US /ə/ UK /[aɪ]/
noun pron adj Freq #2

Meanings

  1. 1
    pron

    The word a speaker or writer uses to refer to themselves as the subject of a sentence.

    I drove my sister to school this morning.

  2. 2
    noun

    The ninth letter of the English alphabet.

    The word "ship" has an i in the middle.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
ahchichm'assmuggins
Word family
Forms i's
Derived forms i'si-novel
Related forms heherherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnimeithititselfhitselfitshis

Etymology

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…

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