Translingual Symbol

I

1. iodine
2. , (electronics) electrical current (German Intensität )
3. (license plate codes ) Italy
4. I or i — (Roman numerals) the number one; (also Ⅰ, ⅰ )

i

1. i or i (mathematics) symbol representing the square root of -1.
2. (linguistics) IPA symbol representing a high tense front unrounded vowel, such as the sound of i in Spanish or Italian, or in the English word machine.

See also

Similar and Related Symbols

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

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: aye, eye
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Etymology 1

Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan [[]] (i).

Noun

I or i (plural: Is, is, I's, i's)

1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet.

Etymology 2

Middle English I, ich, from Old English ic , from common Germanic *ik, possibly from a preform *ekaⁿ from Proto-Indo-European keǵóm, *eǵHóm, or directly from *éǵoH. Near cognates include Gothic ik, German ich, Frisian ik, and Dutch ik.

Personal pronoun

I (plural: we; possessive adjective: my)

1. The first person, I, refers to the speaker alone.

Inflection

Translations

Catalan

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.

Etymology

From Latin et, "and".

Danish

Preposition

i

1. in, inside.

Italian

Article

i

1. masculine plural definite article, used before words beginning with a single consonant other than z (gli used in other cases)

Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)

Conjunction

i

1. and
2. too

Lojban

Syntactic particle

.i

1. Separates two sentences. Sometimes combined with a conjunction or a tense marker.

   mi klama le briju .icabo le karce cu se nutspo — I was going to the office. At that time, the car had an accident.

Polish

Conjunction

i

1. and; used to connect two similar words, phrases, sentences, etc.; as well as; together with; in addition to. (cf. a)

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

i

1. 3rd person singular feminine non-emphatic pronoun

Related terms

• ise (emphatic)

Translations

• English: she, it

Slovak

Conjunction

i

1. and
2. as well as

Swedish

Pronoun

i

1. (Archaic or very formal) you plural.

Preposition

i

1. in

Tok Pisin

Syntactic particle

i

1. separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is em, ol, or a noun.

Tupinambá

Personal 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)

   Translations

   • Guaraní: i (1,2,3)
   • Interlingua: ille m, illa f, illo n (singular), illes m, illas f, illos n (plural) (1,4); le m, la f, lo n (singular), les m, las f, los n (plural) (2); su (singular), lor (plural) (3)
   • Portuguese: ele m, ela f (singular), eles m, elas f (plural) (1,4); o m, a f (singular), os m, as f (plural) (2); seu m, sua f (3)
   • Spanish: él m, ella f (singular), ellos m, ellas f (plural) (1,4); el m, la f (singular), los m, las f (plural) (2); su m & f (3)

Volapük

Conjunction

i

1. also
2. too