Thesaurus: i

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1. In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.
2. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
3. object. The word/nominative">nominative word/case">case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
4. n. a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
5. n. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
6. n. the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
7. adj. used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
8. 1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in pine, ice; and the short sound, as in pîn. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign. friend; and with o often forms a proper diphtong, as in oil, join, coin. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 98-106. Note: The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together. 2. In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it. 3. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc. The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
9. The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; theword with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.