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wifi

wifi is the alternative form of Wi-Fi.

Meaning of Wi-Fi

Noun

Wi-Fi (countable and uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)

  1. (uncountable) Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).
  2. (uncountable) Wireless networking using one of these standards.
    • Mimi gave Fifi access to her Wi-Fi.
  3. (informal, uncountable) The capability to connect to a Wi-Fi network.
    • The refrigerator cost 1000 more dollars just because it had Wi-Fi, and I'm thinking "this is ridiculous"!
  4. (countable) A Wi-Fi network.

See all 6 meanings of wi-fi

Noun capitalized: WiFi

WiFi (countable and uncountable, plural WiFis)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Wi-Fi.

Verb capitalized: WiFi

WiFi (third-person singular simple present WiFis, present participle WiFi-ing, simple past and past participle WiFied)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Wi-Fi.
    • A WiFi-ing We Will Go ?2003, The Information Management Journal - Volume 37, Issues 1-5, page 17
    • Just like the aforementioned consumer and durable products made their way into the remotest parts of the country, the smartphones are 4G-ing and WiFi-ing their way into the hamlets today.2017 July 5, Derek Abraham, “Vivo, Oppo, IPL, and the Chinese invasion of cricket”, in The Hindu

Forms of wifi

Noun
pluralwifis
pluralWiFis
Verb
third-person singular presentwifis
present participlewifi-ing
past participlewified
pastwified
third-person singular presentWiFis
present participleWiFi-ing
past participleWiFied
pastWiFied

Questions about wifi

What is wifi the alternative form of?
Wifi is the alternative form of Wi-Fi.
What part of speech is wifi?
Wifi can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of wifi?
The plural of wifi is wifis.

Words near wifi in the dictionary

  1. wiffle-woffles
  2. wiffleball
  3. wiffleballs
  4. wifflebat
  5. wifflebats
  6. wifi
  7. wifi-ing
  8. wificide
  9. wifie
  10. wified
  11. wifier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wifi (page history and authors); WiFi (page history and authors); Wi-Fi (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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