"GI" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} GI (not comparable)
  1. (military) Initialism of general issue. Given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: general issue (extra: Given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-GI-en-adj-SF6oa7fW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 8 3 7 4 1 18 18 21 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 9 4 8 4 1 15 14 20 7 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (medicine) Initialism of gastrointestinal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: gastrointestinal Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms (gastrointestinal): GI tract
    Sense id: en-GI-en-adj-SMOBAFJQ Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'gastrointestinal': 26 71 3
  3. (US) Initialism of government issue. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: government issue
    Sense id: en-GI-en-adj-Auee-rH8 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: G.I.

Noun [English]

Forms: GIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} GI (countable and uncountable, plural GIs)
  1. (military) A member of the U.S. military. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-GI-en-noun-qFteeAZC Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (by extension) One who is demanding and strict, in the manner of a stereotypical member of the military. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-GI-en-noun-xUc5oDiN Disambiguation of People: 19 6 11 0 38 5 7 7 7 1
  3. Initialism of galvanized iron. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: galvanized iron
    Sense id: en-GI-en-noun-y9Rw6sa7
  4. Initialism of geographical indication. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: geographical indication
    Sense id: en-GI-en-noun-1nl0hi1N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 8 3 7 4 1 18 18 21 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 9 4 8 4 1 15 14 20 7
  5. Initialism of glycemic index. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: glycemic index
    Sense id: en-GI-en-noun-xJskG3XH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 8 3 7 4 1 18 18 21 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 9 4 8 4 1 15 14 20 7
  6. (computer graphics) Initialism of global illumination. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: global illumination Categories (topical): Computer graphics
    Sense id: en-GI-en-noun-vvVJSDaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 8 3 7 4 1 18 18 21 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 9 4 8 4 1 15 14 20 7 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: G.I.

Verb [English]

Forms: GIs [present, singular, third-person], GIing [participle, present], GIed [participle, past], GIed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} GI (third-person singular simple present GIs, present participle GIing, simple past and past participle GIed)
  1. (military) To clean aggressively. Categories (topical): Military Related terms: GI can
    Sense id: en-GI-en-verb-R5xBDQg1 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: G.I.

Noun [Indonesian]

Forms: GIku [first-person, possessive], GImu [possessive, second-person], GInya [possessive, third-person]
Head templates: {{id-noun|head=}} GI (first-person possessive GIku, second-person possessive GImu, third-person possessive GInya)
  1. (electricity) Initialism of gardu induk. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: gardu induk Categories (topical): Electricity

Noun [Tagalog]

Forms: ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ ᜀᜌ᜔ [Baybayin], Filipino [Chinese]
Etymology: Initialism originally from English GI (“nickname for U.S. military personnel”). The words to the initialism was later jokingly perceived as "Genuine Intsik", from English genuine + Tagalog Intsik (“Chinese”). Etymology templates: {{bor|tl|en|GI|t=nickname for U.S. military personnel}} English GI (“nickname for U.S. military personnel”), {{initialism|tl||nocap=1}} initialism, {{m|en|"Genuine Intsik"}} "Genuine Intsik", {{compound|en|genuine|Intsik|lang1=en|lang2=tl|nocat=1|t2=Chinese}} English genuine + Tagalog Intsik (“Chinese”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=dyi ay}} GI (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ ᜀᜌ᜔)
  1. Initialism of Genuine Intsik (Chinese) (any ethnic Chinese person in the Philippines described to be profoundly Chinese in behavior, speech, demeanor, or likeness, especially those born and raised in China or Taiwan.) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism, slang Alternative form of: Genuine Intsik (extra: (Chinese) (any ethnic Chinese person in the Philippines described to be profoundly Chinese in behavior, speech, demeanor, or likeness, especially those born and raised in China or Taiwan.)) Synonyms: G.I. Related terms: Tsinoy

Symbol [Translingual]

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  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Gibraltar. Categories (place): Gibraltar Synonyms: GIB

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "other": "/ˈdjiʔaj/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ˈd͡ʒi.ʔaɪ̯]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "G.I."
    }
  ],
  "word": "GI"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "10": "",
        "2": "symbol",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1lang": "en",
        "f1nolink": "",
        "f2lang": "en",
        "f2nolink": "",
        "f3lang": "en",
        "f3nolink": "",
        "f4lang": "en",
        "f4nolink": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "sc": "Latn",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "GI",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "GI",
      "name": "mul-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes",
        "mul:Gibraltar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Gibraltar."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ISO 3166-1",
          "w:ISO 3166-1"
        ],
        [
          "alpha-2",
          "w:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"
        ],
        [
          "country code",
          "country code#English"
        ],
        [
          "Gibraltar",
          "Gibraltar#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "international standards",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Gibraltar."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "GIB"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "GI"
}

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