Plural of pi
regular plural
The plural of pi is pis.
Forms of pi
| Singular | pi /paɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | pis |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Pis in a sentence
- The soldiers wore képis with bright gold braid; their uniforms were blue.1994, Hubert C. Johnson, Breakthrough!: Tactics, Technology, and the Search for Victory on the Western Front in World War I, Presidio…. From the entry képi
- They wore képis, the flat, round-topped, stiff-brimmed hat of the French soldier.1981, Peter Abrahams, The Fury of Rachel Monette, London: Frederick Muller Limited, →ISBN, page 305. From the entry képi
- Madame here says we might get our heads cracked if we wore képis.1903, John Oxenham, Flowers of the Dust, page 331. From the entry képi
- To tell the truth the Army seems the likeliest pis aller – though I am not very militant.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 411. From the entry pis aller
- I guessed him Northern from his képi, but this was not conclusive, for many Southron regiments wore képis also.1955, Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee, William Heinemann Ltd, page 181. From the entry képi
Meaning of pi
- noun The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
- noun An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265.
- noun Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.
Questions about the plural of pi
- What is the plural of pi?
- The plural of pi is pis.
- Is pi countable?
- Pi is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pi (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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