IS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"

Translingual

Etymology

Probably from Icelandic Ísland.

Symbol

IS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Iceland.

   Synonym: ISL (alpha-3)

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English

Alternative forms

• I.S., I. S.

Proper noun

IS

1. Initialism of Islamic State.
2. (languages) Initialism of Interior Salish.

Synonyms

Islamic State

• Daesh
• ISIL
• ISIS

 

Derived terms

Islamic State

• IS-K

 

Translations

Islamic State, abbreviation — See also translations at Islamic State

• Dutch: IS (nl)
• French: EI (fr) m
• German: IS (de) m

• Greek: ΙΚ (IK)
• Spanish: EI m
• Swedish: IS (sv)

Noun

IS

1. Initialism of International Sign.
2. (computing) Initialism of information system(s).
3. (politics) Initialism of international studies.
4. (finance) Initialism of implementation shortfall.

Anagrams

• S. I., S.I., SI, Si, Si., si

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German

Pronunciation

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Noun

IS m (strong, genitive IS, no plural)

1. Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat. (Islamic State)

Declension

Declension of IS [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	IS
genitive	eines	des	IS
dative	einem	dem	IS
accusative	einen	den	IS

Related terms

• ISIS/Isis, ISIL/Isil, ISIG/Isig

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Romanian

Proper noun

IS

1. Abbreviation of Iași, a county in Romania.