I

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, iota), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, yod), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

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. (actuarial notation) arithmetically increasing payments
13. (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.

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

See also

Character=I9

Other representations of I:

References

• “I”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “I”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): enPR: ī, IPA^(key): /aɪ/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [aj]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɑj]
  • (Southern US) IPA^(key): [aː]
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɑe̯]
  • (Ireland) IPA^(key): /aɪ/
    • (Local Dublin) IPA^(key): /əɪ/, /ɐɪ/
      • (Working-class) IPA^(key): /oɪ/
    • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɪ/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /aɪ/
    • (Dialectal) IPA^(key): /ʌɪ/, [əj]

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: eye, aye, ay

Etymology 1

From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (also ic), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”).

Cognate with Scots I, ik, A (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Dutch ik (“I”), Low German ik (“I”), German ich (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh, “I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”), and more remotely with Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Russian я (ja, “I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich.

Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

Etymology 2

Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan I (i).

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Etymology 4

References

• “I”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “I”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "I" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Letter

I (lowercase i)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /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

Letter

I

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

Letter

I upper case (lower case ı)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.

Alternative forms

• a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Pronoun

I

1. I, 1st person singular subject personal pronoun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i], [i ʎəˈti.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i], [i ʎaˈti.na]

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Etymology

• For the origin of /e/, see E.
• /i/ is from Middle High German i in open syllables; in Ripuarian from ī before velars.
• /iː/ is from ī before non-velars in Ripuarian; from ē in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; from ie, üe in southern Moselle Franconian; from æ (œ) in some dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (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.

Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 2

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

I (lower case ı)

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

Etymology

From Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]
• Homophone: i
• Rhymes: -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!

   • 2014, Diverse forfattere, Fire uger blev til fire år - og andre beretninger, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Og så er der forresten lidt mere med det samme: I må love os een ting. mor og far, I må ikke efterligne os unge! — For gør I det, ja, så kommer I til at se så morsomme ud. — I må ikke prøve på at løbe fra jeres alder, for det kan I alligevel ikke.

     And by the way, there's something else: You must promise us one thing, mum and dad, you may not imitate us young! — For if you do, you will look so funny. — you may not try to run way from your age, for you can't do that anyway.

   • 1981, Mogens Wolstrup, Vild hyben: danske forfattere skriver om jalousi

     Men det er ikke jeres skyld, siger Ditte. I er unge og kloge. I er grimme og fantastisk smukke. I har modet! I er på rette vej med jeres show. Jeg føler med jeres oprør, og måske derfor kunne jeg ikke klare mere. Jeres hud er glat, I er startet i tide.

     But it is not your fault, Ditte says. You are young and intelligent. You are ugly and amazingly beautiful. You have the courage! You are on the right path with your show. I feel with your rebellion, and perhaps for that reason, I couldn't take any more. Your skin is smooth, you started in time.

   • 2011, Per Ullidtz, Absalons Europa, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 229

     Og lidt senere ”I har hørt at det er sagt: øje for øje og tand for tand. Men jeg siger jer, at I må ikke sætte jer imod det onde; men dersom nogen giver dig et slag på din højre kind, da vend ham også den anden til! ...

     And a little later ”you have heard it said: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, you may not resist evil; but if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other towards [whoever hit you]! ...

References

• “I,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio:

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Letter

I (capital, lowercase i)

1. the ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

• Previous letter: H
• Next letter: J

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

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.

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio (Paris):

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Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiː/

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the German alphabet.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

Letter

I (lower case i)

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

Letter

I (lower case i)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Ì
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /i/
• (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA^(key): /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.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanization

I

1. Rōmaji transcription of い

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and I for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the consonant /j/ and the vowels /i/ and /iː/

Numeral

I

1. the numeral one (ūnus)

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

• Audio:

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Letter

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

I

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

Alternative forms

• ich, iche, icche, i, j, hi, hij, jch, hich, hic, ic, ick, ih, ig, ik, ike, ihc, ichc, ichs, ics, a, y

Etymology

From Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, Proto-Germanic *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. More at English I.

The loss of /t͡ʃ/ at first occurs in unstressed positions when the following word begins with a consonant. The pronunciation /iː/ results from restressing the unstressed pronunciation.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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

2. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
   • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39)‎, folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:

     Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.

     "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 15:19, page 51v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     If ȝe hadden be of þe woꝛld .· þe woꝛld ſchulde loue þat þing þat was his / but foꝛ ȝe ben not of þe woꝛld · but I chees ȝou fro þe woꝛld .· þerfoꝛ þe woꝛld hatiþ ȝou

     If you had been of the world, the world would love that which is its [own]; so the world hates you, because you aren't of the world. Instead I picked you from the world.

Letter

I (lower case i)

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

Etymology

From Danish I, from Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.