English
i
see also: I
Pronunciation
  • (phoneme) IPA: /aɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/
  • (letter name) enPR: ī, IPA: /aɪ/,
Letter
  1. Letter of the English alphabet
Noun

i (plural ies)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I
    • the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)
    • i-mutation, i-umlaut
Translations
  • German: I
  • Portuguese: i
  • Russian: ай
  • Spanish: i, i latina
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /aɪ/, /ɪ/
Pronoun
  1. Nonstandard spelling of I#English|I.
I
Pronunciation
  • (RP, GA) IPA: /aɪ/
  • (Southern American English) IPA: /aː/
  • (AU, New Zealand) IPA: /ɑe/
Pronoun
  1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
      It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report.
    • 2016, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170925022505/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-4/3168920.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)
      I know I have a pen, though…
  2. (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
    Mom drove my sister and I to school.
Synonyms Noun

i (uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) The ego.
Letter
  1. Letter of the English alphabet
Noun

i

  1. (US, roadway) Interstate.
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case#English|instrumental case.
Interjection
  1. Obsolete spelling of aye#English|aye.


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