I

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, iota), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, yod), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

I (lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

I (lower case ı)

1. The letter i without a dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  i  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  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  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   ı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters with dot):  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ặặ  Ậậ  Ǡǡ  Ḃḃ  Ḅḅ  Ċċ  Ḋḋ  Ḍḍ  Ėė  Ẹẹ  Ḟḟ  Ġġ  Ḣḣ  Ḥḥ  i  İi  ı  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

I

1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for iodine.
2. (physics) Isotopic spin.
3. (license plate codes) Italy
4. (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
5. (physics, kinematics) moment of inertia.
7. January.

   Comeronyms: II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12

8. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine
9. (mathematics, linear algebra) identity matrix
10. (mathematical analysis, topology) the (closed) unit interval; [0, 1]
11. (inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 1
12. (music) major tonic triad
13. (linguistics) A wildcard for a front vowel or a high vowel

    synonyms: E for a front vowel, Ɨ for a high vowel

14. (actuarial notation) arithmetically increasing payments
15. (clothing) Bra cup size.

I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)

2. cardinal number one.

   Alternative forms: I, i, ⅰ

   • 2021 June 28, Homero De la Fuente, “NCAA takes big step toward allowing athletes to profit from name, image or likeness”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English):

     In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without violating NCAA rules until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted.

4. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the first.

   Alternative form: I.

• Next: II (2)

• Letter styles
• Uppercase and lowercase versions of I, in normal and italic type
• Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

Character=I9

Other representations of I:

• “I”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “I”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• (letter name): enPR: ī, IPA^(key): /aɪ/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): [aj], [ɑɪ]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [aɪ], [äj]
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [ɑj], [ʌj]
  • (Southern US) IPA^(key): [aː]
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ɑe̯]
  • (Ireland) IPA^(key): /aɪ/
    • (Local Dublin) IPA^(key): /əɪ/, /ɐɪ/
      • (Working-class) IPA^(key): /oɪ/
    • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɪ/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [æj], [äɪ]
    • (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ɐɪ], [əj]

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: eye, aye, ay

From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (also ic), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”).

Cognate with Scots I, ik, A (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Dutch ik (“I”), Low German ik (“I”), German ich (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh, “I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”), and more remotely with Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Russian я (ja, “I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Northern Kurdish ez, Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich.

Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

I (first person singular subject personal pronoun, objective me, possessive my, possessive pronoun mine, reflexive myself)

1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 414:

     […] It ill beſeemes a knight of gentle ſort, / Such as ye haue him boaſted, to beguyle / A ſimple maide, and worke ſo hainous tort, / In ſhame of knighthood, as I largely can report.

   • 1854, Gustave Chouquet, Easy Conversations in French‎^[2], page 9:

     Here I am, sir.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     I know I have a pen, though…

2. (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.

   Mom drove my sister and I to school.

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Sweet Baſſanio, My ſhips haue all miſcarried, my Creditors grow cruell, my eſtate is very low: my bond to the Iew is forfet, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſſible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death.

   • 1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song

     Old pirates, yes, they rob I
     Sold I to the merchant ships
     Minutes after they took I
     From the bottomless pit.

   • 2014, “The Devil in I”, in .5: The Gray Chapter, performed by Slipknot:

     Step inside, see the Devil in I
     You'll realize I'm not your Devil anymore

• The word I is always capitalised in written English. Other forms of the pronoun, such as me and my, follow regular English capitalisation rules.
• I is the subject (nominative) form, as opposed to me, which is the objective (accusative and dative) form. Me is also used emphatically, like French moi. In some cases there are differing views about which is preferred. For example, the traditional rule followed by some speakers is to use I as the complement of the copula (It is I), but it is now more usual to choose me in this context (It's me).
• When used in lists, it is often thought better to refer to oneself last. Thus it is more natural to say John and I than I and John. In such lists, the traditional rule is to use the same case form one would choose if there were only one pronoun. Thus, since we say I am happy, we say John and I are happy, but since we say Jenny saw me, so we say Jenny saw John and me. However, one frequently hears John and me are happy, which is traditionally seen as a case error. Similarly, probably as a hypercorrected reaction to this, one can occasionally hear phrases like Jenny saw John and I.

• ich, ch
• my ass, m'ass (vulgar slang)
• muggins, yours truly
• Ah (phonetic spelling, African-American Vernacular English)

I (countable and uncountable, plural I's)

1. (metaphysics) The ego.

   Synonym: me

   • a. 1733, Thomas Boston, edited by [Thomas Boston the younger], Sermons and Discourses on Several Important Subjects in Divinity. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] William Gray, […], published 1753, page 333:

     They are called men, becauſe each of them poſſeſſeth the whole man, though not wholly. There are by their means two I’s in every believer, Rom. vii. 15. For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. There is not one part of the man that is in Chriſt, but grace has a part of it, and corruption has a part of it: as in the twilight there is light over all, and darkneſs over all too, the darkneſs being mixed in every part with the light. So my renewed part is I, a man having an underſtanding enlightened, a will renewed, affections ſpiritualized, uſing my body conform: but my unrenewed part is I too, having an underſtanding darkened, a will rebellious, affections corrupted, and uſing my body accordingly.

   • 1873, Henry Ward Beecher, “Paul”, in The Great Bible Renowns, page 45:

     In other words, he said: “I have two natures. I have a flesh nature, an outside nature, and that keeps sinning; and then I have another nature—an inside, a spiritual nature—and that does not like sinning; and with my heart-power, my conscience-power, my love-power, with the power of the divine element that is in me, I look and see what this body outside, which clothes me, is trying to do. And here are two I’s that are fighting. The inside I is arrayed against the outside I; and the outside has the advantage.”

   • 1916, S. A. Steel, “Down the James Long Ago—I”, in Christian Advocate, volume 77, page 1094, column 1:

     Am I a double personality? Are there two “I’s” in my anatomy—one a conscious “I,” giving attention to what I am doing, and another unconscious “I,” giving attention to something entirely different?

   • 1962, Arthur Osborne, editor, The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words, London: Rider & Company, published 1975, page 122:

     B. (smiling): Have you come to examine me? You must say who you are. / D.: However much I may try, I do not seem to catch the ‘I’. It is not even clearly discernible. / B.: Who is it that says that the ‘I’ is not discernible? Are there two ‘I’s in you, that one is not discernible to the other?

   • 2011, Michael Gluckman, Making Your Wisdom Come Alive: A Guide to the Source of Your Wisdom and Joy, Light Up Your Life, →ISBN:

     Who is it that says that ‘I’ is not perceptible? Is there an ignorant ‘I’ and an elusive ‘I’? Are there two ‘I’s in the same person? It is the mind that says that ‘I’ is not perceptible. Where is that mind from? Know the mind. You will find it a myth. / We all feel that there is only one I; not two, one ignorant of the other.

   • 2012, “Demiurge”, in Mårten Hagström (lyrics), Koloss, performed by Meshuggah, track 9:

     Sucking vomit, acting like its honey
     Deprived of I
     Falling while thrusting squares through circles
     Serving one single new dimension

• I-hood
• I-ness
• I-ship

Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan (i).

I (upper case, lower case i, plural Is or I's)

1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• I-beam

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, i, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Abbreviation.

I (countable and uncountable, plural Is)

1. (US, roadway) Interstate.

   I-95 begins at Houlton, Maine and terminates at Miami, Florida, connecting numerous major cities in the East Coast.

2. (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case.
3. (computing) Abbreviation of instruction.
4. (US politics) Abbreviation of independent.

I

1. Obsolete spelling of aye.

• “I”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “I”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "I" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

I (lowercase i)

1. The ninth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letter; 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

I (plural I's, diminutive I'tjie)

1. I

I

1. The fifth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

I upper case (lower case ı)

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

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): /i/, [i]

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• a

• IPA^(key): /a/

I

1. I, 1st person singular subject personal pronoun

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i], [i ʎəˈti.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i], [i ʎaˈti.na]

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called i or i llatina and written in the Latin script.

• Í
• Ï

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• For the origin of /e/, see E.
• /i/ is from Middle High German i in open syllables; in Ripuarian from ī before velars.
• /iː/ is from ī before non-velars in Ripuarian; from ē in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; from ie, üe in southern Moselle Franconian; from æ (œ) in some dialects.

• IPA^(key): (short open) /e/, (short closed) /i/, (long) /iː/

I

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

• In the German-based spelling, /e/ is usually represented by E (see there).

• IPA^(key): /i/

I (lower case i)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

I

1. The ninth letter of the Latin alphabet.

I

1. The ninth letter used in Pinyin.

• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

• IPA^(key): /i/

I (lower case ı)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

From Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

• IPA^(key): [i]
• Homophone: i
• Rhymes: -i

I (objective jer, possessive jeres)

1. (personal) you, you all (second person plural)

   I må ikke gå derind!

   You can't go in there!

   • 2014, Diverse forfattere, Fire uger blev til fire år - og andre beretninger, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Og så er der forresten lidt mere med det samme: I må love os een ting. mor og far, I må ikke efterligne os unge! — For gør I det, ja, så kommer I til at se så morsomme ud. — I må ikke prøve på at løbe fra jeres alder, for det kan I alligevel ikke.

     And by the way, there's something else: You must promise us one thing, mum and dad, you may not imitate us young! — For if you do, you will look so funny. — you may not try to run way from your age, for you can't do that anyway.

   • 1981, Mogens Wolstrup, Vild hyben: danske forfattere skriver om jalousi

     Men det er ikke jeres skyld, siger Ditte. I er unge og kloge. I er grimme og fantastisk smukke. I har modet! I er på rette vej med jeres show. Jeg føler med jeres oprør, og måske derfor kunne jeg ikke klare mere. Jeres hud er glat, I er startet i tide.

     But it is not your fault, Ditte says. You are young and intelligent. You are ugly and amazingly beautiful. You have the courage! You are on the right path with your show. I feel with your rebellion, and perhaps for that reason, I couldn't take any more. Your skin is smooth, you started in time.

   • 2011, Per Ullidtz, Absalons Europa, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 229

     Og lidt senere ”I har hørt at det er sagt: øje for øje og tand for tand. Men jeg siger jer, at I må ikke sætte jer imod det onde; men dersom nogen giver dig et slag på din højre kind, da vend ham også den anden til! ...

     And a little later ”you have heard it said: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, you may not resist evil; but if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other towards [whoever hit you]! ...

• Norwegian Bokmål: I

• “I,4” in Den Danske Ordbog

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio:

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I (capital, lowercase i)

1. the ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet

• Previous letter: H
• Next letter: J

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio:

  (file)

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, i, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and I for information on the development of the glyph itself.

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

I

1. abbreviation of improbatur

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lettre; A a (À à,  â, Æ æ), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Πî, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n (Ñ ñ), O o (Ô ô, Œ œ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), Z z

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /iː/, [ʔiː]
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɪ/, /iː/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the German alphabet.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈi]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈi]

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

I (lower case i)

1. The eleventh letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

I (lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /i/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/, /ɪ/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, i, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• I-bhíoma

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ga.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: Ì
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /i/
• (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA^(key): /j/

I f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Italian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

I

1. Rōmaji transcription of い

Borrowed from Tagalog I. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English I.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ʔaj/ [ʔai̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔi/ [ʔi̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: I

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ay and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and I for development of the glyph itself.

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the consonant /j/ and the vowels /i/ and /iː/

• Historical Latin texts did not distinguish the consonantal and vocalic readings of this letter orthographically. In modern texts and editions of older texts, the vowels are typically written ⟨I⟩ and ⟨Ī⟩ to distinguish them, and /j/ is sometimes written ⟨j⟩. For example, iūdex may be spelled jūdex.

I

1. A digit 1 (ūnus) in the decimal Roman numeral system. Originally a tally mark. It is iterated for multiples.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key): [i]

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I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ai̯]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [i]
• (Phoneme, Closed ultima) IPA^(key): [e]

I

1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, i, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

I (upper case, lower case i)

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

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

• ich, iche, icche, i, j, hi, hij, jch, hich, hic, ic, ick, ih, ig, ik, ike, ihc, ichc, ichs, ics, a, y

From Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, Proto-Germanic *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. More at English I.

The loss of /t͡ʃ/ at first occurs in unstressed positions when the following word begins with a consonant. The pronunciation /iː/ results from restressing the unstressed pronunciation.

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /i/

I (accusative me, genitive min, genitive determiner mi, min)

2. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
   • c. 1275, Judas (Roud 2964, Child Ballad 23, Trinity College MS. B.14.39), folio 34, recto, lines 36-37; republished at Cambridge: Wren Digital Library (Trinity College), 2019 May 29:

     Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc him crowe.

     "Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows."

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[3], published c. 1410, Joon 15:19, page 51v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     If ȝe hadden be of þe woꝛld .· þe woꝛld ſchulde loue þat þing þat was his / but foꝛ ȝe ben not of þe woꝛld · but I chees ȝou fro þe woꝛld .· þerfoꝛ þe woꝛld hatiþ ȝou

     If you had been of the world, the world would love that which is its [own]; so the world hates you, because you aren't of the world. Instead I picked you from the world.

• Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading.

• English: I, ik (obsolete), ich (obsolete)
• Geordie English: aw
• Scots: A, I, ik (rare)
• Yola: ich

• “ich, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.

I (lower case i)

1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

From Danish I, from Old East Norse *īʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Cognate with Swedish ni, Norwegian Nynorsk de, Faroese tær, and Icelandic þér.

• IPA^(key): /iː/

I (objective case jer or eder)

1. (rare, archaic) ye: a second-person plural nominative pronoun

   Synonym: dere

• IPA^(key): /iː/

From Latin I.

I (lower case i, definite singular I-en, indefinite plural I-ar, definite plural I-ane)

1. The ninth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called I and written in the Latin script.

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm. The upper case spelling might be an orthographic influence from cognate English I, or as a means to differenciate from native preposition i (“in”).

• i

I (objective me, possessive min)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of eg (first person singular pronoun)

Possibly through Danish I. From Old Norse ér, ír, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Compare with de. The upper case spelling might be explained either by its use as an honorific, or with its plausible Danish origins.

• i

I (objective ær or ør or jærs, possessive ærs or ørs or jærs)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, polite) you (second person singular)

• ia

• “I” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Torp, Alf (1919) “I”, in Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Kristiania: Aschehoug, page 240
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[4] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

• i, i-

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /i/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ĩ/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The eleventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and I for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The twelfth letter of the Polish alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /i/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. (International Standard) The twelfth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /i/, /j/, /ʲ/

I (upper case, lower case i)

1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• Generally represents the phoneme /i/.
• Before vowels, this letter usually takes on the sound of /j/

  ianuarie /ja.nuˈa.ri.e/

• 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/

  băieți /bəˈjetsʲ/

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, i, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): /i/

I

1. The eleventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

I

1. The ninth letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ȝ ȝ