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/ɪtˈsɛlf/
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Australian:
/ɪtˈself/
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Northumbria:
/ɪtˈsɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛlf
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CMU ARPABET:
IH2 T S EH1 L F
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it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neuter, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person
Examples
When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
Examples
The door itself is quite heavy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
it; used to refer back to an earlier subject
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
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From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self.
Across languages
Translations 84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
نَفْسُهُ
(nafsuhu)
— (reflexive) it
Arabic :
نَفْسُهَا
(nafsuhā)
— (reflexive) it
Belarusian :
сябе́
(sjabjé)
— (reflexive) it
Belarusian :
-цца
(-cca)
— (reflexive) it
Catalan :
es
— (reflexive) it
Czech :
sám
— (reflexive) it
Czech :
se
— (reflexive) it
Czech :
sebe
— (reflexive) it
Czech :
sám sebe
— (reflexive) it
Dutch :
zichzelf
— (reflexive) it
Esperanto :
sin
— (reflexive) it
Finnish :
itsensä
— (reflexive) it
French :
se
— (reflexive) it
Galician :
se
— (reflexive) it
German :
von selbst
— (reflexive) it
German :
von allein
— (reflexive) it
German :
selbst
— (reflexive) it
German :
sich selbst
— (reflexive) it
Ancient Greek :
ἑαυτό
(heautó)
— (reflexive) it
Ancient Greek :
ἑαυτῷ
(heautōî)
— (reflexive) it
Ancient Greek :
ἑαυτοῦ
(heautoû)
— (reflexive) it
Hungarian :
maga
— (reflexive) it
Hungarian :
magát
— (reflexive) it
Italian :
sé
— (reflexive) it
Khakas :
позы
(pozı)
— (reflexive) it
Latin :
sē
— (reflexive) it
Latin :
sēsē
— (reflexive) it
Latin :
sibi
— (reflexive) it
Latin :
suī
— (reflexive) it
Mauritian Creole :
limem
— (reflexive) it
Navajo :
tʼáá bí
— (reflexive) it
Norwegian :
seg
— (reflexive) it
Polish :
się
— (reflexive) it
Portuguese :
se
— (reflexive) it
Portuguese :
a si mesmo
— (reflexive) it
Russian :
-ся
(-sja)
— (reflexive) it
Russian :
себя́
(sebjá)
— (reflexive) it
Russian :
сам себя́
(sam sebjá)
— (reflexive) it
Northern Sami :
iežas
— (reflexive) it
Lower Sorbian :
se
— (reflexive) it
Spanish :
se
— (reflexive) it
Spanish :
solo
— (reflexive) it
Spanish :
a si mismo
— (reflexive) it
Spanish :
por si mismo
— (reflexive) it
Tuvan :
боду
(bodu)
— (reflexive) it
Ukrainian :
се́бе
(sébe)
— (reflexive) it
Welsh :
ei hun
— (reflexive) it
Welsh :
ei hunan
— (reflexive) it
Yakut :
бэйэтэ
(beyete)
— (reflexive) it
American Sign Language :
A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback
— (emphatic) it
Arabic :
نَفْسُهُ
(nafsuhu)
— (emphatic) it
Arabic :
نَفْسُهَا
(nafsuhā)
— (emphatic) it
Belarusian :
яно́ само́
(janó samó)
— (emphatic) it
Bulgarian :
самият
(samijat)
— (emphatic) it
Catalan :
mateix
— (emphatic) it
Czech :
sám
— (emphatic) it
Czech :
samotný
— (emphatic) it
Czech :
o sobě
— (emphatic) it
Czech :
sám o sobě
— (emphatic) it
Czech :
jako takový
— (emphatic) it
Dutch :
zelf
— (emphatic) it
Esperanto :
mem
— (emphatic) it
Finnish :
itse
— (emphatic) it
French :
soi-même
— (emphatic) it
Galician :
mesmo
— (emphatic) it
Ancient Greek :
αὐτό
(autó)
— (emphatic) it
Hungarian :
maga
— (emphatic) it
Italian :
se stesso
— (emphatic) it
Italian :
sé stesso
— (emphatic) it
Latin :
ipsum
— (emphatic) it
Latvian :
viņš pats
— (emphatic) it
Latvian :
viņa pati
— (emphatic) it
Polish :
ono samo
— (emphatic) it
Portuguese :
ele/ela mesmo
— (emphatic) it
Portuguese :
próprio
— (emphatic) it
Portuguese :
própria
— (emphatic) it
Russian :
оно́ само́
(onó samó)
— (emphatic) it
Northern Sami :
ieš
— (emphatic) it
Slovak :
ono samo
— (emphatic) it
Spanish :
sí mismo
— (emphatic) it
Spanish :
mismo
— (emphatic) it
Spanish :
en sí
— (emphatic) it
Ukrainian :
воно́ само́
(vonó samó)
— (emphatic) it
Ukrainian :
само́
(samó)
— (emphatic) it
