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Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

IE

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Ireland.
    Synonym: IRL (alpha-3)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

IE

  1. Initialism of Internet Explorer.
Synonyms
  • MSIE (Microsoft Internet Explorer)

English

Proper noun

IE

  1. (linguistics, anthropology, etc.) Initialism of Indo-European.
    See also: PIE
  2. (rail transport) Initialism of Iarnród Éireann. (Irish Railways)
  3. Abbreviation of Indian English.
    • 2007 March 23, Claudia Lange, “Focus marking in Indian English”, in English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English, volume 28, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 89–118:
      more widely and more freely in Indian English (IE) than in other international varieties
    • 2007 December 19, Rajendra Singh, “The Nature, Structure, and Status of Indian English”, in Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 33–46:
      I examine three theses: (1) that IE is a substratum-laden
    • 2012 May 28, Pingali Sailaja, “Indian English: Features and Sociolinguistic Aspects”, in Language and Linguistics Compass, volume 6, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 359–370:
      Indian English (IE) is considered

Translations

Noun

IE (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) Initialism of infective endocarditis.

Adjective

IE (not comparable)

  1. Indo-European
    IE linguistics

Anagrams

Angami

Letter

IE

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

See also

Danish

Noun

IE

  1. (pharmacy) Initialism of international enhed., IU

Irish

Proper noun

IE

  1. (rail transport) Initialism of Iarnród Éireann.