# What does "Pi" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pi-mean/204607 "2003-09-30T02:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pi-mean/204607/1 "2003-09-30T02:18:58Z")
yeah, i know it equals 22/7 and is used to find the diameter and area of circles, but why do they call it “pi”? does it have some foreign meaning (kinda like “sophomore” means “wise fool”)? or was it named after someone? or was someone just soo hungry trying to analyze their round pastry that they left off the e? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pi-mean/204607/2 "2003-09-30T02:40:00Z")
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**Author:** ![menstrualla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@menstrualla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/menstrualla)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pi-mean/204607/3 "2003-09-30T02:50:24Z")
Pi is a Greek numeral (16, I think). Don’t know if that helps, but hey…I tried. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pi-mean/204607/4 "2003-09-30T02:53:01Z")
[This duplicate](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214379) has more replies, so perhaps you should reply there instead.