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xis

xis

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The Portuguese name for the letter X
  • noun
: xis
  • In Portuguese, the letter xis comes after the letter W in the alphabet.

Examples

  • When learning the alphabet in Portuguese, children often have fun drawing the letter xis.

  • The teacher explained that the letter xis is pronounced like 'shees' in English.

  • Any particular XI that is possible is associated to exactly one student because we assumed that the XIS are distinct.

  • So some keywords you should know, Xis, those are called variables.

Surface Forms

xis singular
xis plural

Etymology

Xis is the Portuguese name for the letter X, much like English speakers say 'ex' for the same letter. So xis simply means the letter X in Portuguese.