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uni

Syllables: u·ni/ˈjuːnaɪ/UK/ˈjuː.ni/

uni is the clipping of university.

uni is the clipping of unicycling.

uni is the clipping of unicycle.

Meaning of university

Noun

university (countable and uncountable, plural universities)

  1. An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.
    • She's studying mathematics at university.
  2. (obsolete) The entirety of a group; all members of a class.
    • [I]t appears a pity to banish the women and children. But to this can be opposed that holy act of your Majesty which expelled the Moriscos, and the children of the Moriscos, for the reason given in the royal edict. Whenever any detestable crime is committed by any university, it is well to punish...1841, George Borrow, The Zincali - Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain

Meaning of unicycling

Noun

unicycling (uncountable)

  1. The practise or activity of riding a unicycle.

Noun

UK/ˈuː.niː/

uni (uncountable)

  1. Sea urchin eaten as sushi.
    • The ikura popped in my mouth, the hotate was buttery soft and the uni was creamy and sweet without a seafood aftertaste, the kind of freshness I was hoping we would encounter when we left Tokyo.2013 July 16, Ken Belson, “In Japan, Searching for Prized Sea Urchins”, in The New York Times

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Uni

Uni

  1. (Astronomy) A detached object with one known moon, Tinia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Uni

Uni

  1. The Etruscan goddess of marriage, fertility, family, and women.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: UNI

UNI

  1. The station code of University in Hong Kong.

Forms of uni

Noun
pluralunis
pluraluni's
Verb
third-person singular presentunis
third-person singular presentuni's
present participleuni'ing
past participleuni'd
pastuni'd
past participleuni'ed
pastuni'ed

Origin of uni

Clipping of university.

Borrowed from Japanese 雲丹.

Clipping of unicycling or unicycle.

Words formed from uni

Words that rhyme with uni

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Questions about uni

What does uni mean?
Uni means sea urchin eaten as sushi.
What is uni the clipping of?
Uni is the clipping of university.
What part of speech is uni?
Uni can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce uni?
Uni is pronounced /ˈjuː.ni/ (UK).
What is the plural of uni?
The plural of uni is unis.

Words near uni in the dictionary

  1. unhypothesised
  2. unhypothesized
  3. unhypothetical
  4. unhysterical
  5. unhysterically
  6. uni
  7. uni'd
  8. uni'ed
  9. uni'ing
  10. uni's
  11. uni-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uni (page history and authors); Uni (page history and authors); UNI (page history and authors); university (page history and authors); unicycling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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