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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i.e., an abbreviation of:- Foreign TermsLatin id est that is.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024IE, - Language VarietiesIndo-European.
-ie, - var. of -y 2.
I.E., - Language VarietiesIndo-European.
- Industrial Engineer.
i.e., - Foreign Termsthat is.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: IE abbreviation for - Indo-European (languages)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ie suffix forming nouns - a variant of -y2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -y, -ey suffix forming adjectives - (from nouns) characterized by; consisting of; filled with; relating to; resembling: sunny, sandy, smoky, classy
- (from verbs) tending to; acting or existing as specified: leaky, shiny
Etymology: from Old English -ig, -ǣg -y, -ie, -ey suffix informal - denoting smallness and expressing affection and familiarity: a doggy, a granny, Jamie
- a person or thing concerned with or characterized by being: a groupie, a fatty
Etymology: 14th Century: from Scottish -ie, -y, familiar suffix occurring originally in names, as in Jamie (James) -y suffix forming nouns - (from verbs) indicating the act of doing what is indicated by the verbal element: inquiry
- (esp with combining forms of Greek, Latin, or French origin) indicating state, condition, or quality: geography, jealousy
Etymology: from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: i.e. abbreviation for - id est
Etymology: Latin: that is (to say); in other words |