Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ni

/ni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: ni
IPA: /ni/

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of noun inanimate.

name

A surname from Chinese.

intj

Initialism of no idea.

name

Initialism of Northern Ireland.

British usage

name

Lower Saxony, a federal state of Germany.

noun

Acronym of national insurance.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Over 60% of NI people opposed to paying for water supply, survey reveals [title]"
"Campaigners say the Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK, which supplies nearly half of NI’s drinking water, is “dying in plain sight” because of vast algal blooms."

Etymology

* (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Nis (plural)

Phrases

NI number

Frequently Paired Words

na nad nid

Synonyms

nickel atomic number 28

Homonyms

knee

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce ni?: The recorded pronunciation is /ni/.
What does ni mean?: Initialism of noun inanimate.
Where does ni come from?: * (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).

How to pronounce ni

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