Standard Lemma guide

ich

name · noun · pron · 7 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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  • /ɪk/
  • /iːt͡ʃ/
  • /ɪt͡ʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːtʃ
  • rhymes with -ɪtʃ
  • homophone: each
  • homophone: itch
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

literal transcription of Freud’s German-language psychological term “Ich”, more often termed ego in English. See ego.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of intracranial hemorrhage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of intracranial hematoma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of intangible cultural heritage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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7

pron

Meaning 7

I.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, personal

Examples

  • Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.

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History

Etymology

From German Ich. Doublet of ego, I, and ich.

Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.

From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh2óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.