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vi

/ˌviː ˈaɪ/

vi is the initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb.

Noun capitalized: VI

VI (plural VIs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of verb, intransitive.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of viscosity index.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: VI

VI

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Virgin Islands.
  2. VI (“U.S. Virgin Islands”)
  3. (UK, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Victoria Imperatrix; the royal cypher of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, queen regnant and empress of the British Empire, Empire of India.
    Synonyms:
    VR, VRI, VIR

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Vi

IPA/vaɪ/

Vi

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Violet and Viola.
    • FLO: What do you think of Vi?
      RU: I see little change.1967, Samuel Beckett, Come and Go
    • Vi would be home soon. Any minute, really.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

Synonyms of vi

Forms of vi

Noun
alternative formv.i.
pluralVIs
Proper noun
alternative formV.I.
alternative formV. I.

Origin of vi

Clipping.

Words formed from vi

Phrases with vi

Words that rhyme with vi

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Questions about vi

What does vi mean?
Vi means VI (“U.S. Virgin Islands”).
What is vi the initialism of?
Vi is the initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb.
What part of speech is vi?
Vi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vi?
Vi is pronounced /ˌviː ˈaɪ/.
What is the plural of vi?
The plural of vi is VIs.

Words near vi in the dictionary

  1. VHS-C
  2. VHSes
  3. VHSIC
  4. VHSICs
  5. VHT
  6. vi
  7. Vi and Bot
  8. vi et armis
  9. vi-apple
  10. vi-apples
  11. vi.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vi (page history and authors); VI (page history and authors); Vi (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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