Meanings
alternative i. e. · alternative ie
- initialismThat is, namely, in other words, that is to say.
While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.
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[N]o drunkard (i.e.) no Habituall, Impenitent drunkard, ſhall come into Gods Kingdome.
1658, Thomas Hall, “[Chap. 3.] Verse 2. For men shall be lovers of themselves, Covetous, Boasters, Proud, Blasphemers, disobedient to Parents, unthankfull, unholy, &c.”, in A Practical and Polemical Commentary: Or, Exposition upon the Third and Fourth Chapters of the Latter Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy. […], London: Printed by E. Tyler, for John Starkey, […], →OCLC, page [95]As for word order, Lang Belta is an SVO language, i.e. subject-verb-object
2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog
Synonyms & antonyms
adverba figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latini. e.
- Englishi.e.
From Latin i. e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans d.w.s.
- d.w.s.that is
Arabic أَيْ, يَعْنِي
- أَيْ (ʔay)that is
- يَعْنِي (yaʕnī)that is
Bengali ইয়ানে
- ইয়ানে (iẏane)that is
Bulgarian т.е., то́ест
- т.е. (t.e.)that is
- то́ест (tóest)that is
Catalan és a dir, això és
- és a dirthat is
- això ésthat is
Chinese Mandarin 也就是, 就是
- 也就是 (yějiùshì)that is
- 就是 (jiùshì)that is
- 即 (jí)that is
- 亦即 (yìjí)that is
Czech tj.
- tj.that is
Danish dvs.
- dvs.that is
Dutch d.w.z.
- d.w.z.that is
Esperanto t.e.
- t.e.that is
Estonian ehk
- ehkthat is
Finnish eli, ts.
- elithat is
- ts.that is
- l.that is
French c.-à-d., c'est-à-dire
- c.-à-d.that is
- c'est-à-direthat is
- i.e.that is
German d. h.
- d. h.that is
Greek δηλ., δηλαδή
- δηλ. (dil.)that is
- δηλαδή (diladí)that is
Hebrew היינו \ הָיְנוּ, כְּלוֹמַר
- היינו \ הָיְנוּ (háy'nu)that is
- כְּלוֹמַר (klomár)that is
- זאת אומרת (zót oméret)that is
- קְרִי (qri)that is
Hindi अर्थात, यानी
- अर्थात (arthāt)that is
- यानी (yānī)that is
Hungarian azaz, ill.
- azazthat is
- ill.that is
Icelandic þ.e., þ.e.a.s.
- þ.e.that is
- þ.e.a.s.that is
Irish .i.
- .i.that is
Italian cioè
- cioèthat is
Japanese すなわち, つまり
- すなわち (sunawachi)that is
- つまり (tsumari)that is
Korean 즉, 곧
- 즉 (jeuk)that is
- 곧 (got)that is
Latin i. e., sc.
- i. e.that is
- sc.that is
- h. e.that is
Lithuanian t.y.
- t.y.that is
Malay iaitu, yakni
- iaituthat is
- yaknithat is
Norwegian Bokmål dvs., altså
- dvs.that is
- altsåthat is
Persian یعنی
- یعنی (ya'ni)that is
Polish tzn., tj.
- tzn.that is
- tj.that is
- czylithat is
Portuguese isto é, ou seja
- isto éthat is
- ou sejathat is
Russian т. е., то́ есть
- т. е.that is
- то́ есть (tó jestʹ)that is
Scottish Gaelic .i.
- .i.that is
Slovak čiže, tzn.
- čižethat is
- tzn.that is
- tedathat is
Spanish es decir, a saber
- es decirthat is
- a saberthat is
- o seathat is
- esto esthat is
Swahili yaani
- yaanithat is
Swedish dvs, dvs.
- dvsthat is
- dvs.that is
- d.v.s.that is
Turkish yani
- yanithat is
Ukrainian то́бто
- то́бто (tóbto)that is
Urdu یعنی
- یعنی (yā'nī)that is
Vietnamese tức
- tứcthat is
Welsh h.y.
- h.y.that is
Yiddish ד״ה
- ד״ה (d"h)that is
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with i.e.
All rhymes →Cite this entry
i.e.. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i.e.
“i.e..” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i.e.. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “i.e.,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i.e..
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