i's

UK, US/aɪz/

contraction

It's (it is).

“I's going now.”

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Meanings

i's1

noun

alternative I's · alternative is · alternative Is · alternative ies

  1. pluralplural of the letter i

    remember to dot your i's

i's2

contraction
  1. contractionIt's (it is).

I's3

noun
  1. pluralplural of I (letter of the alphabet or the ego)

I's4

contraction

alternative I'se

  1. abbreviationcontractiondialectalnonstandardContraction of I + is.

    I's going now.

  2. abbreviationcontractiondialectalnonstandardContraction of I + has.

    I's got to go.

  3. abbreviationcontractionnonstandardContraction of I + was.

    I's going to the store yesterday.

    1 more example

    When I's a chile us play marbles and run rabbits and ride de stick hoss and de like.

    1936–1938, the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Texas, quoting Joe Barnes, Slave Narratives […], volume XVI (Texas Narratives), part 1, Washington, D.C., published 1941, →OCLC, page 45

I's5

determiner
  1. nonstandardSynonym of my.

    This is my husband and I's favorite place to sit.

    Synonyms: my

Synonyms & antonyms

determinerSynonym of my.

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Origin

I's · noun

From I + -'s (suffix forming plurals).

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I's · contraction

  1. Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-European*e-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm
  4. Proto-Germanic*eka
  5. Proto-Germanic*ek
  6. Proto-West Germanic*ik
  7. Old Englishiċ
  8. Middle Englishik, ich, ī
  9. EnglishI
  10. English's
  11. EnglishI's

From I + 's (contraction of is, has, and was).

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I's · determiner

  1. Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-European*e-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm
  4. Proto-Germanic*eka
  5. Proto-Germanic*ek
  6. Proto-West Germanic*ik
  7. Old Englishiċ
  8. Middle Englishik, ich, ī
  9. EnglishI
  10. EnglishI's

From I + -'s (possessive marker).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with i's

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Cite this entry
APA

i's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i's

MLA

“i's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i's. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “i's,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i's.

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