Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ci

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: ci
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of civil infraction.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of cochlear implant.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of competitive intelligence.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of contextual inquiry.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of creative industries.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Three of the Montana professionals who signed onto the Oct. 17 letter spoke in a news conference about the letter and why they were supporting CI-128 and urging others to do so as well."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 詞／词 (cí).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 磁縣

Usage

Inflected Forms

CIs (plural)

Derived Forms

CI/CD

Phrases

cI protein

Frequently Paired Words

CD

Synonyms

hundred and one one hundred one 101 curie

Questions

What does ci mean?: One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms
Where does ci come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 詞／词 (cí).

How to pronounce ci

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