ie

Other forms of ie

plural

ies·

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 ie

What does ie mean?

ie means "a commercial browser". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ie?

ie has 1 syllable: ie.

What is another word for ie?

Close synonyms include Internet Explorer, Explorer, i.e., id est. 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 ie a common word?

ie is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.