gui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gui"

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi/
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Etymology 1

From Middle French guy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin viscum, influenced by Frankish *wīhsila.

Noun

gui m (plural guis)

mistletoe

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch giek.

Noun

gui m (plural guis)

(nautical) spar (pole that supports a sail)

Further reading

“gui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Guaraní

Preposition

gui

from

Mandarin

Romanization

gui

Nonstandard spelling of guī.
Nonstandard spelling of guǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of guì.

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.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 鬼 (guǐ).

Noun

gui

ghost

References

Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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