Meanings
i's1
i's2
I's3
- pluralplural of I (letter of the alphabet or the ego)
I's4
alternative I'se
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
determinerSynonym of my.
Origin
I's · contraction
- Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*e-
- Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm
- Proto-Germanic*eka
- Proto-Germanic*ek
- Proto-West Germanic*ik
- Old Englishiċ
- Middle Englishik, ich, ī
- EnglishI
- English's
- EnglishI's
From I + 's (contraction of is, has, and was).
Full word history & related roots →I's · determiner
- Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*e-
- Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm
- Proto-Germanic*eka
- Proto-Germanic*ek
- Proto-West Germanic*ik
- Old Englishiċ
- Middle Englishik, ich, ī
- EnglishI
- EnglishI's
From I + -'s (possessive marker).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with i's
Cite this entry
i's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i's
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