I

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Symbol

I

  1. First, as in George I (read, in English, as George the first).
  2. (chemistry) Symbol for iodine.
  3. (physics) Isotopic spin.
  4. (license plate codes) Italy
  5. (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
  6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine

[edit] Cardinal number

I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)

  1. cardinal number one.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • “I” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • “I” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

[edit] English

and « to  « in  « #6: I » that » was » he

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[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

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I

  1. (US, roadway) interstate

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[edit] Noun

Singular
I

Plural
Is

I (plural Is)

  1. The capitalised ninth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by H and followed by J.

[edit] Etymology 3

Middle English I from Old English ih from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om. Akin to M.E. ik (N. dial.) and ich (S. dial.) from O.E. iċ "I", Early Mod. Eng. dialectal ik "I"; Frisian, Dutch and Low German ik, German ich, Icel. ég, eg, Norw. & Dan. jeg, Swedish jag, Old Norse ek; Latin ego, Ancient Greek ἐγώ, Russian я.

[edit] Pronoun

I personal pronoun (objective me, possessive my, possessive noun mine, reflexive myself)

  1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject of a sentence.
Inflection
object me
reflexive myself
possessive mine or my

[edit] Translations
personal pronoun

[edit] Noun

Singular
I

Plural
uncountable

I (uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) The ego.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] References

  • “I” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • “I” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • “I” in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronoun

I

  1. (personal) you, you all

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /i/

[edit] Letter

I (capital, lowercase i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

[edit] See also

  • Previous letter: H
  • Next letter: J

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

I

  1. improbatur

[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

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I m. and f. inv.

  1. The ninth letter of the Italian, and of the Latin alphabets

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Letter

I (capital, lowercase i)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet generally representing the phoneme /i/. Preceded by H and followed by Î.

[edit] Usage notes

  • Before and after vowels, this letter usually takes on the sound of /j/
    ianuarie /'ja.nu.a.ri.e/
    femei /fe'mej/
  • At the ends of words (except verb infinitives, and those ending in a consonant cluster ending in l or r), the letter palatalizes the previous syllable and is "whispered": /ʲ/
    băieţi /bə'jeʦʲ/

[edit] Slovene

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Letter

I (capital, lowercase i)

  1. The 10th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by H and followed by J.

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronoun

I (personal pronoun)

  1. (archaic) you (second person plural)

[edit] Synonyms

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