Standard Lemma guide
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.
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contraction
Contraction of I + is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, nonstandard
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
contraction
Contraction of I + has.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, nonstandard
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
contraction
Contraction of I + was.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
contraction
It's (it is).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: contraction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
det
Synonym of my.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Synonyms: my
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of I (letter of the alphabet or the ego)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of the letter i
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh2 Proto-Indo-European *e- Proto-Indo-European *-m ? Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *eǵh2óm Proto-Germanic *eka Proto-Germanic *ek Proto-West Germanic *ik Old English iċ Middle English ik, ich, ī English I English 's English I's From I + 's (contraction of is, has, and was).
Pronunciation spelling of it's.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh2 Proto-Indo-European *e- Proto-Indo-European *-m ? Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *eǵh2óm Proto-Germanic *eka Proto-Germanic *ek Proto-West Germanic *ik Old English iċ Middle English ik, ich, ī English I English -'s English I's From I + -'s (possessive marker).
From I + -'s (suffix forming plurals).
