

Abbreviation

vi

1. (grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
2. (Britain, colloquial, pejorative) village idiot
   • 2012, a Religious Studies teacher

     Stupid boy...he's such a vi, isn't he?

Related terms

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

Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

vi m

1. egg

Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

vi m ‎(plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

Derived terms

• vi negre

Related terms

• viner
• vinater

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): βi

Adjective

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

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

1. we

See also

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/

Etymology

From Italian voi, French vous, or Russian вы ‎(vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronoun

vi ‎(accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person personal pronoun, singular or plural): you

   Vi batis min.‎

   You hit me.

2. yourself, yourselves

   Vi diras al vi.‎

   You say to yourself (yourselves).

Related terms

• via
• viaj
• vian
• vin

See also

• ĝi
• ili
• li
• mi
• ni
• oni
• ŝi

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/

Adjective

vi

1. little
2. small

Noun

vi

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

Ido

Etymology

vu ‎(“you”) +‎ -i ‎(“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

vi pl

1. you (plural)

Related terms

• tu
• vu

Italian

Etymology 1

See voi.

Pronoun

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

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

See also

• mi, ti, si, ci

Etymology 2

From Latin ibi.

Adverb

vi

1. there
2. here

Japanese

Romanization

vi

1. rōmaji reading of ゔぃ
2. rōmaji reading of ヴィ

Latin

Noun

vī

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

References

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

Lojban

Cmavo

vi ‎(rafsi viz, selma'o VA VA)

1. (modifying a selbri) here; nearby
2. (preposition) near
3. (sumti modifier) this

   levi jufra cu tordu

   This sentence is short.

Related terms

• va
• vu

See also

• ti
• bu'u

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. we

   Hvordan kommer vi dit?‎

   How do we get there?

Etymology 2

Verb

vi

1. imperative of vie

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. Alternative form of me

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

vi

1. imperative of via and vie

References

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vi

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

   Eu vi um pássaro uma vez.

   I saw a bird once.

   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

Romanian

Pronoun

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă)

1. to you

Usage notes

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)

See also

• li
• ni

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîː/

Pronoun

vȋ ‎(Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ ‎(“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ ‎(“you”))

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ví

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

Declension

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Verb

vi

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Pronoun

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

Declension

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vi

1. (anatomy, dated) fin

Synonyms

• vây