i

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i U+0069, i
LATIN SMALL LETTER I
h
[U+0068]
Basic Latin j
[U+006A]

Translingual

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Etymology 1

Lower case variation of upper case I, from Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, Iota).

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

Letter

i (upper case İ)

  1. In the Turkish alphabet and its descendants, the lower-case form of dotted capital İ, which contrasts with ı as the lower-case form of dotless capital I.

See also

Derived symbols

Similar and related symbols

Etymology 2

  • (mathematics, imaginary number): abbreviation of imaginary
  • (engineering, electric current): abbreviation of French intensité du courant first used by M. André-Marie Ampère
  • (computer programming, generic index): abbreviation of index
  • (linguistics): abbreviation of identity

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation of IPA [iː]:(file)

Symbol

i

  1. (mathematics, often in italics or bold) The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
    Synonym: j
    a+bi with a is real part and b is imaginary part
  2. (engineering, often in bold) The current flow in an electric circuit, frequently measured in amperes.
    v=ir (Ohm's Law)
  3. (mathematics, programming) A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
    Synonym: j
  4. (IPA, romanization) a close front unrounded vowel.
  5. (superscript , IPA) [i]-coloring, an [i] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [i].
  6. (international standards) transliterates Indic (or equivalent).
  7. (financial mathematics) annual effective interest rate
  8. (subscript, linguistics) indicates that two items are identical or coreferential (refer to the same thing). E.g. CViCVi means a sequence of consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel, where the two V's are the same vowel; Sallyi ... shei means that 'she' refers to 'Sally'. A second identity may be indicated with j.

Etymology 3

Lower case form of upper case Roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

Alternative forms

Numeral

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

  1. cardinal number one.
  2. (music) minor tonic triad

See also

See also

Other representations of I:

English

Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

Pronunciation

Letter

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

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

The English letter i represents many different sounds, often the diphthong /aɪ/ (from Middle English /iː/), as in the pronoun I, or /ɪ/ as in bit.

See also

Number

i (lower case, upper 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 (plural ies)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
    • the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)
    • i-mutation, i-umlaut
Alternative forms

Derived terms

Translations
See also

Etymology 2

From Old English .

Pronunciation

Pronoun

i

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of I
    • 1762, Benj[amin] Stillingfleet, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. To Which Is Added the Calendar of Flora., 2nd edition, London: [] R. and J. Dodsley, []; S. Baker, []; and T. Payne, [], pages 30 and 32:
      Here follow ſome few lines in the original, which not underſtanding i have omitted. [] Laſtly that amidſt ſo many viciſſitudes of fortune, to which I have been expoſed, amongſt all the goods, i ſay, and evils, the joyfull and gloomy, the pleaſing, and diſagreeable circumſtances of life, thou endowedſt me with an equal, conſtant, manly, and ſuperior ſpirit on every occaſion.
Usage notes
  • Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.
  • Sometimes to indicate informality, primarily in typed media

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

  1. (Stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨i⟩
  2. (Stenoscript) the long vowel /aɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written.)
  3. (Stenoscript) the words if, is, it, its

Acehnese

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Adangme

Pronoun

i

  1. I
    I suɔ mo.I love you.

Albanian

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Preposition

i m

  1. masculine singular preposition
  2. of (+ dative)
    Fisi i Malësorëve.The tribe of Highlanders.
    Fisi i Malësorëvet.The tribe of the Highlanders.

Article

i m

  1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article
  2. the
    Shkurt. I shkurt. I shkurti.Short. Short one. The short one. or Short. Shorty. The shorty.
    Madh. I madhi zot. / Zoti i madh.Great. The great god.

See also

See Appendix:Albanian adjectival articles for other forms.

Numeral

i (Gheg)

  1. Dialectal form of një

Alemannic German

Pronoun

i (unstressed)

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
    Synonym: (stressed) ich

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. tooth

Anambé

Noun

i

  1. water

Further reading

  • Paul Ehrenreich, Materialien zur Sprachenkunde Brasiliens IV: Vocabulare der Guajajara und Anambē (Para) (1895) (i)
  • Wolf Dietrich, Correspondências fonológicas e lexicais entre Karitiána (Arikém, Tupí) e Tupí-Guaraní (y)

Araweté

Noun

i

  1. water

References

Aruá

Noun

i

  1. water

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)

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

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Bambara

Pronoun

í

  1. thou, you (singular)

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Noun

i (indeclinable)

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

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Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • y (Niederbayerisch)

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Cognates include German ich and Yiddish איך (ikh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i(ː)/, (stressed) [iː], (unstressed) [ɪ], [e]

Pronoun

i

  1. I
    • 2013, “I halts nit aus [I can't endure it]”, performed by Hannah:
      I halts nit aus, des Scheißgefühl, i kann di doch liaben wann und wo i will!
      I can't endure this shitty feeling, I can, after all, love you when and where I want!

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More information nominative, accusative ...
Bavarian personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
1st person singular i mi mia (mir) ma
2nd person singular informal du di dia (dir) da
formal Sie Eahna Eahna
3rd person singular m er a eahm 'n eahm 'n
n es, des 's des 's
f se, de 's se 's ihr
1st person plural mia (mir) ma uns uns
2nd person plural , ihr enk, eich enk, eich
3rd person plural se 's eahna eahna
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Bislama

Particle

i

  1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun or a noun

Borôro

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. tree

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French je, from Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin ego. Near cognates include Franc-Comtois i and standard French je.

Pronoun

i

  1. I
    I panse qu'i seus maulaide.I think that I'm sick.
    I t'aime.I love you.
  2. we

See Appendix:Bourguignon personal pronouns.

Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

  • he, she, it (in higher registers closer to English with corresponding gender distinction)
  • il, ele (Camfranglais with Romance gender distinction)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

i

  1. 3rd person singular subject personal pronoun

See also

More information singular, plural ...
Cameroon Pidgin personal pronouns
singular plural
Subject personal pronouns
1st person I we, wu
2nd person you wuna
3rd person i dey
Object and topic personal pronouns
1st person me we
2nd person you wuna
3rd person yi, -am dem, -am
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Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈi]
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Noun

i f (plural is)

  1. the Latin letter I (lowercase i)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Catalan e.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

i

  1. and; used to connect two similar words, phrases, sentences, etc.; as well as; together with; in addition to
    Hi ha moltes colomes i teuladins.There are many pigeons and sparrows.
    Ella escriu els articles i ell els il·lustra amb els seus dibuixos.She writes the articles and he illustrates them with his drawings.
Alternative forms

References

Cèmuhî

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kutu.

Noun

i

  1. louse

References

  • Jim Hollyman,K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, page 52, 1999

Chuukese

Pronoun

i

  1. him
  2. her
  3. it
More information singular, plural ...
Chuukese personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ngaang, nganga, ngang áám, am (exclusive)
kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person een, en áámi, ami
3rd person iiy, i iir, ir
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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik. Cognate with German ich, English I.

Pronoun

i

  1. (Luserna) I
    I hån an pruadar un a sbestar.I have a brother and a sister.

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...
Personal pronouns (Luserna)
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du iar
3rd person er, si, 'z se
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References

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Verb

ī

  1. (transitive) to drink

Cornish

Pronoun

i

  1. they

Corsican

Etymology

From the earlier li. Compare Italian i (the) and Romanian îi (them).

Article

i m pl (masculine singular u, feminine singular a, feminine plural e)

  1. the (masculine plural)

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, i turns into l'.

Pronoun

i m pl

  1. them (direct object)

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, i turns into l'.

See also

More information nominative, dative ...
Corsican personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
singular 1st person eiu mi
2nd person ti
3rd person m ellu li u, l' ellu
f ella a, l' ella
plural 1st person noi ci noi
2nd person voi vi voi
3rd person m elli li i, l' elli
f elle e, l' elle
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References

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *i.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

i

  1. and (also), and even
    Synonyms: (Moravian) aj, (Moravian) aji
  2. even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)
    Synonyms: (Moravian) aj, (Moravian) aji
    I slepá veverka někdy najde ořech.Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • i”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • i”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille. Compare Italian i, gli.

Article

i

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Likely cognate with Vai [script needed] (i, you).

Pronoun

i

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    2. you (second-person singular person pronoun)

Usage notes

The rememberer who glossed this word did so as "I", but Dalby proposes that this is an error, based on the Vai pronouns.

References

  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *en.

Preposition

i

  1. in, inside
  2. Indicates exponentiation.
    tre i femtethree to the power of five (Short for tre i femte potens (three in fifth power); note that the exponent is in the ordinal form.)
  3. for (some duration)
    Jeg har boet her i tre år.I have lived here for three years.
  4. Used to indicate a past time or period when something took place.
    Han fyldte seks år i mandags.He turned six years old on Monday.
  5. Used to indicate regular presence in a location.
    Pigen går i gymnasiet og er 17 år.The girl goes to high school and is 17 years old.
  6. Used in conjunction with time to indicate a number of minutes before a full hour.
    fem minutter i tolvfive minutes to twelve
  7. Used when indicating that something is happening or repeated a number of times within each time period.
    tre gange i timenthree times a day
  8. Indicates affiliation with a profession.
    professor i fysikprofessor of physics

Etymology 2

From Old Danish æ, e, from Old Norse æ, ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwi (forever), *aiwaz. May always be used as a prefix.

Adverb

i

  1. (archaic) always, forever
    Synonyms: altid, stedse, evig, bestandig, idelig

References

Drehu

Pronunciation

Noun

i

  1. fish

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with Swedish i.

Preposition

i

  1. in

Emilian

Alternative forms

  • j- (before vowels)
  • -i (after consonant)
  • -j (after vowels)

Etymology

From Latin illī (they) (nominative plural of ille).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

i (personal)

  1. (nominative case, masculine) they
  2. (accusative case, masculine) them
More information Number, Person ...
Number Person Gender Disjunctive
(tonic)
Nominative
(subject)
Accusative
(direct complement)
Dative
(indirect complement)
Reflexive
(-self)
Comitative
(with)
SingularFirst amemêg
Second ettetêg
ThirdMasculine algesesêg
Feminine la
PluralFirstMasculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
SecondMasculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
ThirdMasculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li
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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Noun

i (accusative singular i-on, plural i-oj, accusative plural i-ojn)

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

See also

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Extremaduran

Conjunction

i

  1. and

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese e.

Conjunction

i

  1. and (expressing two elements to be taken together)

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:i.

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

i (upper case I)

  1. The tenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)

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

Declension

More information n4, singular ...
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative i iið i iini
accusative i iið i iini
dative i, ii inum ium iunum
genitive is isins ia ianna
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Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and i for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Foi

Noun

i

  1. eye
  2. seventeen
  3. twenty-one

French

Pronunciation

Noun

i m (plural is)

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

Derived terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin illi.

Article

i m pl (singular il)

  1. the

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...
Friulian definite articles
singular plural
masculine il
l'
i
feminine la
l'
lis
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Pronoun

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

  1. to him
  2. to her

See also

Fula

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

See also

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Noun

i m (plural is)

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Particle

i

  1. an antihiatical particle that, due to sandhi, can precede a word which begins with a vowel sound after a word which ends with vowel sound; now rarely represented in written language
    • 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:
      Ay Jan cata non te enfermes, nen sentencies con malicia, cata que a yalma perdes.
      Oh, Xan, watch out, don't get sick, nor sentence with meanness, watch out that your soul you're losing

Gothic

Romanization

i

  1. Romanization of 𐌹

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

i

  1. he, she (third person singular).

Etymology 2

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Spanish y.

Conjunction

i

  1. and

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Pronoun

i

  1. (Okap) he, she, it

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Pronunciation

Particle

i

  1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object
    Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.The cat ate the mouse.
  2. used to indicate past tense (precedes verb)
    I hana au.I worked.
  3. used to indicate perfect participle (precedes verb)
    i haʻalelehaving left, who had left

Preposition

i

  1. in, at
  2. (indicating destination) to

See also

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of i – see (“he, him; she, her; it”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative i i-k
accusative i-t i-ket
dative i-nek i-knek
instrumental i-vel i-kkel
causal-final i-ért i-kért
translative i-vé i-kké
terminative i-ig i-kig
essive-formal i-ként i-kként
essive-modal
inessive i-ben i-kben
superessive i-n i-ken
adessive i-nél i-knél
illative i-be i-kbe
sublative i-re i-kre
allative i-hez i-khez
elative i-ből i-kből
delative i-ről i-kről
ablative i-től i-ktől
non-attributive
possessive singular
i-é i-ké
non-attributive
possessive plural
i-éi i-kéi
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More information possessor, single possession ...
Possessive forms of i
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. i-m i-im
2nd person sing. i-d i-id
3rd person sing. i-je i-i
1st person plural i-nk i-ink
2nd person plural i-tek i-itek
3rd person plural i-jük i-ik
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See also

Further reading

  • i in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɪː/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA(key): /i/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

Igbo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • (retracted tongue position)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

i (dependent form, independent form gị)

  1. (personal) you (singular)
    Kedụ ka i mere?
    How are you?
See also
More information dependent, independent ...
dependent independent object/possessive
Singular first m, a/e- ... -m m, mụ
second , i ngị, gị gị
third , o ya
Plural first anyị
second ụnụ
third ha, a/e- ... -ha ha
Indefinite a/e - -
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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и (i).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

i

  1. and
    Miä läkkään ižoraks i soomeks.I speak Ingrian and Finnish.
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19:
      Repo i kana.
      A fox and a hen.

Synonyms

Particle

i

  1. also, as well, too
    Mut, miä läkkään i viroks.But, I speak Estonian, too.
    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:
      Mäni da i heittiis makkaamaa, ja makkais taas hoomuksee nasse.
      He went and threw himself to sleep, too, and he slept up till the morning again.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Iƶorat laatiit kansan, kumpa keelen poolest kuuluu läns-fenniläisiin kansoin gruppaa ja sil viisii i iƶoroin keeli kuuluu läns-fenniläisee keelisisteemaa.
      The Ingrians make up a people, that based on their language belongs to the group of Finnic peoples and as such the language of Ingrians also belongs to the Finnic language family.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 86
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 44
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 79

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Lushootseed

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