ie

See also: -ie and Appendix:Variations of "ie"

Translingual

Symbol

ie

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Interlingue.

English

Adverb

ie

Alternative form of i.e.

Anagrams

E/I, EI

Acehnese

Alternative forms

i

Etymology

Compare Indonesian air (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iə/

Noun

ie

water
ie bit — real water

References

Mark Durie, A Grammar of Acehnese: On the Basis of a Dialect of North Aceh (1985)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

e

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

ie

yes

Antonyms

nu

Dutch

Etymology 1

Likely from earlier Middle Dutch hi. Doublet of hij.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i/
Audio: (file)

Pronoun

ie

(Netherlands, colloquial) Third-person singular, masculine, subjective, mute form: he
Hoe doet ie dat? ― How does he do that?

Alternative forms

'ie (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Likely from unstressed je.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i/
Audio: (file)

Pronoun

ie

(Holland, colloquial) Second-person singular, mute form: you
Heb ie de krant al gelezen? ― Have you already read the newspaper?

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive	genitive⁵
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k¹	mij	me	mijn	m'n¹	mijne	me	mijner, mijns
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u, zich⁷	uwer, uws
3rd person masculine	hij	ie¹	hem	'm¹	zijn	z'n¹	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r¹, 'r¹, d'r¹	haar	h'r¹, 'r¹, d'r¹	hare	zich	harer, haars
3rd person neuter	het	't¹	het	't¹	zijn	z'n¹	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze²	–	onze	ons	onzer, onzes
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd person archaic or regiolectal⁶	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u, zich⁷	uwer, uws
3rd person	zij	ze	hen³, hun⁴	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner, huns
¹⁾ Not as common in written language. ²⁾ Inflected as an adjective. ³⁾ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). ⁴⁾ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). ⁵⁾ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. ⁶⁾ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").				⁷⁾ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.'

Alternative forms

'ie (obsolete)

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Old Dutch io.

Adverb

ie

(obsolete) always, every time, continuously
(obsolete) ever, sometime, at some point

Usage notes

Was entirely replaced by words like altijd ("always, every time") and ooit ("ever, sometime, at some point") by the late 16th century.

Related terms

eeuw
edoch
nie
ieder, iedereen, iederman
iegelijk
ergens, iemand, iewers, immer, ooit
nergens, niemand, niewers, nimmer, nooit

Anagrams

ei

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -e (correlative suffix of place).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈie]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ie
Hyphenation: i‧e

Adverb

ie (accusative ien)

somewhere (indeterminate correlative of place)

Derived terms

ie ajn (“anywhere”)

Japanese

Romanization

ie

Rōmaji transcription of いえ

Ladin

Verb

ie

(Val Gardena) third-person singular present indicative of ester - is

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪː/
IPA^(key): /ɛː/ (before vowelised għ/h + consonant)

Letter

ie (upper case Ie)

The thirteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Ie was made a letter in its own right only in the 1990s. In older dictionaries, lists, etc., it is treated as i + e.
Ie is used in stressed syllables only. When unstressed, it is reduced to e or i. In closed syllables, the reduction is generally e; in open syllables it is predominantly i, but both may be possible.
Before the letters għ, ħ, h, q, the long vowel phonemes i and ie merge. The orthographic distinction is based on etymology and morphological analogy, which causes rather frequent spelling errors even in edited texts.

Middle French

Alternative forms

je, i', j' (elided)

Pronoun

ie

I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Descendants

French: je, j’
Norman: jeo, je

Old Occitan

Pronoun

ie

Alternative form of eu

Romanian

Alternative forms

iie — nonstandard

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈije/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin (vestis) līnea (“linen garment”). Compare Old Spanish linia (“a kind of garment”). Doublet of linie (“line”), a later borrowing.

Noun

ie f (plural ii)

traditional Romanian embroidered blouse

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	ie	ia	ii	iile
genitive-dative	ii	iei	ii	iilor
vocative	ie, io		iilor

Related terms

in

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin īlia, plural of īle.

Noun

ie f (plural ii) (rare, archaic)

the lower part of the abdomen or belly, especially in animals such as livestock
the skin that hangs down from the belly of an ox
the pastern on a horse
Synonym: chișiță
guts, bowels, or entrails
Synonyms: măruntaie, viscere

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	ie	ia	ii	iile
genitive-dative	ii	iei	ii	iilor
vocative	ie, io		iilor

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German ja (yes), or perhaps from Latin est ((it) is).

Adverb

ie

(regional, Transylvania) yes
Synonym: da

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ief, ieu, from Proto-Brythonic *ī semos (“that is so”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ɛ/
Rhymes: -iːɛ

Particle

ie

yes, aye
Synonym: ia

Antonyms: naci, nage

Ai ef yw dy dad? Ie, dyna ef.
Is he your father? Yes, that is he.

Ife fe yw dy dad? Ie, dyna fe.
Is he your dad? Yes, that’s him.

Usage notes

Used to reply to questions or statements with a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. For a regular unemphatic verb-initial question or statement, other words of agreement are employed.
This word is found in the standard language and also colloquially in south Wales. In the north, ia is the preferred colloquial form.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ie”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
		Interrogative	Demonstrative	Indefinite	Universal	Negative
Kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
Reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
Time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
Place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
Motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
Manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
Possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
Demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
Amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
Demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu