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I.

The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.

1 character1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/aɪ/[aɪ]Received-Pronunciation[äj]Received-Pronunciation/aː/Northumbria

  1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.

    first-person · personal · pronoun · singular · subjective
    I drove my sister and myself to school.

  2. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.

    first-person · nonstandard · personal · pronoun · singular · subjective
    Mom drove my sister and I to school.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English a, hi, hich, hij, I, ic, ich, ichc, ichs, ick, ig, ih, ik, j, jch, y, from Old English ic, ich, ih, ᛁᚳ (ic), ᛁᚴ (ik, “I”), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”), from Proto-Germanic *ek, *eka, *ik (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Cognates Cognate with Scots A, I, Ik (“I”), Yola Ich (“I”), North Frisian ick, ik, 'k (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Alemannic German i, ich, ig (“I”), Bavarian and Mòcheno i (“I”), Central Franconian eich, ich (“I”), Cimbrian i, ich (“I”), Dutch ick, ik, ikke (“I”), Low German eck, ick, ik, öck (“I”), German ich (“I”), Limburgish ich, iich (“I”), Luxembourgish ech (“I”), Vilamovian ych (“I”), West Flemish 'k (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh), יאַך (yakh, “I”), Danish jeg, jæ (“I”), Elfdalian ig (“I”), Faroese eg, jeg (“I”), Icelandic eg, ég, ek, jeg (“I”), Jutish æ (“I”), Norn eg (“I”), Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg, æg (“I”), Swedish i, jag (“I”), Crimean Gothic ich (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”); also Asturian, Aragonese, and Spanish yo (“I”), Catalan jo (“I”), French je (“I”), Galician and Portuguese eu (“I”), Italian io (“I”), Leonese and Mirandese you (“I”), Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Latvian es (“I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я (ja, “I”), Bulgarian аз (az, “I”), Czech já (“I”), Macedonian јас (jas, “I”), Polish and Slovak ja (“I”), Serbo-Croatian jȃ (“I”), Slovene jȁz (“I”), Northern Kurdish ez (“I”), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich. Capitalized since the 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

noun/aɪ/[aɪ]Received-Pronunciation[äj]Received-Pronunciation/aː/Northumbria

  1. The ego.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English a, hi, hich, hij, I, ic, ich, ichc, ichs, ick, ig, ih, ik, j, jch, y, from Old English ic, ich, ih, ᛁᚳ (ic), ᛁᚴ (ik, “I”), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”), from Proto-Germanic *ek, *eka, *ik (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Cognates Cognate with Scots A, I, Ik (“I”), Yola Ich (“I”), North Frisian ick, ik, 'k (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Alemannic German i, ich, ig (“I”), Bavarian and Mòcheno i (“I”), Central Franconian eich, ich (“I”), Cimbrian i, ich (“I”), Dutch ick, ik, ikke (“I”), Low German eck, ick, ik, öck (“I”), German ich (“I”), Limburgish ich, iich (“I”), Luxembourgish ech (“I”), Vilamovian ych (“I”), West Flemish 'k (“I”), Yiddish איך (ikh), יאַך (yakh, “I”), Danish jeg, jæ (“I”), Elfdalian ig (“I”), Faroese eg, jeg (“I”), Icelandic eg, ég, ek, jeg (“I”), Jutish æ (“I”), Norn eg (“I”), Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg, æg (“I”), Swedish i, jag (“I”), Crimean Gothic ich (“I”), Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik, “I”); also Asturian, Aragonese, and Spanish yo (“I”), Catalan jo (“I”), French je (“I”), Galician and Portuguese eu (“I”), Italian io (“I”), Leonese and Mirandese you (“I”), Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Latvian es (“I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”), Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian я (ja, “I”), Bulgarian аз (az, “I”), Czech já (“I”), Macedonian јас (jas, “I”), Polish and Slovak ja (“I”), Serbo-Croatian jȃ (“I”), Slovene jȁz (“I”), Northern Kurdish ez (“I”), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám, “I”), Hittite 𒌑𒊌 (ūk, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich. Capitalized since the 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading and omission (due to cursive writing).

character/aɪ/[aɪ]Received-Pronunciation[äj]Received-Pronunciation/aː/Northumbria

  1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan I (i).

noun/aɪ/[aɪ]Received-Pronunciation[äj]Received-Pronunciation/aː/Northumbria

  1. Abbreviation of interstate.

    US · abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
    I-95 begins at Houlton, Maine and terminates at Miami, Florida, connecting numerous major cities in the East Coast.

  2. Abbreviation of instrumental case.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable

  3. Abbreviation of instruction.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable

  4. Abbreviation of independent.

    US · abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Abbreviation.

intj/aɪ/[aɪ]Received-Pronunciation[äj]Received-Pronunciation/aː/Northumbria

  1. Obsolete spelling of aye.

    alt-of · obsolete
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