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I

See also: ꟾ and Variations of "i"

I - Translingual

Alternative forms

  • (Roman numeral one): Ⅰ, i, ⅰ
  • ("Cardinal number read ordinal", i.e. ordinal): I.

Letter

I (lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

I (lower case ı)

  1. The letter i without a dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

Symbol

I

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for iodine.
  2. (physics) Isotopic spin.
  3. (license plate codes) Italy
  4. (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
  5. (physics, kinematics) moment of inertia.
  6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine
  7. (mathematics, linear algebra) identity matrix
  8. (mathematical analysis, topology) the (closed) unit interval; [0, 1]
  9. (inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 1
  10. (music) major tonic triad
  11. (linguistics) A wildcard for a front vowel or a high vowel
    • synonyms: E for a front vowel, Ɨ for a high vowel
  12. (clothing) Bra cup size.

Numeral

I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)

  1. cardinal number one.
  2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the first.
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

I - English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

I (first person singular subject personal pronoun, objective me, possessive my, possessive pronoun mine, reflexive myself)

  1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
  2. (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
    • Mom drove my sister and I to school.

Usage notes

  • The word I is always capitalised in written English. Other forms of the pronoun, such as me and my, follow regular English capitalisation rules.
  • I is the subject (nominative) form, as opposed to me, which is the objective (accusative and dative) form. Me is also used emphatically, like French moi. In some cases there are differing views about which is preferred. For example, the traditional rule followed by some speakers is to use I as the complement of the copula (It is I), but it is now more usual to choose me in this context (It's me).
  • When used in lists, it is often thought better to refer to oneself last. Thus it is more natural to say John and I than I and John. In such lists, the traditional rule is to use the same case form one would choose if there were only one pronoun. Thus, since we say I am happy, we say John and I are happy, but since we say Jenny saw me, so we say Jenny saw John and me. However, one frequently hears John and me are happy, which is traditionally seen as a case error. Similarly, probably as a hypercorrected reaction to this, one can occasionally hear phrases like Jenny saw John and I.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

I (uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) The ego.

Derived terms

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i, plural Is or I's)

  1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

Number

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Noun

I (countable and uncountable, plural Is)

  1. (US, roadway) Interstate.
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case.
  3. (computing) Abbreviation of instruction.

Interjection

I

  1. Obsolete spelling of aye.

I - Afar

Letter

I (lowercase i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

I (plural I's, diminutive I'tjie)

  1. I

I - Angami

Letter

I

  1. The fifth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Azerbaijani

Letter

I upper case (lower case ı)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i/, [i]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

I - Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Pronoun

I

  1. I, 1st person singular subject personal pronoun

I - Central Franconian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: (short open) /e/, (short closed) /i/, (long) /iː/

Letter

I

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

  • In the German-based spelling, /e/ is usually represented by E (see there).
  • In the German-based spelling, long i is generally written ie except when the German cognate has /iː/ as well and spells it i. Either spelling may be used in the following cases:
    • when the German cognate has only one vowel letter: Kies, Kis (German Käse);
    • at the beginning of a word: ielig, ilig (German eilig).
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, both short /i/ and long /iː/ are generally written ie except when the Dutch cognate has /i/ and spells it i. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant: piemmele, piemele.

I - Chinese

Pronunciation 1

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): ài (ai4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): aai1
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): ai
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): ai5
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 2a-hhi; 1a-hhi

Letter

I

  1. The ninth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): yī (yi1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄧ

Letter

I

  1. The ninth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

I - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [i]
  • Homophone: i

Pronoun

I (objective jer, possessive jeres)

  1. (personal) you, you all (second person plural)
    • I må ikke gå derind!
      • You can't go in there!

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: I

I - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /i/

Letter

I (capital, lowercase i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

I - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /i/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

I - Estonian

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

I - Finnish

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

Noun

I

  1. Abbreviation of improbatur.

I - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʔiː/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the German alphabet.
  • I longa f

I - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: [ˈi]
  • (letter name): IPA: [ˈi]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
Possessive forms of I

I - Ido

Letter

I (lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /i/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /i/, /ɪ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Italian

Pronunciation

  • (phonemic realization) IPA: /i/
  • (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA: /j/

Letter

I f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Italian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

I - Japanese

Romanization

I

  1. Rōmaji transcription of い

I - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [i]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

I - Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA: [ai̯]
  • (Phoneme) IPA: [i]
  • (Phoneme, Closed ultima) IPA: [e]

Letter

I

  1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /iː/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /i/

Pronoun

I (accusative me, genitive min, genitive determiner mi, min)

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants

  • English: I, ik (obsolete), ich (obsolete)
  • Scots: A, I, ik (rare)
  • Yola: ich

I - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /iː/

Pronoun

I (objective case jer or eder)

  1. (rare, archaic) ye: a second-person plural nominative pronoun

I - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /iː/

Letter

I (lower case i, definite singular I-en, indefinite plural I-ar, definite plural I-ane)

  1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called I and written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

I (objective me, possessive min)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of eg (first person singular pronoun)

Alternative forms

Pronoun

I (objective ær or ør or jærs, possessive ærs or ørs or jærs)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, polite) you (second person singular)

Derived terms

Anagrams

I - Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /i/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ĩ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Polish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

I - Portuguese

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. (International Standard) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i/, /j/, /ʲ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Generally represents the phoneme /i/.
  • Before vowels, this letter usually takes on the sound of /j/
  • At the ends of words (except verb infinitives, and those ending in a consonant cluster ending in l or r), the letter palatalizes the previous syllable and is "whispered": /ʲ/

I - Saanich

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /i/

Letter

I

  1. The eleventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Scots

Pronoun

I (first person singular, emphatic I)

  1. I

Synonyms

Letter

I

  1. The ninth letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /i/, /j/

Letter

I (lower case i)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

I - Slovene

Pronunciation

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, /ˈî/, /i/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈɪ̂], [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/, /ȉ/, /i/ • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: /ˈiː/, /ˈi/, /i/, [ˈɪː], [ˈɪ], SNPT: /í/, /ì/, /i/

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], SNPT: [ī] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [ˈiː], SNPT: [í],

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

• Rhymes: -iː ([-í]) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: i

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The fifteenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The eleventh letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

Ī m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I / i.

Inflection

  • Overall more common
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, -j- infix
nom. sing. I
gen. sing. I-ja
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings) , fixed accent
nom. sing. I
gen. sing. I
  • Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
nom. sing. I
gen. sing. I-ja

Derived terms

I - Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /ɪ/, /i/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ʔɪ/

Letter

I upper case (lower case i)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by E and followed by O.

I - Spanish

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. the ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Adjective

I

  1. Abbreviation of ilustre.
    • La I municipalidad de Valparaíso.

I - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /iː/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /iː/, /ɪ/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Swedish alphabet.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

I (personal pronoun)

  1. (archaic) you (second-person plural nominative)

Synonyms

I - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: I
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA: /ˈʔaj/, [ˈʔaɪ̯]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario): IPA: /ʔi/, [ʔɪ]
  • (phoneme): IPA: /i/, [ɪ]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)

  1. The ninth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called ay and written in the Latin script.

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i, Baybayin spelling ᜁ)

  1. The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called i and written in the Latin script.
  2. (historical) The tenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called i and written in the Latin script.

I - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɯː/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case ı)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ı and written in the Latin script.

I - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔi˧˧], [ʔi˧˧ ŋan˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA: [ʔɪj˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ŋaŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [ʔɪj˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ŋaŋ˦˥]
  • Phonetic: i, i ngắn

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i or i ngắn and written in the Latin script.

I - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA: /iː/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA: /ˌiː ˈdɔt/, /ˌiː ˈðɔt/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called i or i dot and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by H and followed by J.

Mutation

  • I cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word iwrch (“roe deer”):
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
iwrch unchanged unchanged hiwrch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

I - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /i/
  • (letter name): IPA: /í/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The tenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called í and written in the Latin script.

I - Zulu

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Meaning and Definition of I
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