いえ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ie"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Shortening of いいえ (īe, “no”).

Interjection

いえ • (ie) 

1. Alternative form of いいえ (“no”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いえ – see the following entry.

【家】2 [noun] a house [noun] one's own home [noun] a home, household [noun] a family

(This term, いえ (ie), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いえ.)

Etymology 3

Conjugated form of the verb 言う (iu, “to say”).

Verb

いえ • (ie) 

1. hypothetical and imperative forms of いう (iu) [godan]