Ie in Different Languages
Discover 'Ie' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Ie
Afrikaans dws | ||
Albanian dmth | ||
Amharic ማለትም | ||
Arabic بمعنى آخر | ||
Armenian այսինքն ՝ | ||
Assamese অৰ্থাৎ | ||
Aymara mä arunxa | ||
Azerbaijani yəni | ||
Bambara o kɔrɔ ye ko | ||
Basque alegia | ||
Belarusian г.зн. | ||
Bengali অর্থাত্ | ||
Bhojpuri यानी कि | ||
Bosnian tj | ||
Bulgarian т.е. | ||
Catalan és a dir | ||
Cebuano ie | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 即 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 即 | ||
Corsican ie | ||
Croatian tj | ||
Czech tj | ||
Danish dvs. | ||
Dhivehi އެއީ | ||
Dogri यानी | ||
Dutch d.w.z | ||
English ie | ||
Esperanto t.e. | ||
Estonian st | ||
Ewe i.e | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ibig sabihin | ||
Finnish eli | ||
French c'est à dire | ||
Frisian ie | ||
Galician é dicir | ||
Georgian ე.ი. | ||
German dh | ||
Greek δηλ | ||
Guarani he’iséva | ||
Gujarati એટલે કે | ||
Haitian Creole sètadi | ||
Hausa watau | ||
Hawaiian ie | ||
Hebrew כְּלוֹמַר | ||
Hindi अर्थात | ||
Hmong ie | ||
Hungarian azaz | ||
Icelandic þ.e. | ||
Igbo ntụgharị | ||
Ilocano kayatna a sawen | ||
Indonesian yaitu | ||
Irish ie | ||
Italian cioè | ||
Japanese すなわち | ||
Javanese yaiku | ||
Kannada ಅಂದರೆ | ||
Kazakh яғни | ||
Khmer ពោលគឺ | ||
Kinyarwanda ni ukuvuga | ||
Konkani म्हळ्यार | ||
Korean 즉 | ||
Krio ie | ||
Kurdish ango | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) واتە | ||
Kyrgyz б.а. | ||
Lao ie | ||
Latin id est | ||
Latvian ti | ||
Lingala elingi koloba | ||
Lithuanian t.y | ||
Luganda kwe kugamba | ||
Luxembourgish dh | ||
Macedonian т.е. | ||
Maithili अर्थात | ||
Malagasy izany hoe | ||
Malay iaitu | ||
Malayalam അതായത് | ||
Maltese jiġifieri | ||
Maori arā | ||
Marathi म्हणजे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯥꯌꯕꯗꯤ ꯑꯦꯟ | ||
Mizo tih chu a ni | ||
Mongolian өөрөөр хэлбэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆိုလိုသည်မှာ | ||
Nepali ie | ||
Norwegian dvs | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ie | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ | ||
Oromo jechuunis | ||
Pashto يعني | ||
Persian یعنی | ||
Polish to znaczy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ie | ||
Punjabi ਭਾਵ | ||
Quechua i.e | ||
Romanian adică | ||
Russian т.е. | ||
Samoan ie | ||
Sanskrit अर्थात् | ||
Scots Gaelic ie | ||
Sepedi ke gore | ||
Serbian тј | ||
Sesotho ke hore | ||
Shona kureva | ||
Sindhi يعني | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) එනම් | ||
Slovak tj | ||
Slovenian tj | ||
Somali yacni | ||
Spanish es decir | ||
Sundanese nyaéta | ||
Swahili yaani | ||
Swedish dvs. | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ibig sabihin | ||
Tajik яъне | ||
Tamil அதாவது | ||
Tatar ягъни | ||
Telugu అనగా | ||
Thai กล่าวคือ | ||
Tigrinya ማለት እዩ። | ||
Tsonga i.e | ||
Turkish yani | ||
Turkmen ýagny | ||
Twi (Akan) kyerɛ sɛ | ||
Ukrainian тобто | ||
Urdu یعنی | ||
Uyghur يەنى | ||
Uzbek ya'ni | ||
Vietnamese i e | ||
Welsh h.y. | ||
Xhosa okt | ||
Yiddish ד"ה | ||
Yoruba ie | ||
Zulu ie |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "dws" can mean "that is" (a synonym of "dit" or "dis") or to indicate that a statement is a consequence of the preceding one. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "dmth" (ie) is an acronym for "do, mi, thi" (1, 2, 3) and is also used to represent the first three letters of the alphabet. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, ማለትም means “that is to say, or namely,” and it is also an abbreviation for the phrase “ምክንያቱም ማለትም,” which means “that is the reason.” |
| Arabic | The Arabic phrase "بمعنى آخر" can also be used to mean "in other words" or "that is to say". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "այսինքն ՝" ("ie") is derived from the Greek word "ἤτοι", meaning "that is" or "namely". |
| Azerbaijani | 'Yeni' means 'new' in Azerbaijani, but it also refers to the 'small form' in grammar, which is used to create diminutive forms of nouns. |
| Basque | The word 'alegia' can also be used to refer to an 'unfair advantage'. |
| Belarusian | "р.зн." is the short for "роман Зайцев." |
| Bengali | In mathematical terms, অর্থাত্ (ie) is used to denote an implication, representing "if and only if." |
| Bosnian | The word “tj” also means “so that” |
| Bulgarian | Тъй като т.е. е съкращение от латинското "id est" (превод: това е), то може да се замени и с други изрази като "а именно", "стойностно казано" или "с други думи". |
| Catalan | The Catalan expression "és a dir" comes from Latin and can mean "that is to say" or "in other words." |
| Cebuano | The word "ie" can alternatively refer to "you/him/her/it" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to meaning "ie", 即 can also mean "promptly" or "immediately". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 即, pronounced 'jí' in Mandarin, means 'immediately' or 'namely' but can also refer to 'that is' or 'such as'. |
| Corsican | The word "ie" in Corsican also means "that". |
| Croatian | When followed by another consonant, "tj" can represent a voiceless palatal stop, as in "tjuti" (quiet). |
| Czech | The 'tj' sound in Czech can be represented by the letters 'ť' and 'ď', each of which can have multiple pronunciations. |
| Danish | It can mean "that is" in Latin, or "namely" or "that is to say" in English. |
| Dutch | D.w.z. is an abbreviation for 'dat wil zeggen', which means 'that is to say' or 'in other words'. |
| Esperanto | "T.e." is the abbreviation of "tio", a prefix used in Esperanto to create relative adjectives from nouns or roots. |
| Estonian | The word "st" can also mean "street" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The eli (ie) can also be used to indicate a female singer, or to make verbs less formal. |
| French | C'est à dire or ie also means **that is to say** and **in other words** in French. |
| Frisian | In Frisian ie (ie) is sometimes used in compound words to connect two nouns, for example in 'hûsrie', in which it means 'of the house' (similar to 'of the' in English, but without the space) |
| Galician | In Galician, "é dicir" or "ie" can also mean "that is" or "namely". |
| Georgian | The word "ე.ი." can also mean "in other words" or "that is to say". |
| German | German "dh" (ie) is derived from the "d" and "h" of medieval "ie" (long i), and occasionally represents the "i" sound in Latin loanwords. |
| Greek | "δηλ" is an abbreviation of the Greek word δηλαδή, meaning "that is," or "in other words." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "એટલે કે" (ie) is an abbreviation derived from its Sanskrit origin "अर्थात की" (arthāt kī) and can also imply "viz., namely, in other words, or that is to say" in English. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "sètadi" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a "seance" or a "meeting". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "watau" is a word also used for "an area with many anthills". In Jukun Takum, it means "to burn". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, 'ie' may also mean |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "כְּלוֹמַר" can also mean "that is to say" or "in other words". |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word अर्थात (arthāt) is often used in Hindi to indicate "for example" or "that is to say". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ie" is related to the Thai word "ii" and the Vietnamese word "hiệp", all of which mean "to join" or "to combine". |
| Hungarian | "Azaz" is the shortened and colloquial version of "azazeg." Both expressions are synonyms of the words "this" in English. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic letter "þ" is pronounced similarly to the "th" in English, but it is not cognate with that letter. Instead, it derives from the Old Norse letter "þorn", which was used to represent a voiceless dental fricative. |
| Igbo | The word "ntụgharị" can also mean "translation" or the "act of translating" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "yaitu" has its roots in the Old Malay word "iya", meaning "that" or "which". |
| Irish | The Irish word "ie" can also be used as a possessive pronoun or as a conditional particle. |
| Italian | "Ciòe" is a contraction of the Latin phrase "hoc est," meaning "this is." |
| Japanese | The word すなわち can be written as すなはち in kanji and is also used in the meaning of “that is to say”, “in other words” or “namely”. |
| Javanese | The word 'yaiku' ('ie') in Javanese can also mean 'that is', 'namely', or 'to wit'. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಅಂದರೆ" (ie) has an alternate meaning in English of "that is to say." |
| Kazakh | The word "яғни" in Kazakh language is derived from the Persian word "یعنی" and has the alternate meaning of "that is" or "in other words". |
| Khmer | The word "ពោលគឺ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "yadi" meaning "if" or "in case". |
| Korean | The Korean word "즉" (ie) is often translated as "that is" in English, but can also mean "in other words", "namely", or "that is to say" depending on the context. |
| Kurdish | The word "ango" in Kurdish can also mean "that" or "over there". |
| Kyrgyz | Б. а. is a letter in the Kyrgyz alphabet that represents the sounds /ɪ/ and /e/. |
| Lao | The word "ie" can also be used as an interjection to express surprise or disbelief. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'id est' can mean 'that is' or 'he/she/it is.' |
| Latvian | The word "ti" in Latvian can also mean "you" in the informal plural form. |
| Lithuanian | "T.y" in Lithuanian can also mean "that is" or "namely" in English. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish "dh" is derived from the Middle High German consonant "þ" (thorn) and in some cases from the Proto-Indo-European consonant cluster "dh". |
| Macedonian | The abbreviation 'т.е.' is commonly used in Macedonian to denote 'this is', 'that is' in English. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ie" is also the Malagasy equivalent of the Indonesian word "iya" which also means "yes." |
| Malay | "Ia itu" is also used in Malay as conjunction expressing cause, result, or reason. |
| Malayalam | The word "അതായത്" can also mean "that is to say" or "in other words". |
| Maltese | The word "jiġifieri" is used as a conjunction to introduce a restatement or clarification of a preceding statement, and is cognate with the Italian word "cioè" and the French word "c'est-à-dire". |
| Maori | Arā can also mean `day` or `time` in a more general sense. |
| Marathi | In Sanskrit, "म्हणजे" means "to express something" and is used to introduce an explanation or paraphrase. |
| Mongolian | The word "өөрөөр хэлбэл" can also mean "namely" or "in other words" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term “ie” is a shortened form of the Latin phrase “id est,” which means “that is.” |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "ie" can also mean "ie" in English. |
| Norwegian | In addition to meaning "ie," "dvs" can mean "namely" or "that is." This is because it derives from the Latin phrase "id est," meaning "that is." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "ie" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is also used as a question particle. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "يعني" ("ie") also means "that is" or "namely" in English. |
| Persian | The word "یعنی" (ie) in Persian can also mean "namely" or "to wit". |
| Polish | «To znaczy» in Polish is a short form of «to jest», i.e. «this is» in English, and is often used in colloquial language or in informal texts and messages. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The acronym "ie" can also mean "Id Est" which means "That is" in English. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਭਾਵ" (ie) also means sentiment, emotion, idea, or concept. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "adică" can also mean "namely" or "in other words". |
| Russian | The abbreviation "т.е." in Russian is also an abbreviation of the phrase "такой экземпляр" meaning "that copy". |
| Samoan | The word "ie" in Samoan means "to cut" and is often used in the context of cutting vegetation or trimming hedges. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "ie" in Scots Gaelic is the vocative particle, meaning "o" or "oh". |
| Serbian | The letter "тј" (Cyrillic "ie") is sometimes used in Serbian to represent the sound of the Latin letter "j". |
| Sesotho | The word "ke hore" in Sesotho can also mean "that I am" or "that I may" depending on the context. |
| Shona | The word "kureva" can also refer to a type of dance or a traditional healer. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "يعني" is derived from the Arabic word "يعني" and has the alternate meaning of "that is" or "namely". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "එනම්" is derived from the Sanskrit word "एवम्" (evam), which means "thus" or "in this way"} |
| Slovak | Although "tj" is pronounced "ie" in Slovak, its spelling derives from the Czech "tě" instead of "ti." |
| Slovenian | The word "tj" in Slovenian is the equivalent of the letters "ie" in English, as in the word "tie". |
| Somali | In the Northern Somali dialect, 'yacni' ('ie') can also be used to emphasize adjectives and adverbs or to express 'namely'. |
| Spanish | The Spanish phrase "es decir" (ie) also means "that is to say" or "in other words." |
| Sundanese | The word "nyaéta" (ie) can also be used to introduce a quotation or an example. |
| Swahili | The word "yaani" in Swahili, also means "as if" or "that is." |
| Swedish | Dvs. is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "id est" or the German "das ist," both of which mean "that is." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "ibig sabihin" also translates to "meaning." It is sometimes used to introduce the meaning of an acronym or abbreviation, similar to the English term "i.e." |
| Tajik | "Яъне" is the Tajiki form of the Persian word "يعني" (yani), meaning "namely, that is to say". In Tajik, it can also be used as a conjunction to introduce a quotation or to emphasize a particular point. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'அதாவது' is also used to introduce an example, illustration, or amplification of a previous statement. |
| Telugu | In Old Telugu, "అనగా" meant "this is to say" and "as follows". |
| Thai | The word "กล่าวคือ" in Thai means “that is to say” and can be used to indicate an example or a clarification. |
| Turkish | 'Yani' comes from the Arabic word 'yani', which means 'namely' or 'that is to say'. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian term "тобто" derives from the Greek conjunction 'τοιουτóστι', meaning 'that is'. |
| Urdu | The word "یعنی" also means "what is to say" or "that is" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "ya'ni" can also mean "namely" or "that is to say," serving as a conjunction to introduce an explanation or clarification. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese language contains 23 final vowels, and the most common of which that contains "ie" is "iê". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "h.y." is an abbreviation of the word "hyfryd," meaning "beautiful" or "pleasant." |
| Xhosa | The term originates from the Afrikaans “ek weet”, which means “I know” in English. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "ד"ה" ("ie") is also used to introduce a direct quotation. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, ie is also a possessive pronoun and can mean 'his or hers'. |
| Zulu | The word "ie" is used to mean "yes" or "indeed" in Zulu. It can also be used as a response to a question or a statement to indicate agreement or understanding. |
| English | The word "ie" is often used as an abbreviation for "id est," a Latin phrase meaning "that is." |