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î U+00EE, î
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Composition:i [U+0069] + ◌̂ [U+0302]
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Latin-1 Supplement ï

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

Verb

î

  1. to say, to tell
    Synonyms: he, hiyagga

Italian

Pronunciation

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

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

Tlingit

Pronunciation

Letter

î (upper case Î)

  1. (Canada) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: ée

See also

Turkish

Pronunciation

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


Walloon

Pronunciation

Letter

î (upper case Î)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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.

Yele

Pronunciation

Letter

î

  1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

  • The digraph îî transcribes the long vowel /ɯː/

See also