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is¹

  • /ɪz/ Australia, Canada, UK, US
  • /ɘz/ New Zealand
  • /ɪz/ India, North
  • /ɪdʒ/ India, North
  • /ɪs/ India, South

Rhymes with -ɪz

Where it comes from

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.

verb ees · 's · iz

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of be He is a doctor.
  2. colloquial Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural. There is three of them there.
  3. dialectal, indicative, present present indicative of be; am, are, is.be Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip

Similar: beeth, bes

is²

Where it comes from

Alternative pronunciation of us.

pronoun

  1. Geordie, alternative Alternative spelling of us (“me”).us

is³

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. alternative, rare Alternative form of i's.i's

IS⁴

proper noun I.S. · I. S.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Islamic State.Islamic State
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Interior Salish.Interior Salish

noun I.S. · I. S.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of International Sign.International Sign
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of information system(s).information system(s)
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of international studies.international studies
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of implementation shortfall.implementation shortfall

Is⁵

noun

  1. plural plural of I
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Islands (also Is.)Islands

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