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Definition: Poi |
PoiNoun1. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "poi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
POI | English | Program Operator Interface | N/A |
POI | French | Programme opérationnel intégré | European Union |
POI | Italian | Programma operativo integrato | European Union |
POI | Portuguese | Programa operacional integrado | European Union |
POI | Spanish | Programa operativo integrado | European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "POI."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pleasure | A wilderness of sweets; "I wish you all the joy that you can wish"; jour de ma vie; "joy ruled the day and love the night"; "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt"; "oh happiness, our being's end and aim!"; "there is a pleasure that is born of pain"; "throned on highest bliss"; vedi Napoli e poi muori; zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht weit. |
Prodigy | Phrase: natura il fece e poi roppe la stampa. |
Unity | Phrase: natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa; du fort au faible; "two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Poi |
| English words defined with "poi": Poe. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "poi": Poy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Poi" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Italian (after, after all, afterward, and, and then, besides, beyond, finally, future, later, next, secondly, then, thereafter). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Prima ti suono e poi ti sparo (1974) E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico (1972) Vedi Napoli e poi muori (1951) Sabato sera e... poi! (1989) E se poi se ne vanno? (1989) | |
Song Titles | Ancient Egyptians, The (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) Living With The Dreaming Body (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) Pulling Touch (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) Sugarbush Cushman (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) The Me That Was Your Son (performing artist: Poi Dog Pondering) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Kauai Poi Plantation in the Hanalei Valley. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | The Detroit news timely topics. Pounding poi in Hawaii. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Poi" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 52.94% of the time. "Poi" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 52.94% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.65% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (plural) | 17.65% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "poi": natura il fece e poi roppe la stampa ♦ vedi Napoli e poi muori. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "poi": poi-son. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
poi | 295 | spinning poi | 3 |
poi dog pondering | 83 | hawaiian poi recipe | 3 |
poi recipe | 24 | dog lyrics poi pondering | 3 |
fire poi | 21 | firechains poi | 3 |
home of poi | 19 | dog hawaiian poi | 2 |
poi ball | 14 | history poi | 2 |
poi dog | 14 | e poi | 2 |
english muffin poi | 13 | fish poi | 2 |
poi warner | 12 | poi zuni | 2 |
poi tomtom | 8 | mochi poi | 2 |
hawaiian poi | 7 | poi stick | 2 |
chain fire poi | 7 | ball make poi | 2 |
lesson poi | 6 | clip poi video | 2 |
poi source | 5 | company poi | 2 |
home led made poi | 5 | business interior poi | 2 |
make poi | 4 | 97.5 k poi | 2 |
house poi | 4 | ball make maori poi | 2 |
poi pounder | 4 | food poi value | 2 |
crabs dog poi rap reiplinger | 3 | glow poi stick | 2 |
poi food | 3 | poi video | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "poi": poignance, poignances, poignancies, poignancy, poignant, poignantly, poikilotherm, poikilothermic, poikilotherms, poilu, poilus, poinciana, poincianas, poind, poinded, poinding, poinds, poinsettia, poinsettias, point, pointe, pointed, pointedly, pointedness, pointednesses, pointelle, pointelles, pointer, pointers, pointes, pointier, pointiest, pointillism, pointillisms, pointillist, pointillistic, pointillists, pointing, pointless, pointlessly, pointlessness, pointlessnesses, pointman, pointmen, points, pointtillist, pointy, pois, poise, poised, poiser. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "poi": topoi. (additional references) | |
Words containing "poi": anthropoid, anthropoids, appoint, appointed, appointee, appointees, appointing, appointive, appointment, appointments, appoints, avoirdupois, avoirdupoises, ballpoint, ballpoints, bluepoint, bluepoints, checkpoint, checkpoints, colorpoint, colorpoints, counterpoint, counterpointed, counterpointing, counterpoints, counterpoise, counterpoised, counterpoises, counterpoising, despoil, despoiled, despoiler, despoilers, despoiling, despoilment, despoilments, despoils, disappoint, disappointed, disappointedly, disappointing, disappointingly, disappointment, disappointments, disappoints, drypoint, drypoints, embonpoint, embonpoints, empoison, empoisoned. (additional references) | |
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"Poi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aoi, Apoai, cpio, eoi, Ioi, iop, oi, oii, ooi, Opa, Opg, oph, opi, opic, opim, Opio, opis, opo, Opu, opy, pai, paix, pbi, Pbo, pci, pdi, Pdois, pei, peiz, pexi, pfoi, Pgii, phoe, phoy, p'i, pii, piiz, pio, piof, piol, pios, piou, pli, pmi, pmof, Pmoi, poah, poc, podi, poea, poee, Poeu, pof, pog, pogi, poid, poie, poif, poik, Poil, poim, poin, poir, pois, poit, poix, poj, pok, poki, poli, pom, poni, poo, pooir, pooit, pooj, pooq, Pooya, popi, poq, pori, posi, posix, poti, pou, poui, pov, povi, pow, poxi, poyi, poz, pozie, ppi, ppoa, pri, pua, pue, pui, puie, puin, puiy, puki, puoi, Pvi, Pxi, Pyo, qoi, spoi, yoi, zoi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-p" | |
-1 letter: op, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-p" | |
+1 letter: pion, piso, pois, topi. | |
+2 letters: bipod, dipso, gipon, gopik, hippo, okapi, opine, oping, opium, opsin, optic, orpin, oxlip, patio, piano, picot, pilot, pingo, pinko, pinon, pinot, pinto, pions, pious, pirog, pisco, pisos, piton, pivot, podia, poilu, poind, point, poise, polio, polis, poori, posit, primo, prion, prior, psoai, pyoid, spoil, tophi, topic, topis, topoi. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 69 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508175 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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