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I

//aɪ// character, intj, noun, num, pron

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of a single unit or thing; not two or more wordnet
Character
  1. 1
    The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
  2. 2
    The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase
Intj
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of aye. alt-of, obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    The name of the Latin script letter I/i.

    "the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)"

  2. 2
    The ego. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 3
    Interstate. US, countable, uncountable

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

  4. 4
    the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of instrumental case. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number wordnet
  2. 7
    Abbreviation of instruction. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) wordnet
  4. 9
    Abbreviation of independent. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Numeral
  1. 1
    The ninth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. lowercase
  2. 2
    The ninth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. uppercase
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of I. alt-of, nonstandard

    "Here follow ſome few lines in the original, which not underſtanding i have omitted. […] Laſtly that amidſt ſo many viciſſitudes of fortune, to which I have been expoſed, amongſt all the goods, i ſay, and evils, the joyfull and gloomy, the pleaſing, and diſagreeable circumſtances of life, thou endowedſt me with an equal, conſtant, manly, and ſuperior ſpirit on every occaſion."

  2. 2
    The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. first-person, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective

    "I drove my sister and myself to school."

  3. 3
    The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. first-person, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective

    "Mom drove my sister and I to school."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

Etymology 2

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

Etymology 3

From Latin i, minuscule of I.

Etymology 4

From Old English iċ.

Etymology 5

From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (“I”) (also ic), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Cognates 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”), Luxembourgish ech (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh, “I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Faroese and Norn eg (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”), Asturian, Aragonese, and Spanish yo (“I”), Catalan jo (“I”), French je (“I”), Galician and Portuguese eu (“I”), Italian io (“I”), Mirandese you (“I”), Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Latvian es (“I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я (ja, “I”), Bulgarian аз (az, “I”), Czech já (“I”), Macedonian јас (jas, “I”), Polish and Slovak ja (“I”), Serbo-Croatian jȃ (“I”), Slovene jȁz (“I”), Northern Kurdish ez (“I”), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich. Capitalized since the 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

Etymology 6

From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (“I”) (also ic), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Cognates 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”), Luxembourgish ech (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh, “I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Faroese and Norn eg (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”), Asturian, Aragonese, and Spanish yo (“I”), Catalan jo (“I”), French je (“I”), Galician and Portuguese eu (“I”), Italian io (“I”), Mirandese you (“I”), Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Latvian es (“I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я (ja, “I”), Bulgarian аз (az, “I”), Czech já (“I”), Macedonian јас (jas, “I”), Polish and Slovak ja (“I”), Serbo-Croatian jȃ (“I”), Slovene jȁz (“I”), Northern Kurdish ez (“I”), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich. Capitalized since the 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

Etymology 7

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

Etymology 8

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

Etymology 9

Abbreviation.

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