i. e.

i. e.

1. Alternative form of i.e.
   • 1892, Sebastian Kneipp, “Baths”, in My Water-cure: Tested for More than 35 Years and Published for the Cure of Diseases and the Preservation of Health […], authorized and complete English edition, Kempten, Bavaria: Jos. Kœsel publisher, →OCLC, part 1 (Applications of Water), page 42:

     The foot-baths are very useful in all cases where vigorous and cold remedies cannot well be used on account of weakness, fragility, want of vital warmth, etc.; as little or no reaction takes place, i. e. the cold water cannot produce sufficient warmth for want of blood.

   • 1899, Charles Cocks, Bordeaux and Its Wines Classed by Order of Merit, 3rd English edition, Feret & Fils, […]; Libraires Associes, […], translation of original by Edouard Feret […], page 704:

     This estate consists of 33 hectares, 12 of which (i. e., about 43 journaux) are devoted to the vine.

   • 1913, Annual Report, Nebraska State Horticultural Society, page 216:

     As soon as received the plants should be unpacked, and if they can not be planted at once they should be “heeled in,” i. e., placed in a trench and thoroughly watered.

• E/I, EI

Abbreviation of időszámításunk előtt (“before the common era”, literally “before our time calculation”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈidøːsaːmiːtaːʃuŋk ˈɛløːtː]

i. e.

1. BCE

   Synonym: (= Krisztus előtt) Kr. e. (“B.C.”)

   Antonyms: (= időszámításunk szerint) i. sz., (= Krisztus után) Kr. u. (“A.D.”)

Placed before the year, as in i. e. 753 (“753 BCE”).

• i.e.

Abbreviation of id est.

i. e.

1. i.e., that is, in other words