"py" meaning in English

See py in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} py (plural pys)
  1. Initialism of pack-year. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: pack-year
    Sense id: en-py-en-noun-VCwCpv0x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: pys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} py (plural pys)
  1. Initialism of pinyin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: pinyin
    Sense id: en-py-en-noun-ir9L6z4t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} py, {{en-prep}} py
  1. (Germanesque) Pronunciation spelling of by. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: by Derived forms: py chiminey, py chiminy Related terms: PY
    Sense id: en-py-en-prep-pC1H8wvE Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 1 66 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 25 18 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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