i

1. 1.

   used of a single unit or thing; not two or more

   “`ane' is Scottish”

   Synonymsone1ane

   Similarcardinal

Other forms of i

plural

is·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about i

What does i mean?

i means "a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in i?

i has 1 syllable: i. In IPA it is /ˈaɪ/.

What is another word for i?

Close synonyms include iodine, iodin, atomic number 53, one, 1. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is i a common word?

i is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with i?

5 words rhyme with i. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.