is

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   third-person singular simple present indicative of be

   He is a doctor.

2. 2
   verb

   Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

   There is three of them there.

3. 3
   verb

   present indicative of be; am, are, is.

   Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip

4. 4
   pron

   Alternative spelling of us (“me”).

5. 5
   noun

   Alternative form of i's.

6. 6
   name

   Initialism of Islamic State.

7. 7
   name

   Initialism of Interior Salish.

8. 8
   noun

   Initialism of International Sign.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit…