I
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I |
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| Basic Latin | U+0049 |
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Letter
I upper case (lower case i)
- The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
I upper case (lower case ı)
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- (Latin script): 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
- (Variations of letter I): Íí Ìì Ĭĭ Îî Ǐǐ Ïï Ḯḯ Ĩĩ Įį Īī Ỉỉ Ȉȉ Ȋȋ Ịị Ḭḭ Ɨɨ ᵻ ᶖ İi Iı ɪ Ii fi 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
[edit] Symbol
I
- (chemistry) Symbol for iodine.
- (physics) Isotopic spin.
- (license plate codes) Italy
- (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine
[edit] Cardinal number
I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)
[edit] Usage notes
In titles, this is read as "the first", so George I is read George the first.
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[edit] See also
Other representations of I:
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Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur |
[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
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[edit] Etymology 1
Abbreviation.
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I
- (US, roadway) interstate
[edit] Etymology 2
- Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan I (i).
[edit] Noun
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I (plural Is)
- 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 first person singular subject personal pronoun (objective me, possessive my, possessive noun mine, reflexive myself)
- The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject of a sentence.
| object | me |
| reflexive | myself |
| possessive | mine or my |
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Singular |
Plural |
I (uncountable)
- (metaphysics) The ego.
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[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 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
[edit] American Sign Language
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(Stokoe I)
- The letter I
[edit] Danish
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I
- (personal) you, you all
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /i/
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I (capital, lowercase i)
- The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
I
[edit] German
[edit] Noun
I n.
- i (name of the letter I, i)
This German entry was created from the translations listed at i. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see I in the German Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) September 2009
[edit] Italian
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[edit] Noun
I m. and f. inv.
- The ninth letter of the Italian, and of the Latin alphabets
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /i/
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I (capital, lowercase i)
- 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/
- 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] Letter
I (capital, lowercase i)
- The 10th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by H and followed by J.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
I (upper case, lower case i)
- The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Pronoun
I (personal pronoun)
