i.e.

See also Appendix:Variations of "ie"

English

Etymology

From Latin i.e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˌaɪˈiː/

• Audio (US)

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• It is sometimes pronounced as that is.

Abbreviation

i.e.

1. (initialism) That is; in other words; that is to say.

   The three U.S. states on the west coast (i.e., Washington, Oregon, and California) have favorable climates.

Usage notes

• i.e. is used to explain or clarify a statement by either (exhaustively) listing options or by rephrasing the previous statement.
• Often confused with e.g.
• American English demands a comma after i.e.; in British English a comma does not follow i.e. [1]
• Opinion is mixed about whether the abbreviation should be italicized, or whether there should be a separating non-breaking space as in i. e..
• ie: is often found in current usage, and is perhaps now considered acceptable.

Translations

that is

Arabic: يعني (yáʕni) Armenian: այսինքն (hy) (aysink’n) Bulgarian: т.е. (тоест, toest) Czech: tj. (cs) (to je) Danish: dvs. (da) (det vil sige (da)) Dutch: d.w.z. (nl) (dat wil zeggen) Esperanto: t.e. (eo) Finnish: l. (eli), ts. (toisin sanoen) French: c.-à-d. (fr) German: d. h. (das heißt) Greek: δηλαδή (el) (diladí) (abbrev. δηλ. (el) (dil.)), ήτοι (el) (ítoi), τουτέστιν (el) (toutéstin) Hebrew: דהיינו (he) (deháinu), כלומר (he) (klomár), זאת אומרת (he) (zót oméret) Hungarian: azaz (hu) Icelandic: þ.e. (is) (það (is) er (is)), þ.e.a.s. (is) (það (is) er (is) að (is) segja (is))

Irish: .i. (ga) (eadhon (ga)) Italian: cioè (it) Malayalam: അതായത് (athaayathu) Norwegian: Bokmål: dvs. (nb) Nynorsk: d.e. (nn), dvs. (nn) Polish: tzn. (to znaczy), tj. (to jest) Portuguese: isto é, ou seja (pt) Russian: т. е. (то есть, tó jest’) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тј. (sh) (то јест) Roman: tj. (sh) (tȏ jȅst) Spanish: es decir (es) Swedish: dvs (sv), d v s (sv), d.v.s. (sv) (det (sv) vill (sv) säga (sv)) Turkish: yani (tr)

Anagrams

• EI

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Interlingua

Abbreviation

i.e.

1. Abbreviation of isto es.

Usage notes

• Equivalent in meaning to English i.e..

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Latin

Abbreviation

i.e.

1. id est (that is; in other words)