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i.e.

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˌaɪˈiː/
  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /ɪd ɛst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iː

1

adv

Meaning 1

That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: initialism

Examples

  • While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

that is to say; in other words

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ie, id est

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin i. e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).

Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: d.w.s. — that is
  • Arabic: أَيْ (ʔay) — that is
  • Arabic: يَعْنِي (yaʕnī) — that is
  • Armenian: այսինքն (aysinkʻn) — that is
  • Azerbaijani: yəni — that is
  • Bashkir: йәғни (yəğni) — that is
  • Belarusian: гэ́та зна́чыць (héta znáčycʹ) — that is
  • Belarusian: г. зн. (h. zn.) — that is
  • Bengali: ইয়ানে (iẏane) — that is
  • Bulgarian: т.е. (t.e.) — that is
  • Bulgarian: то́ест (tóest) — that is
  • Catalan: és a dir — that is
  • Catalan: això és — that is
  • Chinese Mandarin: 也就是 (yějiùshì) — that is
  • Chinese Mandarin: 就是 (jiùshì) — that is
  • Chinese Mandarin: 即 (jí) — that is
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亦即 (yìjí) — that is
  • Czech: tj. — that is
  • Danish: dvs. — that is
  • Dutch: d.w.z. — that is
  • Esperanto: t.e. — that is
  • Estonian: ehk — that is
  • Finnish: eli — that is
  • Finnish: ts. — that is
  • Finnish: l. — that is
  • French: c.-à-d. — that is
  • French: c'est-à-dire — that is
  • French: i.e. — that is
  • Galician: é dicir — that is
  • Galician: ou sexa — that is
  • Georgian: ესე იგი (ese igi) — that is
  • Georgian: ე.ი. (e.i.) — that is
  • German: d. h. — that is
  • Greek: δηλ. (dil.) — that is
  • Greek: δηλαδή (diladí) — that is
  • Hebrew: היינו \ הָיְנוּ (háy'nu) — that is
  • Hebrew: כְּלוֹמַר (klomár) — that is
  • Hebrew: זאת אומרת (zót oméret) — that is
  • Hebrew: קְרִי (qri) — that is
  • Hindi: अर्थात (arthāt) — that is
  • Hindi: यानी (yānī) — that is
  • Hungarian: azaz — that is
  • Hungarian: ill. — that is
  • Icelandic: þ.e. — that is
  • Icelandic: þ.e.a.s. — that is
  • Ido: t.e. — that is
  • Ido: c.e. — that is
  • Irish: .i. — that is
  • Old Irish: .i. — that is
  • Italian: cioè — that is
  • Japanese: すなわち (sunawachi) — that is
  • Japanese: つまり (tsumari) — that is
  • Korean: 즉 (jeuk) — that is
  • Korean: 곧 (got) — that is
  • Northern Kurdish: anku — that is
  • Northern Kurdish: yanî — that is
  • Latin: i. e. — that is
  • Latin: sc. — that is
  • Latin: h. e. — that is
  • Lithuanian: t.y. — that is
  • Macedonian: т.е. (t.e.) — that is
  • Macedonian: то ест — that is
  • Malay: iaitu — that is
  • Malay: yakni — that is
  • Malayalam: അതായത് (atāyatŭ) — that is
  • Eastern Mari: але (aĺe) — that is
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dvs. — that is
  • Norwegian Bokmål: altså — that is
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: d.e. — that is
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dvs. — that is
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: altso — that is
  • Old English: ꝥ is — that is
  • Persian: یعنی (ya'ni) — that is
  • Polish: tzn. — that is
  • Polish: tj. — that is
  • Polish: czyli — that is
  • Portuguese: isto é — that is
  • Portuguese: ou seja — that is
  • Russian: т. е. — that is
  • Russian: то́ есть (tó jestʹ) — that is
  • Scottish Gaelic: .i. — that is
  • Serbo-Croatian: тј. — that is
  • Serbo-Croatian: tj. (tȏ jȅst) — that is
  • Slovak: čiže — that is
  • Slovak: tzn. — that is
  • Slovak: teda — that is
  • Spanish: es decir — that is
  • Spanish: a saber — that is
  • Spanish: o sea — that is
  • Spanish: esto es — that is
  • Swahili: yaani — that is
  • Swedish: dvs — that is
  • Swedish: dvs. — that is
  • Swedish: d.v.s. — that is
  • Tajik: яъне (ya'ne) — that is
  • Tibetan: དེ་ཡང (de yang) — that is
  • Tibetan: དེའང (de'ang) — that is
  • Tibetan: དེ་ལའང (de la'ang) — that is
  • Tibetan: དེ་ལ (de la) — that is
  • Tibetan: དེ་ལ་འདིར (de la 'dir) — that is
  • Tibetan: འདི་ལྟ་སྟེ ('di lta ste) — that is
  • Turkish: yani — that is
  • Ukrainian: то́бто (tóbto) — that is
  • Urdu: یعنی (yā'nī) — that is
  • Uzbek: yani — that is
  • Vietnamese: tức — that is
  • Welsh: h.y. — that is
  • Yiddish: ד״ה (d"h) — that is
  • Yoruba: i.n.p. — that is
  • Yoruba: ìyẹn ni pé — that is