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• Australian, Canada, UK, US: /ɪz/
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• New-Zealand: /ɘz/
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• India, North: /ɪz/
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• India, North: /ɪdʒ/ affricated
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• India, South: /ɪs/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative pronunciation of us.

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 अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: IS — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State
• French: EI — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State
• German: IS — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State
• Greek: ΙΚ (IK) — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State
• Polish: IS — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State
• Spanish: EI — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State
• Swedish: IS — Islamic State, abbreviation — see also Islamic State