id

English Online Dictionary. What means id‎? What does id mean?

Translingual

Symbol

id

1. (mathematics) identity function

Numeral

id

1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing four hundred and ninety-nine (499).

Alternative forms

• (roman numeral): ID, CDXCIX, cdxcix

See also

• Previous: iid (four hundred and ninety-eight, 498)
• Next: d (five hundred, 500)

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English

Etymology 1

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪd/
• enPR: ĭd
• Rhymes: -ɪd
• Homophone: it'd

Noun

id (plural ids)

1. The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.

Translations

Synonyms

• (unconscious impulsive component of the personality): lizard brain, reptilian brain

Coordinate terms

• ego
• superego

Further reading

• Id, ego and super-ego on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Swedish id.

Noun

id (plural ids)

1. Alternative spelling of ide

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of identifier.

Noun

id (plural ids)

1. (computing) Identifier.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of idem., from Latin idem (“same”)

Noun

id

1. Used in citations to state that the citation is to the work immediately previously cited.

See also

• ID
• id reaction

Anagrams

• DI, Di, dI, di, di-

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Blagar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /id/

Noun

id

1. star

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English id, from New Latin as a translation of German Es from the pronoun es (“it”).

Noun

id n

1. id (psychoanalysis)

Synonyms

• ono n

See also

• ego n
• superego n

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ið. More at ident.

Noun

id c

1. pursuit, business, calling

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin id as a translation of German Es from the pronoun es (“it”).

Noun

id n (singular definite id'et, not used in plural form)

1. id (one of the three components of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model)

Etymology 3

Noun

id n

1. ID (identification or identity documentation, such as in ID card)

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Irish

Alternative forms

• id', it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪd̪ˠ/

Contraction

id (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of i do (“in your”).

Related terms

Further reading

• "id" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Latin

Etymology

From the pronominal Proto-Indo-European *ís; see also Old Church Slavonic онъ (onŭ, “he”), Lithuanian ans (“he”), Latin idem (“the same”), and Sanskrit third person pronoun एना (enā, “that”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /id/, [ɪd̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /id/, [id̪]

Pronoun

id n

1. nominative neuter of is; it ((used as subject))
2. accusative neuter of is; it ((used as object))

Descendants

• Czech: id
• Danish: id
• English: id

See also

References

• id in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

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Malay

Noun

id

1. feast day

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Maltese

Etymology

From general dialectal Arabic ايد‎ (ʾīd), variant of classical يَد‎ (yad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːt/

Noun

id f (plural idejn)

1. (anatomy) hand

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Polish

Etymology

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it/

Noun

id n (indeclinable)

1. (psychoanalysis) id (the unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model)

Further reading

• id in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• id in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

id m (plural ids)

1. Abbreviation of identificador.
2. Abbreviation of identificação.

Adverb

id (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of idem.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈid/, [ˈið]

Verb

id

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of ir.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

id c

1. (obsolete) effort, work, occupation

   de voro nog skilda / till stånd och id, / men samma milda / söndagsfrid / låg över alla pannor dock.

   they belonged to different stands and occupations, but their foreheads shared the same mild Sunday peace.

   det unga, kraftiga amerikanska folkets rastlösa lif och id

   the young, strong American people's restless life and work

2. (rare) the tree Taxus baccata, more commonly known as idegran
3. ide; a fish, Leuciscus idus

See also

• Taxus baccata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taxus baccata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Leuciscus idus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Leuciscus idus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• DI, di