i

Etymology 1

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

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Close front unrounded vowel

Wikipedia

• Pronunciation of IPA [iː]:

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Etymology 3

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

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

Other representations of I:

Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

Etymology 2

From Old English iċ.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

i

1. water

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Pronoun

i

1. I

   I suɔ mo. ― I love you.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

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.

Numeral

i (Gheg)

1. Dialectal form of një

Related terms

• e, të, së

Pronoun

i (unstressed)

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

   Synonym: (stressed) ich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩː/

Noun

i

1. tooth

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)

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Eliete de Jesus Bararuá Solano, Descrição gramatical da Língua Araweté, page 80, 2009

Noun

i

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 44

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)

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

Pronoun

í

1. thou, you (singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Noun

i (indeclinable)

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

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!

Particle

i

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Noun

i

1. tree

Alternative forms

• je (rare)

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

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Pronoun

i

1. 3rd person singular subject personal pronoun

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

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• Homophone: hi
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 2

From Old Catalan e.

References

• “i” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “i”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “i” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “i” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

Pronoun

i

1. him
2. her
3. it

Alternative forms

• ich (Sette Comuni)

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.

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Verb

ī

1. (transitive) to drink

Pronoun

i

1. they

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)

Pronoun

i m pl

1. them (direct object)

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

• Audio:

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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.

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Article

i

1. the; masculine plural definite article

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)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: I
• Rhymes: -iː

Preposition

i

1. in, inside
2. Indicates exponentiation.

   Tre i femte. ― Three 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 tolv. ― Five minutes to twelve.

7. Used when indicating that something is happening or repeated a number of times within each time period .

   Tre gange i timen. ― Three times a day

8. Indicates affiliation with a profession.

   Professor i fysik ― Professor of physics

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Noun

i

1. fish

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Etymology

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

Preposition

i

1. in

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Hyphenation: i

Pronoun

i (personal)

1. (nominative case, masculine) they
2. (accusative case, masculine) them

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Noun

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Conjunction

i

1. and

Alternative forms

• e, y

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese e.

Conjunction

i

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• Homophone: y

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

Noun

i n (genitive singular is, plural i)

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

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

• Audio; “ii, Inari, liivi, ii”:

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Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Noun

i

1. eye
2. seventeen
3. twenty-one

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio:

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Noun

i m (plural is)

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

Etymology

From Latin illi.

Article

i m pl (singular il)

1. the

Pronoun

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

1. to him
2. to her

See also

• la, lis
• lui, jê, lu, le

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Romanization

i

1. Romanization of 𐌹

Etymology 1

From Portuguese ele.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Spanish y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Pronoun

i

1. (Okap) he, she, it

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

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 haʻalele ― having left, who had left

Preposition

i

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

See also

• iā

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.

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɪː/

Letter

i (upper case I)

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

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.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и (i).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈi/, [ˈi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈi/, [ˈi]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈi/, [ˈi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: i

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.

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.

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