Jump To:

• i
  i

  the imaginary number .
• I
  I

  noun

  the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
• i-
  i-

  variant of y-.
• i.
  i.

  abbreviation

  imperator.
• -i-
  -i-

  the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.
• I.
  I.

  abbreviation

  Independent.
• -i
  -i

  suffix

  of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

i

¹ American  

Mathematics.

1. Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .

2. a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.

---

I ² American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

Or i

noun

• I's,
  plural
• Is,
  plural
• i's,
  plural
• is
  plural

1. the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.

3. something having the shape of an I.

4. a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.

---

I ³ American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

pronoun

• we,
  plural nominative
• me,
  objective
• us,
  objective
• my,
  possessive
• mine,
  possessive
• our,
  possessive
• ours
  possessive

1. the nominative singular pronoun, used in referring to oneself, the person speaking, writing, or otherwise communicating.

---

noun

• I's
  plural

1. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)

2. Metaphysics. the ego.

I ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway).

   I-95.

---

I ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the ninth in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.

3. Chemistry. iodine.

4. Biochemistry. isoleucine.

5. Electricity. current.

6. Logic. particular affirmative.

7. (italics) isotopic spin.

---

i- ⁶ American  

1. variant of y-.

---

i. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. imperator.

2. incisor.

3. interest.

4. intransitive.

5. island.

6. isle; isles.

---

-i- ⁸ American  

1. the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.

   cuneiform; Frenchify.

---

I. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Independent.

2. Island; Islands.

3. Isle; Isles.

---

I ¹ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

---

I ² British  

symbol

1. chem iodine

2. physics current

3. physics isospin

4. logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1

5. one See Roman numerals

---

abbreviation

1. Italy (international car registration)

-i- ³ British  

1. used between elements in a compound word Compare -o-

   cuneiform

   coniferous

---

I. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

---

i ⁵ British  

/ aɪ /

noun

1. the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet

2. any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit

3. 1. something shaped like an I

   2. ( in combination )

      an I-beam

4. to pay meticulous attention to detail

---

i ⁶ British  

symbol

1. Also called: j. the imaginary number √–1

---

-i ⁷ British  

suffix

1. of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

---

i Scientific  

/ ī /

1. The number whose square is equal to −1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.

---

i Idioms  

1. see dot the i's and cross the t's.

---

Grammar

See me.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• I's
  plural
• Is
  plural
• i's
  plural
• is
  plural
• mine
  possessive
• my
  possessive
• our
  possessive
• ours
  possessive

---

Etymology

Origin of I

First recorded before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i, Old English ic, ih; cognate with Gothic ik, German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, Old Church Slavonic azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

i I i- i. -i- I. -i I's Is i's is we me us mine my our ours

Headteachers have spoken to the i Paper over fears their schools will have to find money for a national 3.5% teacher pay rise, "despite claims it would be 'fully funded'".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“The objective is not to do an IPO. The objective is to increase shareholder value,” said Stephen Dacus, CEO of Seven & i.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Dr. Williams has always maintained that he was acting i self-defense,” Libman wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The i says a "blunder over funding teacher pay rises" means school budgets are "set for squeeze".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

And 11 worms form a small part of a day’s rations to a bird that eats i o to 12 earthworms in as many minutes.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Two weeks post-op, I started physical therapy, and as the weeks passed, I felt more and more like myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As a woman in her 50s living in youth-obsessed Los Angeles, I was well aware of my age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I got back up unscathed and proceeded to surprise him with an on-air Valentine’s Day marriage proposal on “KTLA 5 Morning News.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Although I had already consulted with three orthopedic surgeons, Drew, who married me despite my nosedive in the parking lot, wanted me to see Dr. Bert Mandelbaum at Cedars-Sinai.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Most people think I have died because I have tried very hard to efface the past,” she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Yet that doesn't make its turnaround solely the work of one heavily stubbled mastermind, who saved a company through his singular vision, taste and liberal use of the i- prefix.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011

But it wasn't until Cipla came out with the i- pill in 2007, marketing it to modern young women through television and magazine advertising, that women took to it.

From Time ● May 26, 2010

With a just and pleasing confidence, the queen replied, 'I warrant you it is for-251--vol i- gladness,'" "How many nosegays did her grace receive at poor women's hands!

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

A remarkable incident soon served to intimate the coolness and caution with which it was her intention-254--vol i- to proceed in re-establishing the maxims of the reformers.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Your majesty's humble sister to commandment, "Elizabeth." -107--vol i-

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

And a lot of people, not just the Gilbreths, were very worried that the “best women” i. e. highly educated women were not reproducing.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

Combining the results from parts i. and ii., draw a rough sketch of f .

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

For each of the following functions, determine the i. domain and ii. range.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

Within minutes, I got my answer: “@sethporges yes. my girlfriend cathy and i. and i used to do puppet shows.”

From Forbes ● Jun. 26, 2012

Hist. of Latin Christianity, vol. i. pp. 214-215.406.Milman,

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

It may be a connecting sound, like the -i- in nacht-i-gale.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The concord of the 4th prefix, Mi-, is gi-, -i-, -ji-, and sometimes -mi-.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

“Most of it comes out of the ground with the consistency of cold peanut butter,” observes economist David I. Levine of UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He told me he is not seeing other people, and neither am I. Every year he goes to Mexico for six months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Soccer: it’s been a long time coming between you and I. But here I am!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Born in Oregon to Taiwanese immigrants, Wang is herself a beneficiary of the doctrine she defended during the historic oral argument—as am I. Following the argument, interest in her background exploded.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

Neither do I. I’m not afraid of him.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Then, when you get to the step where you’re actually running the check-backup command, add -i ~/Downloads/pegasus.stix2 into the option section.

From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2021

Singular masculine words end in -us, plurals end in -i.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010

The suffix of manner defining the verb, is formed by adding the adjective with the final syllable changed to -i.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

I E -i formed abstracts and nouns of agency; I E ar go; Min ari, way, track, trail.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson

The suffix -i, added to a noun stem, forms generally a neuter verb.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

Judges were unmoved that Luitpold’s forebears had brewed in the region since 1260, written the purity law and invented Oktoberfest for his great-great-grandfather King Ludwig I’s 1810 wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The company taking the top spot on Gauntlet I’s leaderboard External link was Skycutter, a British startup that partnered with Ukrainian drone company SkyFall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

"I's a very different offering up there. You've still got beaches, but then you've got greenery and mountains and wildlife."

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Queen Elizabeth I’s elaborate mask-like daily makeup ritual not only hid her smallpox scars but was also meant to project a preternatural agelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

Then he opened both his arms and said to the people, “And y’all choosed the most beautifullest, most perfectest day for doing it! Only thing I’s got to ask is, what kept you?”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Moneyist tackles a familiar dilemma: Is being debt-free worth the tradeoff of potentially impacted investment returns?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Speaking to the BBC afterwards, Raye said she'd "poured everything I had" into the record, which features the global hit song Where Is My Husband?

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Is it possible that an under-the-radar composite materials company in St. Louis has cracked the code for running a family business sustainably while putting its workers’ well-being first?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

She watches reality TV with her kids; joining them, he offers, “I did my thesis on reality. Is this show about Platonic or Aristotelian ideas?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Is it the creepy guy at number fifty-four who we always thought turned hedgehogs into wigs?

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Now, there are still some t’s to cross and i’s to dot.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

The deputy chief told Boyd that Spivey’s body was towed “to make sure that every i’s dotted, t’s crossed to clear you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

The i's Anna Bonet added Intermezzo is "mature and profound and feels like a culmination of everything she has done before".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

She wrote in big curling script, and she dotted her letter i’s with stars.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Although the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics can describe the other two processes, calculating how energy is lost through atomic vibrations presents substantial computational obstacles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Understanding how this signaling network is organized could eventually change how certain neurological and mental health conditions are treated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

According to Silva, medical device development and clinical evaluation can often take around 10 years before clearance is obtained.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The broader goal is to move beyond treating patients with standardized protocols and toward interventions guided by measurable biological information.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The only certainty is that Joey is taken away from Lucban and brought to the Good Sisters Shepherd Convent orphanage in Quezon City, near the capital city of Manila.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"And we wanted to optimize all these parameters to support live muscle cells."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

When we got back in the car, Drew was officially my fiancé.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Different cultures use different names for the 12 or 13 full Moons across the lunar calendar, but many of the common ones we use today originate from Native American cultures.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"What we found is that this internal conversion process turns out to be more important than we thought."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Unfortunately, we don't know if the details are true.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

As age acceptance pulsed through me, I made my decision: I would go with the meniscus-only option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Sometimes it takes me longer to take a website down than to fix the PHP problem."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The guy I was crushing on helped me to my feet and became my college sweetheart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

To further aid me in my age acceptance campaign, I started to affectionately refer to my birthday as my “Double Nickels.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Pa likes to remember me brave. But I was scared.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"The underwater location allows us to implement systematic, large-scale surveys," Seama explains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hedge-fund-rich Sang-woo has an air of cool privilege, while the gloomy, taciturn Ho-seok harbors unprocessed trauma about what happened during the strike, the details of which are judiciously doled out to us in flashbacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"She meant everything to us and will be forever loved and missed deeply by her devoted family and friends. She was our rock," they added.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Even those of us who couldn’t get into MIT can spot the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I don’t know what numbers will be called in next week’s lotto; I’ve no idea who’ll win the Super Bowl or when Rihanna’s gonna grace us with new music.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

I’ve seen it happen to friends of mine, where there is a separation because the people that we turned into are now no longer compatible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dad told me more than once that the house would be mine someday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Coronado’s Curragh mine in Australia achieved its strongest quarter for run-of-mine coal production since 2020, says Jefferies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"But admiring someone does not give you the right to take, to claim as mine texts that are not my own."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

She crossed over and put her hand on mine, which was gripping the post.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

As a young professional, my trick ankle gave out and I collapsed in front of my boyfriend, Drew, in the parking lot of a TV studio in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’d been a gymnast and cheerleader in my youth, and I still wanted to be able to do cartwheels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I slid down that trail with my leg dragging behind me and injured my right knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Let’s have a party for my birthday,” I said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I don’t even need to snap the rein or press my heels.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“And more importantly, we saw 68% remission in our clinical trial. So, it’s really a quantum change, an inflection point in what we can offer to patients. From a clinical care perspective, that’s really meaningful.”

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

When we sat for dinner, speeches — or rather, roasts — broke out around the table, with our shared peals of laughter making the air ring with life and its sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

This is when our brain makes us think the Moon looks bigger because it is viewed alongside objects on the horizon such as buildings and trees.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“This means we are on IBM M&A watch for the remainder of the year, as it’s the final bridge towards IBM reaching Street revenue forecasts in 2027, in our view,” they write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

And no one here on the south side would be shocked if any of these symbols were found on members of our county sheriff’s department.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The shame in this story was never his, and it was never ours.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said he assumed I’d be fine with it since the money was still ours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No nation, even one as capable and confident as ours, can safeguard them alone,” said Amin Nasser, chief executive of Saudi’s oil giant ARAMCO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The FBI is supposed to protect families like ours.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---

Related Words

• he
• it
• she
• sie
• they
• ve
• xe
• you
• ze
• zie

---