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A form of i — The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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Meanings

ies1

noun
  1. pluralrareplural of i, the name of the letter I.

    1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more

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    These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.

    1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10

Ies2

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of ies.

IES3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Illuminating Engineering Society.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sieEisseiISE
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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