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Ci

Ci

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ci"

Translingual

Symbol

Ci

  1. Symbol for curie, a unit of radioactivity.

ci

ci

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ci"

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • (roman numeral): CI, LLI, llli

Number

ci

  1. A Roman numeral representing one hundred and one (101).

See also


Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin quem. Compare Portuguese quem, Romanian cine, Spanish quien, Romansch che, Sardinian chíne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi/

Pronoun

ci

  1. who

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian or French tu, Russian ты (ty), etc., plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡si/

Pronoun

ci (accusative cin, possessive cia)

  1. (archaic) thou
    • 1907, Vallienne, Henri, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 6:
      Cia sintenado estos vere fiera, li moke murmuretis en ŝian orelon, kiam ci estos vekinta la tutan loĝantaron.
      Thine attitude shall be truly proud, he mockingly whispered into her ear, when thou shalt have awakened the whole population.

Usage notes

This word has never been in common usage; it is mainly used only for translation of archaic texts into Esperanto.


French

Etymology

Contraction of ici (or ceci) or from from Old French ci, from Latin ecce hīc.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ci

  1. here
  2. this
    cet homme-ci ― this man
    Ces choses-ci ― these things
    Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. ― I prefer this cake to that one.

See also


Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsi/

Determiner

ci

  1. Alternative form of ici

Pronoun

ci

  1. Alternative form of ici

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsi/

Adverb

ci

  1. here (at this place)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃi/
  • Homophone: C (name of letter)

Etymology 1

From Latin ecce (look) + hīc (here).

Pronoun

ci

  1. us.
  2. (reflexive) ourselves
  3. impersonal reflexive pronoun
    Ci vuole poco a farmi felice.
    It doesn't take much to make me happy.
  4. on it, about it, of it

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin ecce (look) + ibi (there)

Adverb

ci

  1. here, there

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Kanuri

Noun

ci

  1. mouth

Latin

Verb

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ciō

Lojban

Lojban cardinal numbers
 <  re ci vo  > 
    Cardinal : ci
    Ordinal : cimai
    Adverbial : ciroi
    Distributive : cimei
    Quantified : cimoi
    Higher-Order Ordinal : cimo'o

Cmavo

ci (rafsi cib)

  1. three

Malay

ci

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮎᮤ (ci).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi/
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃi, -i

Noun

ci

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms


Mandarin

Romanization

ci

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

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.

Noone

Verb

ci

  1. strike

Synonyms

References


Old French

Etymology

From Latin ecce hīc.

Adverb

ci

  1. here (in this place)

Descendants


Old Irish

Pronoun

ci

  1. Alternative spelling of cía

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕi/

Pronoun

ci

  1. short dative singular of ty.
    Daję ci łzy, które spadły z moich oczu.
    I'm giving you the tears that fell from my eyes.

Related terms

Pronoun

ci

  1. personal masculine plural of ten
    ci mężczyźni
    these men

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • cci

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʃi]
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): [tʃɪ]

Etymology 1

From Latin hīc via Vulgar Latin *hīcce. Compare Italian ci.

Adverb

ci

  1. here, there

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ci

  1. dative form of iddu (he); to him
  2. dative form of idda (she); to her
  3. dative form of iddi (they); to them
Inflection
3rd person m f pl
nominative iddu idda iddi
prepositional iddu idda iddi
accusative lu la li
dative ci ci ci
reflexive si si si

Usage notes
  • Unlike in Italian, the Sicilian pronoun ci is not used for the first-person plural ('us'). The Sicilian equivalent is ni.

Tarantino

Pronoun

ci (relative)

  1. who

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin quis (compare Italian chi).

Pronoun

ci (interrogative)

  1. who?

Usage notes

  • Redoubled for reinforcement.
    Ci èlo ci?
    Who on earth is he?

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French cel, from Latin ecce illum (< ille).

Determiner

ci

  1. this

Pronoun

ci

  1. this

Welsh

Welsh Corgi dog

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ki, from Proto-Celtic *kū, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiː/

Noun

ci m (plural cŵn)

  1. dog

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ci gi nghi chi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ci˧/

Verb

ci

  1. to cook, to roast, to toast
  2. to glow, to shine