Translingual - Etymology 1

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

Letter

i lower case (upper case I)

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

i lower case (upper case İ)

1. The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter I):  Íí  Ìì  Ĭĭ  Îî  Ǐǐ  Ïï  Ḯḯ  Ĩĩ  Įį  Īī  Ỉỉ  Ȉȉ  Ȋȋ  Ịị  Ḭḭ  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   Iı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters using dot sign):  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ặặ  Ậậ  Ǡǡ  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ċċ  Ḋḋ  Ḍḍ  Ėė  Ẹẹ  Ḟḟ  Ġġ  Ḣḣ  Ḥḥ  Ii  İi  Iı  Ịị  Ḳḳ  Ḷḷ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  Ṅṅ  Ṇṇ  Ȯȯ  Ọọ  Ợợ  Ṗṗ  Ṙṙ  Ṛṛ  Ṡṡ  Ṣṣ  ẛ  Ṫṫ  Ṭṭ  Ụụ  Ựự  Ṿṿ  Ẇẇ  Ẉẉ  Ẋẋ  Ẏẏ  Ỵỵ  Żż  Ẓẓ

Derived symbols

• j
• ɨ — IPA
• İ and ı — Turkish

Similar and related symbols

• Ι and ι — Greek
• І and і — Cyrillic I, used in Belarusian and Ukrainian
• Ӏ and ӏ — Cyrillic palochka, used in the Caucasian languages
• ا — Arabic (alif)
• 1 — Arabic numeral
• Ꭵ — Cherokee (IPA: ə̃) (SAMPA: @~)
• ᛁ — Runic
• ɪ — IPA

Translingual - Etymology 2

• (mathematics, imaginary number): abbreviation of imaginary
• (computer programming, generic index): abbreviation of index

Pronunciation

Symbol

Wikipedia

i

1. (mathematics, often in italics or bold) The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
2. (engineering, often in bold) The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
3. (mathematics, programming) A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
4. (IPA, romanization) close front unrounded vowel.

Synonyms

• (mathematics: imaginary unit): j
• (computer programming, common variable name representing a generic index): j

Translingual - 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

• I, Ⅰ, ⅰ

Cardinal number

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

1. cardinal number one.

See also

• Next: ii (2)
• Roman numerals

Translingual - See Also

Other representations of I:

• Letter styles

English - Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aɪ/, /ɪ/
• (letter name): enPR: ī, IPA^(key): /aɪ/,
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: aye, eye

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.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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.

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

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

English - Etymology 2

From Old English ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/, /ɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: aye, eye

Pronoun

i

1. nonstandard capitalization of I

Usage notes

• Also used in instant messaging due to limitations of entering capitals on a mobile phone's keypad.

Adangme - Pronoun

i

1. I

   I suɔ mo.

   I love you.

Albanian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Albanian - Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Albanian - Article

i

1. masculine singular nominative adjectival article

Ama - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩː/

Ama - Noun

i

1. tooth

Azeri - Letter

i lower case (upper case İ)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Bambara - Pronoun

i

1. you (personal pronoun)

See also

Template:bm-personal pronouns

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

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Borôro - Noun

i

1. tree

Catalan - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Rhymes: -i

Catalan - Etymology 1

Noun

i f (plural is)

1. The Latin letter I (lowercase i).

Derived terms

• i grega

Catalan - Etymology 2

From Latin et (“and”).

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.

Derived terms

• i comercial

Classical Nahuatl - Verb

i (transitive)

1. to drink

Cornish - Pronoun

i

1. they

Czech - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Czech - Conjunction

i

1. and (also), and even
2. even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)

   I slepá veverka někdy najde ořech. - Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.

Synonyms

• (Moravian dialect) aj, aji

Derived terms

• i když

Dalmatian - Etymology

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

Dalmatian - Article

i m (plural)

1. the; masculine plural definite article

Related terms

• el
• la
• le

Danish - Etymology

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

Danish - Preposition

i

1. in, inside

Dutch - Pronunciation

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

Dutch - Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Dutch - See Also

• Previous letter: h
• Next letter: j

Elfdalian - Etymology

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

Elfdalian - Preposition

i

1. in

Esperanto - Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i/

Esperanto - 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

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Esperanto - 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

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

Extremaduran - Conjunction

i

1. and

Fala - Alternative Forms

• e, y

Fala - Etymology

From Old Portuguese e, from Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Fala - Conjunction

i

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

Faroese - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• Homophone: y

Faroese - Letter

i (upper case I)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

Foi - Noun

i

1. eye
2. seventeen
3. twenty-one

Friulian - Etymology

From Latin illi.

Friulian - Article

i m pl (singular il)

1. the

Friulian - Pronoun

i (third person masculine/ feminine indirect object)

1. to him
2. to her

Friulian - See Also

• la, lis
• lui, jê, lu, le

Hawaiian - Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Hawaiian - 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 eats/ate the mouse.

Hawaiian - Preposition

i

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

Hawaiian - See Also

• iā

Irish - Alternative Forms

• in (used before vowels in place of eclipsis; also used before bhur (‘your pl’), before dhá (‘two’), before titles of books, films, and the like, and before foreign words that resist mutation)

Irish - Etymology

From Old Irish i, from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Greek ἐν (en)).

Irish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Irish - Preposition

i (triggers eclipsis of a following consonant)

1. in

Inflection

Derived terms

Combined with definite article:

• sa (before consonants in the singular; triggers lenition)
• san (before vowels in the singular; triggers lenition)
• sna (in the plural; triggers h-prothesis)

Combined with third person possessive:

• ina (“in his/her/their”) (triggers lenition, h-prothesis, or eclipsis respectively)

Combined with first person plural possessive:

• inár (“in our”)

Combined with the copula:

• inar, inarb (present/future)
• inar, inarbh (past/conditional)

Italian - Etymology 1

Reduced form of gli.

Article

i m pl (singular il)

1. the (see the usage notes)

Usage notes

• i is used before masculine plural words beginning with a single consonant other than x or z, or the plural noun dei; gli is used before masculine plural words beginning with a vowel, x, z, gn, or multiple consonants including pn, ps, and s+consonant, and before the plural noun dei.

See also

• gli, la, le

Italian - Etymology 2

Noun

i f, m (invariable)

1. I or i, the letter I or i

Derived terms

• i lunga

Italian - References

1. ^ 2002, Giuseppe Patota, Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page p. 126:

Japanese - Romanization

i

1. rōmaji reading of い
2. rōmaji reading of イ

Ladin - Article

i m (plural)

1. the

Ladin - See Also

• l
• la, l'
• les

Ladino - Etymology

From Old Spanish é or e, from Latin et.

Ladino - Conjunction

i (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אי)

1. and
2. too

Latgalian - Etymology

Shortened from an older Baltic form *ir, which is preserved in Lithuanian as ir (with the same meaning).

Latgalian - Conjunction

i

1. and, as well as, in addition to

Latgalian - Particle

i

1. too, also

Latin - Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iː/

Latin - Etymology 1

Noun

ī (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter I.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Latin - Etymology 2

Verb

ī

1. go! walk!; second-person singular active imperative of eō

   I intro iam nunc. ― Now then, go in.

Latvian - 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.

Latvian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Latvian - Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Latvian - Noun

i m (invariable)

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

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

Livonian - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Livonian - Letter

i (upper case I)

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

Livonian - See Also

• (Latin script letters) kēratēḑ; Aa, Āā, Ää, Ǟǟ, Bb, Dd, Ḑḑ, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Ōō, Ȯȯ, Ȱȱ, Õõ, Ȭȭ, Pp, Rr, Ŗŗ, Ss, Šš, Tt, Țț, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž,

Lojban - Cmavo

i

1. alternative form of .i: separates sentences
2. Separates clauses in a sentence, when combined with a conjunction of selma'o ja, joi, or bi'i or a preposition or tense marker followed by bo.

Lower Grand Valley Dani - Noun

i

1. water

Lower Grand Valley Dani - References

• H. Myron Bromley, A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani (1981)
• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, ISBN 0521286212)

Malay - Letter

i

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Mandinka - Pronoun

i

1. you (personal pronoun)

   as i busa — he/she struck you.

See also

Maori - Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Maori - Particle

i

1. from
2. (past-tense verbal particle)
3. (particle indicating the direct object of a transitive sentence)
4. (past-tense particle indicating location)

Mirandese - Etymology

From Latin et.

Mirandese - Conjunction

i

1. and

Navajo - Letter

I i

1. The thirteenth letter of the Navajo alphabet:

   i = /ɪ˨/

   į = /ɪ̃˨/

   í = /ɪ˥/

   į́ = /ɪ̃˥/

   ii = /iː˨˨/

   įį = /ĩː˨˨/

   íi = /iː˥˨/

   į́į = /ĩː˥˨/

   ií = /iː˨˥/

   įį́ = /ĩː˨˥/

   íí = /iː˥˥/

   į́į́ = /ĩː˥˥/

Neapolitan - Etymology

From Latin īre, present active infinitive of eō. Compare Italian gire, ire, Sicilian jiri, giri, ghiri, iri.

Alternative forms

• ji, jì, ghì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ji]

Verb

i

1. to go

Neapolitan - Etymology 2

From Latin ego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Alternative forms

ije

Pronoun

i

1. I: the first-person singular nominative personal pronoun.

Norwegian Bokmål - Pronunciation

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

Norwegian Bokmål - Letter

i

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

Norwegian Bokmål - Etymology

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

Norwegian Bokmål - Preposition

i

1. (location) in, inside of

   Ligge i sengen

   Laying in bed

   Oppe i fjellene

   Up in the mountains

2. (duration of time) for, in, during

   Møtet varte (i) to timer

   The meeting lasted (lit. went during) two hours

   Han var utenlands i mange år

   He lived abroad for many years

   I høst, i vår, i dag, i går

   In autumn, in spring, today, yesterday

3. (condition, state) in

   Være i fred

   To be in peace

   Være i god stand

   To be in shape (physically fit)

   Leve i fattigdom

   To live in poverty

4. (means, method) in

   Betale i gull

   To pay in gold.

   Gjøre noe i all hast

   To do something urgently (lit. in all haste)

   i hemmelighet

   in secret

5. pertaining to, in reference to

   I deg har jeg en sann venn.

   In you I have a true friend.

Norwegian Nynorsk - Etymology

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

Norwegian Nynorsk - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/ (example of pronunciation)

Norwegian Nynorsk - Preposition

i

1. in, inside of

   No er me i Noreg.

   We are currently in Norway.

2. for, in, during
3. in (condition, state)
4. in (means, method)
5. Pertaining to, in reference to

Old French - Adverb

i

1. there

Descendants

• French: y

Old Irish - Alternative Forms

• hi

Old Irish - Etymology

From from Proto-Celtic *eni (compare Welsh yn), from Proto-Indo-European *en (compare English in, Latin in, Greek ἐν (en)).

Old Irish - Preposition

i (triggers eclipsis)

1. in (with dative)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14^d26

     Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.

     It is in the person of Christ that I do that.

2. into (with accusative)

Derived terms

Combinations with the definite article

• isin (accusative/dative masculine/feminine singular)
• issa (accusative neuter singular)
• isind (dative singular)
• isna (accusative plural)
• isnaib (dative plural)

Combinations with possessive determiners

• ím (1st person singular)
• inna, na (3rd person)

Combinations with object pronouns

Pijin - Particle

i

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

Polish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Polish - Conjunction

i

1. and

   Adam i Ewa tylko zjedli jabłko — Adam and Eve only ate an apple.

   Patrzę na nią i oczom nie wierzę — I look at her and can't believe my eyes.

Polish - External Links

• “i” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/
• Homophone: e (some accents)

Portuguese - Letter

i (lowercase, uppercase I)

1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script. Preceded by h and followed by j.

Portuguese - Noun

i m (plural is)

1. i (name of the letter I, i)

Rapa Nui - Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Rapa Nui - Particle

i

1. relational particle that marks the object of a verb

Usage notes

Used in all cases except with verbs of sensing; in which case, use e.

Rapa Nui - Preposition

i

1. at
2. in

Romanian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Romanian - Letter

i (lowercase, capital I)

1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Generally representing the phoneme /i/. Preceded by h and followed by î.

Usage notes

See I for notes on pronunciation.

Samoan - Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Samoan - Particle

i

1. used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object

Samoan - Preposition

i

1. (indicating destination) to

Scots - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ/

Scots - Preposition

i

1. in

Scottish Gaelic - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Scottish Gaelic - Pronoun

i

1. she
2. her
3. (referring to a feminine noun) it

Related terms

• ise (emphatic)

See also

Serbo-Croatian - Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

1. The 13th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by h and followed by j.

Serbo-Croatian - Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Conjunction

i (Cyrillic spelling и)

1. and

   Ivica i Marica se vole — Ivica and Marica love each other.

   i tako dalje — and so on

2. (i..i..) both..and..

   ne možeš istovremeno i tužiti i suditi. — you can't simultaneously both sue and judge

3. also, too

   i meni se sviđa vaš odabir — I like your choice too

4. even (usually preceded by čȁk)

   (čak) i ja sam pozvan na zabavu! — even I have been invited to the party

5. (ne sȁmo .. nȅgo/vȅć i...) also, too

   on je ne samo darovit, nego i jako marljiv — he is not only talented, but also very industrious

6. so, so that (= te, pa)

   umorio sam se i nisam mogao više igrati košarku — I grew tired, so I couldn't play basketball anymore

Sirionó - Noun

i

1. water

Skolt Sami - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/, /j/

Skolt Sami - Letter

i (upper case I)

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

Skolt Sami - See Also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

Slovak - Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey.

Slovak - Conjunction

i

1. and
2. as well as

Derived terms

• i keď

Spanish - Etymology 1

Directly from Latin

Letter

i (lower case, upper case I)

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

Noun

i f (plural íes)

1. Name of the letter I.

Spanish - Etymology 2

Reduced form of Latin et; compare Italian e, Old French e, etc.

Alternative forms

• (modern) y

Conjunction

i

1. (archaic) and

Swedish - Etymology

From Old Swedish ī, from Old Norse í.

Swedish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Swedish - Adverb

i (verb particle)

1. used to signify that an action is done with intensity

Derived terms

• ligga i
• stå i
• ta i

Swedish - Preposition

i

1. in; located inside
2. in; specifies a place, a region or a country

   Kim bor i Stockholm, som ligger i Sverige.

   Kim lives in Stockholm which lies in Sweden.

3. (about time) to; before a full hour

   Klockan tjugo i elva gick slutligen jag hem.

   At twenty to eleven I finally went home.

4. (in various constructions) last, previous

   i måndags

   last Monday

   i julas

   last Christmas

Derived terms

Usage notes

In definition 4, (last, previous) the following noun gets a suffix -s (weekdays: i måndags) or -as (seasons: i höstas, certain holidays, e.g. jul, midsommar, påsk, pingst). Other holidays instead use förra, senaste, sista, e.g. förra nyåret.

See also

• inuti
• I

Swedish - References

• i in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tahitian - Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Tahitian - Preposition

i

1. at
2. in

Tok Pisin - Etymology

Probably from English is

Tok Pisin - Particle

i

1. Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun, or a noun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):

     Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.

Tongan - Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *i.

Tongan - Preposition

i

1. in

Tupinambá - Pronoun

i

1. He, she, it, they (with descriptive verbs)

   i porang (he/she/it is / they are beautiful)

2. Him, her, it, them (with transitive verbs)

   a-i-kuab (i know him/her/it/them)

3. His, her, its, their (with nouns)

   i py (his/her/its/their foot/feet)

4. Him, her, it, them (before postpositions)

   i xupé (to him/her/it/them)

Turkish - Letter

i (lower case, upper case İ)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Turkish - Noun

i

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

Turkmen - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /i/, /iː/

Turkmen - Letter

i (upper case I)

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

Turkmen - See Also

• (Latin script letters) harp; Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz,

Vietnamese - Etymology

Borrowing from French i or Portuguese i

Vietnamese - Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /ʔi˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /ʔɪj˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /ʔɪj˧˥/

Vietnamese - Noun

i

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

Synonyms

• i ngắn

Volapük - Adverb

i

1. also
2. too