ie

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Translingual

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Symbol

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ie

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

English

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Adverb

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ie

  1. Alternative form of i.e.

Anagrams

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Acehnese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Indonesian air (water).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /iə/

Noun

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ie

  1. water
    ie bitreal water

References

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  • Mark Durie, A Grammar of Acehnese: On the Basis of a Dialect of North Aceh (1985)

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Interjection

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ie

  1. yes

Antonyms

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Likely from earlier Middle Dutch hi. Doublet of hij.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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ie

  1. (Netherlands, colloquial) Third-person singular, masculine, subjective, mute form: he
    Hoe doet ie dat?How does he do that?
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Etymology 2

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Likely from unstressed je.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ie

  1. (Holland, colloquial) Second-person singular, mute form: you
    Heb ie de krant al gelezen?Have you already read the newspaper?
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Etymology 3

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Ultimately from Old Dutch io.

Adverb

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ie

  1. (obsolete) always, every time, continuously
  2. (obsolete) ever, sometime, at some point
Usage notes
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Was entirely replaced by words like altijd ("always, every time") and ooit ("ever, sometime, at some point") by the late 16th century.

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ie (accusative ien)

  1. somewhere (indeterminate correlative of place)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ie

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いえ

Ladin

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Verb

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ie

  1. (Val Gardena) third-person singular present indicative of ester - is

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ie (upper case Ie)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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  • 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 , 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.

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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ie

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants

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  • French: je, j’
  • Norman: jeo, je

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Old Occitan

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Pronoun

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ie

  1. Alternative form of eu

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Woman wearing an ie

Inherited from Latin (vestis) līnea (linen garment). Compare Old Spanish linia (a kind of garment). Doublet of linie (line), a later borrowing.

Noun

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ie f (plural ii)

  1. traditional Romanian embroidered blouse
Declension
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singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (o) ie ia (niște) ii iile
genitive/dative (unei) ii iei (unor) ii iilor
vocative ie, io iilor
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin īlia, plural of īle.

Noun

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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
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singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (o) ie ia (niște) ii iile
genitive/dative (unei) ii iei (unor) ii iilor
vocative ie, io iilor
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from German ja (yes), or perhaps from Latin est ((it) is).

Adverb

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ie

  1. (regional, Transylvania) yes
    Synonym: da

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh ief, ieu, from Proto-Brythonic *ī semos (that is so).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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ie

  1. yes, aye
    Synonym: ia
    Antonyms: naci, nage
    Ai ef yw dy dad? Ie, dyna ef.
    Is he your father? Yes, that is he.
    Ife fe yw dy dad? Ie, dyna fe.
    Is he your dad? Yes, that’s him.

Usage notes

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  • 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

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  • 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