is it

See also: isit

English

Alternative forms

• issit (Singapore)
• izit (South Africa)
• izzit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)ɪz ɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

is it

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see is,‎ it.

   - It's ten o'clock already.
   - Is it?

2. (Canada, South Africa, India, MLE, MTE) really? is that so?

   - I'm feeling tired.
   - Is it?

   • 2007, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, "Thou Shalt Always Kill" on Angles

     Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at the club last night by saying "is it?"

   • 2011 July 31, James Ashcroft, Making A Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq, Random House, →ISBN, page 80:

     'Everyone just calls me Ash.'
     'Izzit?' said Hendriks, and he fixed me with his cold grey eyes. Spartan at that time was unusual in that it would only take on ex-army South Africans.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: será, será cierto, será verídico eso, será verífico aqueso, qué va (es), quia (es), ca (es), jum (es) (Latin America)

Particle

is it

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, Wales) Final interrogative particle forming a tag question.

   You forgot, is it?

   • 1994, Michael Chiang, Private Parts & Other Play Things, page 242:

     You think you slang-slang a bit I scared, is it? Bloody fool!

   • 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 187:

     "I mean what now - the bet is cancelled but they are both going to ask her, is it?"

   • 2012, Tan Twan Eng, chapter 1, in The Garden of Evening Mists, Hachette, →ISBN, page 15:

     So short-lah, the chopstick. For children is it?

Usage notes

In contrast to the neutral or not, questions formed with is it expect an affirmative response.

Synonyms

• or not

Anagrams

• -itis, IIST, IITs, SITI, itis