ie

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

Translingual

Symbol

ie

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

English

Adverb

ie

1. Alternative form of i.e.

Anagrams

• E/I, EI

Acehnese

Alternative forms

• i

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

• e

Etymology

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

Interjection

ie

1. yes

Antonyms

• nu

Dutch

Etymology 1

Likely from earlier Middle Dutch hi. Doublet of hij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Pronoun

ie

1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Third-person singular, masculine, subjective, mute form: he

   Hoe doet ie dat? ― How does he do that?

Alternative forms

• 'ie (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Likely from unstressed je.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Pronoun

ie

1. (Holland, colloquial) Second-person singular, mute form: you

   Heb ie de krant al gelezen? ― Have you already read the newspaper?

Declension

Alternative forms

• 'ie (obsolete)

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

• eeuw
• edoch
• nie
• ieder, iedereen, iederman
• iegelijk
• ergens, iemand, iewers, immer, ooit
• nergens, niemand, niewers, nimmer, nooit

Anagrams

• ei

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈie]
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: i‧e

Adverb

ie (accusative ien)

1. somewhere (indeterminate correlative of place)

Derived terms

• ie ajn (“anywhere”)

See also

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪː/
• IPA^(key): /ɛː/ (before vowelised għ/h + consonant)

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

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

Middle French

Alternative forms

• je, i', j' (elided)

Pronoun

ie

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants

• French: je, j’
• Norman: jeo, je

See also

• moy
• me
• mien
• mon

Old Occitan

Pronoun

ie

1. Alternative form of eu

Romanian

Alternative forms

• iie — nonstandard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈije/

Etymology 1

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

Related terms

• in

See also

• bluză

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

See also

• pântece, vintre

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ɛ/
• Rhymes: -iːɛ

Particle

ie

1. yes, aye

   Synonym: ia

   Antonyms: naci, nage

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