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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/paɪ/, SAMPA|/paI/
:rhymes|aɪ

Homophones
pie

Noun
en-noun

1. The name of the sixteenth letter of the Classical Greek|Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
2. mathematics An irrational constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter; approximately 3.1415926535897932; usually written �, where pi x diameter = Circumference.
3. context|typesetting Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. Also called pie.

Synonyms
(irrational constant) Archimedes' constant, Ludolph's constant, Ludolph's number

Translations
trans-top|letter of Greek alphabet
Finnish: pii
French: pi m
German: Pi
Greek: �ι n
Icelandic: pí n
Interlingua: pi
Italian: pi greco m
Kurdish: pî f
trans-mid
Portuguese: pi#Portuguese|pi m
Russian: пи (pi)
Sindhi: SDchar|پاء�
Slovak: pí
Spanish: pi f
Turkish: pi
trans-bottom

trans-top|irrational mathematical constant
Finnish: pii
French: pi m
German: Pi
Icelandic: pí n
Interlingua: pi
Italian: pi greco m
trans-mid
Kurdish: pî f
Mandarin: zh-ts|���|��� (yu�nzh�ul�)
Portuguese: pi#Portuguese|pi m
Russian: пи (pi)
Sindhi: SDchar|پاء�
Slovak: pí
Spanish: pi f
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trans-top|metal type that has been spilled
trans-mid
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Verb
en-verb|pies|piing|pied

1. context|typesetting To spill or mix printing type. Also, "to pie".

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. context|typesetting Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.

#: In computing, pi characters are entered with special combinations of keys like ctrl-alt-x, or via character sequences such as <tt>&amp;#123;</tt>.

Translations
trans-top|not part of the usual font
Finnish: erikoismerkki|erikois-
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abbreviation
pi

1. context|typesetting pica (conventionally, 12 points 1 pica, 6 picas 1 inch)
2. piaster

Related terms
cicero
pica stick

Category:English two-letter words
Category:Greek letters

Albanian

Verb
infl|sq|verb

1. To drink.

Usage notes
ai pi - he is a drinker
nuk pi duhan - I do not smoke

Catalan

Etymology
L.|ca pinus.

Noun
infl|ca|noun

1. pine

Inuktitut

Alternative spellings
� (Syllabics )

Noun
infl|iu|noun

1. A thing.

Lojban

Cmavo
pi

1. decimal point

#:xapixa
#::6.6

Related terms
pi'e

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
pi

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, pī, pí, p� or pì.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Quechua

Pronoun
infl|qu|pronoun

1. who

zh-min-nan:pi
de:pi
et:pi
el:pi
es:pi
fr:pi
gl:pi
ko:pi
io:pi
la:pi
pl:pi
pt:pi
qu:pi
ru:pi
scn:pi
sl:pi
vi:pi
tr:pi
zh:pi

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