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Translingual

Symbol

ie

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Interlingue.

English

Adverb

ie

  1. Alternative form of i.e.

Anagrams

Acehnese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Indonesian air (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /iə/

Noun

ie

  1. water
    ie bit — real water

References

  • Mark Durie, A Grammar of Acehnese: On the Basis of a Dialect of North Aceh (1985)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

ie

  1. yes

Antonyms

Dutch

Etymology 1

Likely from earlier Middle Dutch hi. Doublet of hij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
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Pronoun

ie

  1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Third-person singular, masculine, subjective, mute form: he.
    Hoe doet ie dat? ― How does he do that?
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Likely from unstressed je.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ie

  1. (Holland, colloquial) Second-person singular, mute form: you.
    Heb ie de krant al gelezen? ― Have you already read the newspaper?
Inflection
Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Old Dutch io.

Adverb

ie

  1. (obsolete) always, every time, continuously
  2. (obsolete) ever, sometime, at some point
Usage notes

Was entirely replaced by words like altijd ("always, every time") and ooit ("ever, sometime, at some point") by the late 16th century.

Related terms

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -e (correlative suffix of place).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ie (accusative ien)

  1. somewhere (indeterminate correlative of place)

Derived terms

See also

Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative Demonstrative Indefinite Universal Negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
Kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
Reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
Time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
Place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
Motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
Manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
Possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
Demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
Amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
Demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Japanese

Romanization

ie

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いえ

Ladin

Verb

ie

  1. (Val Gardena) third-person singular present indicative of ester - is

Maltese

Pronunciation

Letter

ie (upper case Ie)

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

Usage notes

  • Ie was made a letter in its own right only in the 1990s. In older dictionaries, lists, etc., it is treated as i + e.
  • Ie is used in stressed syllables only. When unstressed, it is reduced to e or i. In closed syllables, the reduction is generally e; in open syllables it is predominantly i, but both may be possible.
  • Before the letters għ, ħ, h, q, the long vowel phonemes i and ie merge. The orthographic distinction is based on etymology and morphological analogy, which causes rather frequent spelling errors even in edited texts.

See also

Middle French

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ie

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants

  • French: je, j’
  • Norman: jeo, je

See also

Old Occitan

Pronoun

ie

  1. Alternative form of eu

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Woman wearing an ie

Inherited from Latin (vestis) līnea (“linen garment”). Doublet of linie (“line”), a later borrowing.

Noun

ie f (plural ii)

  1. traditional Romanian embroidered blouse
Declension
Declension of ie
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) ie ia (niște) ii iile
genitive/dative (unei) ii iei (unor) ii iilor
vocative ie, io iilor
Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin īlia, plural of īle.

Noun

ie f (plural ii) (rare, archaic)

  1. the lower part of the abdomen or belly, especially in animals such as livestock
  2. the skin that hangs down from the belly of an ox
  3. the pastern on a horse
    Synonym: chișiță
  4. guts, bowels, or entrails
    Synonyms: măruntaie, viscere
Declension
Declension of ie
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) ie ia (niște) ii iile
genitive/dative (unei) ii iei (unor) ii iilor
vocative ie, io iilor
See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German ja (yes), or perhaps from Latin est ((it) is).

Adverb

ie

  1. (regional, Transylvania) yes
    Synonym: da

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ief, ieu, from Proto-Brythonic *ī semos (“that is so”).

Pronunciation

Particle

ie

  1. yes, aye
    Synonym: ia
    Antonyms: naci, nage
    Ai ef yw dy dad? Ie, dyna ef.
    Is he your father? Yes, that is he.
    Ife fe yw dy dad? Ie, dyna fe.
    Is he your dad? Yes, that’s him.

Usage notes

  • Used to reply to questions or statements with a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. For a regular unemphatic verb-initial question or statement, other words of agreement are employed.
  • This word is found in the standard language and also colloquially in south Wales. In the north, ia is the preferred colloquial form.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ie”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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