î

English

Symbol

î

1. (lexicography) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "machine".
2. (lexicography) An element of the digraph îr, a dictionary transcription for the NEAR vowel

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiː/

Verb

î

1. to say, to tell

   Synonyms: he, hiyagga

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. 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

1. second-person singular present of bûn

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

î (lower case, upper case Î)

1. 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, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, 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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

î (lower case, upper case Î)

1. 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, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, 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, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. A letter of the Walloon alphabet, written in the Latin script..

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. The letter I, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.