いえ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ie"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Shortening of いいえ (īe, “no”).

Interjection

いえ • (ie) 

  1. alternative form of いいえ (“no”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いえ – see the following entry.
【家】2
[noun] a house
[noun] one's own home
[noun] a home, household
[noun] a family
(This term, いえ (ie), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as いえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いえ.)

Etymology 3

Conjugated form of the verb 言う (iu, “to say”).

Verb

いえ • (ie) 

  1. hypothetical and imperative forms of いう (iu) [godan]
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