ī

See also: Variations of "i"

ī - Translingual

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

The letter i with a macron.

Usage notes

It is usually used to denote long "i" or the middle tone of "i".

ī - Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA: /iː/

Verb

(transitive) to drink

ī - Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of イー

ī - Latvian

Pronunciation

IPA: [iː]

Letter

ī (lower case, upper case Ī)

The fourteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ī and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ī/ī, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple I/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

ī - Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /iː/

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

The fourteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

ī - Maori

Letter

ī (upper case Ī)

The seventh letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Verb

to ferment, to sour, to spoil

ī - Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 伊 (“this; that; he, him; she, her; it; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 伊.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 奕 (“to play (cards, lottery, chess, etc.)”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 奕.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 易 (“easy; simple; not difficult”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 易.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 異 (“different; other; uncommon; unusual; special; strange; surprising; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 異.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 肄 (“practice; study”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 肄.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 與 (“to participate”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 與.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 芋 (“taro”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 芋.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 譽 (“fame; reputation; to praise”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 譽.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 裔 (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 豫 (“relaxed; comfortable; at ease; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 豫.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 預 (“beforehand; to take part in; etc.”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 預.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 籲 (“to appeal; to plead; to call”). (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 籲.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ī – see 漪. (This character, ī, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 漪.)

ī - Slovene

Pronunciation

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: /ˈíː/, /ˈìː/, [ˈɪ́ː], [ˈɪ̀ː], [ˈîː], [ˈǐː], [ˈɪ̂ː], [ˈɪ̌ː], SNPT: /ī/ • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: /ˈiː/, [ˈɪː], 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.

Symbol

(tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [iː] when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.