î

See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

î U+00EE, î LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: i [U+0069] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← í [U+00ED] Latin-1 Supplement ï → [U+00EF]

English

Symbol

î

1. (lexicography) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "machine".
2. (lexicography) An element of the digraph îr, a dictionary transcription for the NEAR vowel

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiː/

Verb

î

1. to say, to tell

   Synonyms: he, hiyagga

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. The a conflation of a double letter ⟨i⟩ when pronounced as a single /i/, e.g. genî or genii ('geniuses', plural of genio) vs geni ('genes', plural of gene).

Usage notes

Both the diacritic and the double i are dated or didactic except where needed to avoid confusion.

Northern Kurdish

Verb

î

1. second-person singular present of bûn

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

î (lower case, upper case Î)

1. The twelfth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called î or î din i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• See the usage notes at Î.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íː/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. (Canada) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: ée

See also

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

î (lower case, upper case Î)

1. The letter of the Turkish alphabet, called î and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Not specified in the alphabet, but used officially to mark the elongated i vowel in Persian and Arabic loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. A letter of the Walloon alphabet, written in the Latin script..

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

Letter

î (upper case Î)

1. The letter I, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

Yele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɯ/

Letter

î

1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

• The digraph ⟨îî⟩ transcribes the long vowel /ɯː/

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉