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English
Symbol
î
- (lexicography) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "machine".
- (lexicography) An element of the digraph îr, a dictionary transcription for the NEAR vowel
Hadza
Pronunciation
Verb
î
- to say, to tell
- Synonyms: he, hiyagga
Italian
Pronunciation
Letter
î (upper case Î)
- The a conflation of a double letter ⟨i⟩ when pronounced as a single /i/, e.g. genî or genii ('geniuses', plural of genio) vs geni ('genes', plural of gene).
Usage notes
Both the diacritic and the double i are dated or didactic except where needed to avoid confusion.
Northern Kurdish
Verb
î
- second-person singular present of bûn
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
î (lower case, upper case Î)
- The twelfth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called î or î din i and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- See the usage notes at Î.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Tlingit
Pronunciation
Letter
î (upper case Î)
- (Canada) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- Synonym: ée
See also
- Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
- US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․
Turkish
Pronunciation
Letter
î (lower case, upper case Î)
- The letter of the Turkish alphabet, called î and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
Not specified in the alphabet, but used officially to mark the elongated i vowel in Persian and Arabic loanwords.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Walloon
Pronunciation
Letter
î (upper case Î)
- A letter of the Walloon alphabet, written in the Latin script..
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
î (upper case Î)
- The letter I, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.
Yele
Pronunciation
Letter
î
- A letter of the Yele alphabet.
Derived terms
- The digraph ⟨îî⟩ transcribes the long vowel /ɯː/
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉