ie

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ie

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Interlingue.

English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ie

  1. Alternative form of i.e.

Anagrams[edit]

Acehnese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Indonesian air (“water”).

Noun[edit]

ie

  1. water
    ie bit — real water

References[edit]

  • Mark Durie, A Grammar of Acehnese: On the Basis of a Dialect of North Aceh (1985)

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection[edit]

ie

  1. yes

Antonyms[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Likely from earlier Middle Dutch hi. Doublet of hij.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun[edit]

ie

  1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Third-person singular, masculine, subjective, mute form: he.
    Hoe doet ie dat? ― How does he do that?
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Likely from unstressed je.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ie

  1. (Holland, colloquial) Second-person singular, mute form: you.
    Heb ie de krant al gelezen? ― Have you already read the newspaper?
Inflection[edit]
Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Ultimately from Old Dutch io.

Adverb[edit]

ie

  1. (obsolete) always, every time, continuously
  2. (obsolete) ever, sometime, at some point
Usage notes[edit]

Was entirely replaced by words like altijd ("always, every time") and ooit ("ever, sometime, at some point") by the late 16th century.

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -e (correlative suffix of place).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ie (accusative ien)

  1. somewhere (indeterminate correlative of place)

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ie

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いえ

Ladin[edit]

Verb[edit]

ie

  1. (Val Gardena) third-person singular present indicative of ester - is

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ie (upper case Ie)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Ie was made a letter in its own right only in the 1990s. In older dictionaries, lists, etc., it is treated as i + e.
  • Ie is used in stressed syllables only. When unstressed, it is reduced to e or i. In closed syllables, the reduction is generally e; in open syllables it is predominantly i, but both may be possible.
  • Before the letters għ, ħ, h, q, the long vowel phonemes i and ie merge. The orthographic distinction is based on etymology and morphological analogy, which causes rather frequent spelling errors even in edited texts.

See also[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ie

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: je, j'

See also[edit]

Old Occitan[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ie

  1. Alternative form of eu

Romanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • iie (nonstandard)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Woman wearing an ie

Inherited from Latin (vestis) līnea (“linen garment”). Doublet of linie (“line”), a later borrowing.

Noun[edit]

ie f (plural ii)

  1. traditional Romanian embroidered blouse
Declension[edit]
Declension of ie
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) ie ia (niște) ii iile
genitive/dative (unei) ii iei (unor) ii iilor
vocative ie, io iilor
Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin īlia, plural of īle.

Noun[edit]

ie f (plural ii) (rare, archaic)

  1. the lower part of the abdomen or belly, especially in animals such as livestock
  2. the skin that hangs down from the belly of an ox
  3. the pastern on a horse
  4. guts, bowels, or entrails
Declension[edit]
Declension of ie
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) ie ia (niște) ii iile
genitive/dative (unei) ii iei (unor) ii iilor
vocative ie, io iilor
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From German ja (yes), or perhaps from Latin est ((it) is).

Adverb[edit]

ie

  1. (regional, Transylvania) yes
    Synonym: da

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh ief, ieu, from Proto-Brythonic *ī semos (“that is so”).

Adverb[edit]

ie

  1. yes, yea, aye
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