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— English words —
  • is v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be.
  • is v. (Now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is a third-person plural.
  • is pron. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of us (“me”).
  • is n. (Rare) Alternative form of i’s.
  • Is n. Plural of I.
  • Is n. Abbreviation of Islands. (Also Is.)
  • IS prop.n. Initialism of Islamic State.
  • IS prop.n. (Languages) Initialism of Interior Salish.
  • IS n. Initialism of International Sign.
  • IS n. (Computing) Initialism of information system(s).
  • IS n. (Politics) Initialism of international studies.
  • IS n. (Finance) Initialism of implementation shortfall.
  • I$ n. (Computing) Short for instruction cache.
  • 'is pron. Pronunciation spelling of his.
  • i's n. Plural of the letter i.
  • i's cont. It’s (it is).
  • is- pref. Form of iso- before a vowel.
  • is. n. Abbreviation of Islands. (Also Is.)
  • I's n. Plural of I (letter of the alphabet).
  • I's cont. (Nonstandard, dialectal) Contraction of I is.
  • I's cont. (Nonstandard, dialectal) Contraction of I has.
  • I's cont. (Nonstandard) Contraction of I was.
  • I's det. (Nonstandard) Synonym of my.
— International convention —
  • is sym. (International standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Icelandic.
  • IS sym. (International standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Iceland.
  • .is sym. The ccTLD for Iceland as assigned by the IANA.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Afar
    • is pron. She.
    • is pron. Thyself, yourself.
    • is pron. Himself, herself.
    • is pron. (Awash) myself.
  • Afrikaans
    • is v. Am, are, is (present tense, all persons, plural and singular of wees, to be).
    • is v. Forms the perfect passive voice when followed by a past participle.
    • 'is cont. (Cape Afrikaans, chiefly at the beginning of sentences) Alternative form of dis.
  • Azerbaijani
    • n. Work.
    • n. Errand, business.
    • n. Action, deed, thing.
    • n. (Law) charge, prosecution, case.
    • n. (Colloquial) prison sentence, jail term.
    • n. (Colloquial) trouble, mess.
    • -iş suff. Suffix creating nouns from verbs.
    • -iş suff. Reciprocative suffix.
    • -ış suff. Postconsonantal form of -iş after the vowels A / I.
  • Azerbaijani - Salar
  • Bagusa - Kwerba
    • is n. Woman.
  • Catalan
    • is n. Plural of i.
    • -ís suff. Forms adjectives from nouns and other adjectives usually denoting likeness; -ish, -y.
  • Choctaw
    • is- pref. The subject of an active transitive verb.
    • is- pref. The subject of an intransitive active verb.
    • is- pref. The subject of a negative imperative verb Sakopōlih! → Issakopōlinna!Bite me! → Don’t bite me!
  • Cimbrian
    • is pron. (7) Alternative form of es (“it”).
  • Crimean tatar
    • n. Work, making.
  • Czech
    • -is suff. Indicates a sharp of a note.
  • Danish
    • is n. (Uncountable) ice (water in frozen form).
    • is n. (Uncountable) ice, ice cream (dessert, not necessarily containing cream).
    • is n. (Countable) ice, ice cream (ice dessert on a stick or in a wafer cone).
    • -is suff. Indicates the sharp of a note; ♯.
    • is' n. Indefinite genitive singular of is.
    • is' n. Indefinite genitive plural of is.
  • Esperanto
    • -is suff. Ending of past tense in verbs, e.g. ami to love, ŝi amis she loved.
  • Estonian
    • -is suff. Derives nouns.
    • -is suff. Derives forms of nouns used in compounds.
  • Faroese
    • ís n. Accusative/genitive singular of ísur.
  • Finnish
    • -is suff. (Colloquial) -er; a suffix used to form nouns and proper nouns from place names, common nouns and adjectives;…
  • Gothic
    • is rom. Romanization of 𐌹𐍃.
  • Hungarian
    • is adv. Also, too, as well.
    • is adv. Even, up to, as much as, as long as.
    • is adv. (After an interrogative word) again (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten).
    • is adv. Sure enough, indeed.
    • -is suff. Diminutive suffix.
  • Icelandic
  • Ido
    • -is suff. Desinence of the past tense in verbs.
  • Indonesian
    • -is suff. -ic.
    • -is suff. -ical.
    • -is suff. -ist.
  • Irish
    • is conj. Reduced form of agus (“and; as”).
    • is part. Present/future realis copula form.
    • is part. Used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives.
    • -is suff. -ish, -ese (used to form language names).
    • -is suff. Vocative/genitive singular of -eas, nominative/dative plural of -eas.
  • Lacandon
    • is n. Sweet potato.
  • Lakota
    • pron. He, she, it (3rd-person singular pronoun).
    • pron. They (3rd-person plural pronoun).
  • Lithuanian
    • prep. From, out of; through.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs indicating motion) Describes an action’s movement outward, as from the inside to the outside.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes an action’s movement outward, as spreading through a place, time, etc.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes some harm, damage or defacement.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes a prolonged action or event’s discontinuation.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes actions or events of strong intensity.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes actions or events of weak intensity.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes that an action or event has some benefit.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs) Describes the ability to see an action or event through to its end.
    • iš- pref. (With reflexive verbs) Describes the ability of an action or event to be completed sufficiently.
    • iš- pref. (With nouns) Describes particular things, such as the outcome or aftermath of an action or event.
    • iš- pref. (With nouns) Describes something rendered, but sloppy, inadequate, undesirable or bad in general.
    • iš- pref. (With nouns) Describes the later parts of times of the day.
    • iš- pref. (With nouns) Describes abstract concepts related to the exit from somewhere.
    • iš- pref. (With adjectives) Describes the abundance or merit of qualities that are connected with the exit from the inside.
    • iš- pref. (With verbs, nouns, adjectives) Various meanings, generally specific to the nature of the word in question…
  • Maltese
    • is- art. Alternative form of il-.
  • Middle dutch
    • is v. Third-person singular present indicative of wēsen.
  • Middle english
    • is n. Ice (frozen water)…
    • is n. (Rare, figurative) That which is short-lived like ice.
    • is n. (Rare) icy conditions.
    • is v. Third-person singular present indicative of been.
    • is det. Alternative form of his (“his”).
    • is pron. Alternative form of his (“his”).
    • is pron. Alternative form of his (“her”).
    • is pron. Alternative form of his (“them”).
    • is n. Alternative form of iren (“iron”).
    • -is suff. Alternative form of -yssh.
    • -is suff. Alternative form of -esse.
  • Navajo
    • is interj. As if, as if it were true, it could be, is it really?, what do you mean by that?, so you say expressing surprise.
  • Norwegian bokmål
    • is n. (Uncountable) ice, ice cream.
    • is n. (Countable) ice cream on a stick or cone.
    • -is suff. Used to form nouns from adjectives, verbs and other nouns.
  • Norwegian nynorsk
    • is n. Ice cream.
  • Norwegian nynorsk - Old english - Old high german - Old saxon
    • is n. Ice.
  • Nyishi
    • is n. Water.
  • Old english - Old saxon
    • is n. The runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/).
  • Old irish
    • ís prep. Under, below, beneath.
  • Old irish - Old welsh
    • is v. To be.
  • Old norse
    • ís n. Accusative singular of íss.
  • Old saxon
    • is pron. His, its.
    • is v. Third-person singular present indicative of wesan.
  • Onondaga
    • is pron. You.
  • Plains cree
    • -is suff. Used to form diminutives: -ie.
  • Romanian
    • IS prop.n. Abbreviation of Iași, a county in Romania.
    • îs v. (Informal) first-person singular present indicative of fi.
    • îs v. (Informal) third-person plural present indicative of fi.
  • Salar
    • n. Inside.
    • n. Trouble, misfortune.
    • v. To drink.
  • Scots
    • is adv. (South Scots) as.
    • is conj. (South Scots) as.
    • is pron. (South Scots) me.
    • is v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be.
  • Scottish gaelic
    • is conj. Clipping of agus (“and”).
    • is v. (Copulative) am, is, are.
  • Silesian
    • v. (Intransitive) to go, to walk.
  • Southeastern tepehuan
    • ɨs n. Elbow.
    • ɨs v. Present of ɨxiaꞌ.
  • Swedish
    • is n. (Uncountable) Ice; frozen water.
    • is n. (Countable) Ice; a sheet of ice lying on a body of water.
    • -is suff. (Colloquial, particularly common in the Stockholm area) Suffix that gives a familiar, and to some extent…
    • -is suff. (Colloquial) Similar to 1 in ad hoc combinations: pankis, sötis, snuskis; compare -ie.
  • Tatar
    • n. Work, deed.
  • Tok pisin
    • is n. East.
  • Turkish
    • is n. Soot.
    • is n. Fume (solid deposit).
    • is n. Kohl.
    • n. Work, task, deed.
    • n. Matter, affair, business, activity.
    • -iş suff. A suffix forming nouns from verbs.
    • -iş suff. A suffix forming reciprocative verbs.
    • -iş suff. A suffix forming terms of endearment.
    • -ış suff. Post-consonantal form of -iş after the vowels A / I.
  • Turkish - Turkmen
    • n. Job, employment.
  • Turkmen
    • n. Work, labor.
    • n. Affair.
  • Volapük
    • is adv. Here.
  • Welsh
    • is adj. Comparative degree of isel: lower.
    • is prep. Lower than, under.
    • îs adj. Obsolete spelling of is.
    • îs prep. Obsolete spelling of is.
    • is- pref. Lower, deputy, lieutenant, sub-, vice-, under-, by-.
  • West frisian
    • is v. Third person singular indicative of wêze.
  • Yola
— English words, defined in German —
  • is V. 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ von be.
  • IS Abk. Islamismus, Politik: Abkürzung für Islamic State.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • is w. Derde persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van (to) be.
— English words, defined in Latin —
  • IS abb. Islamic State.
  • IS abb. International Socialists.
— English words, defined in French —
  • is v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de be.
  • is- préf. Is-.
  • i’s n. Pluriel de i.
  • I’s n. Pluriel de I.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • is v. Tercera persona singular del presente de indicativo del verbo be.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • is v. Presente da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo to be.
  • IS sig. Islamic State (Estado Islâmico).
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • is v. È.
— In German —
  • is V. Is’.
  • is V. Umgangssprachlich, dialektal, norddeutsch: 3. Person Singular…
  • Is V. Nominativ Plural des Substantivs I.
  • Is V. Genitiv Singular des Substantivs I.
  • Is V. Genitiv Plural des Substantivs I.
  • Is V. Dativ Plural des Substantivs I.
  • Is V. Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs I.
  • IS Abk. Islamismus, Politik: Abkürzung für die Terrorgruppe „Islamischer…
  • IS Abk. Islamismus, Politik: Abkürzung für den von der IS[1] ausgerufenen…
  • is- vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement, das auch statt iso- Wörter…
— In Dutch —
  • is w. Derde persoon tegenwoordige tijd enkelvoud van zijn.
  • -is (Muziek) de met een halve toon verhoogde genoemde toon.
  • -is (Muziek) de afkorting van een akkoord gebaseerd op zo’n verhoogde toon.
  • i's n. Meervoud van het zelfstandig naamwoord i.
  • I's n. Meervoud van het zelfstandig naamwoord I.
— In Latin —
  • is pron. (Pronomen tertiae personae).
— In French —
  • is n.m. Nom de la lettre additionnelle latine Ꝭ (minuscule : ꝭ)…
  • Is n.prop. Nom couramment utilisé dans les mots croisés pour la…
  • Is n.prop. Ville légendaire bretonne.
  • IS n.m. (France) (Administration) Impôt sur les sociétés.
  • IS n.m. (Armement) Joseph Staline, char d’assaut soviétique de…
  • -is suff. Suffixe nominal.
  • is- préf. Variante de iso- employée devant une voyelle.
— In Spanish —
  • -is suf. Construye el diminutivo de palabras, incluso de interjecciones.
— In Portuguese —
  • is s. Plural de i.
398 English words from 168 English definitions

Abbreviation ability abstract abundance Accusative action actions active activity ad␣hoc adjectives affair Afrikaans after aftermath again all alpha alphabet Also Alternative and are area a␣sharp as␣if ask as␣long␣as as␣much as␣much␣as assigned as␣well Awash bad been before beginning below beneath benefit bite bite␣me body body␣of␣water business but cache Cape case ccTLD character charge chiefly Clipping code colloquial combinations common common␣nouns comparative Comparative␣degree compare completed compounds Computing concepts conditions cone connected consonantal containing Contraction copula Copulative could Countable country country␣code county cream creating damage dative day deed defacement degree denoting deposit deputy Derives Describes Desinence dessert dialectal Diminutive diminutives dis discontinuation Don drink eas East Elbow employment end endearment Ending enough Errand ese esse etc Even event events existential exit expressing extent familiar figurative Finance first first␣person first-person␣singular followed followed␣by for forgotten form forming forms from frozen Fume future general generally genitive Geordie gives harm has her Here herself Himself his IANA -ical ice ice␣cream Iceland Icelandic icy imperative implementation inadequate indeed Indefinite Indicates indicating indicative Informal information information␣system in␣general Initialism in␣question inside instruction intensity Interior international international␣studies interrogative intransitive introduce iron ish is␣it Islamic Islamic␣State Islands iso- ist its jail Job Kohl labor language language␣code Languages later Law letter lieutenant like likeness lived long love loved lower lying making Matter mean meanings merit mess misfortune motion movement much much␣as myself names nature necessarily negative nominative Nonstandard not note nouns Now Obsolete of␣a of␣an on␣a␣stick one other out outcome out␣of outside outward participle particular particularly parts passive passive␣voice past past␣participle past␣tense perfect person persons phrases place place␣names plural Politics Post Postconsonantal potato present present␣indicative present␣tense prison prolonged pronoun Pronunciation Pronunciation␣spelling proper proper␣nouns prosecution qualities question Rare realis really reciprocative Reduced reflexive reflexive␣verbs related rendered Romania Romanization runic Salish say Scots see semantic sen sentence sentences sharp she sheet short shortfall Short␣for short-lived Sign Similar simple simple␣present singular sloppy solid some something somewhere Soot South specific spelling spreading standards State stick Stockholm strong studies sub- subject such such␣as sufficiently suffix superlative Sure Sure␣enough surprise Sweet Sweet␣potato Synonym system task tense term terms terms␣of␣endearment than that the the␣day them there They thing things third third␣person third-person␣plural Third-person␣singular through Thyself time times to␣go too to␣some␣extent to␣the transitive transitive␣verb trouble true Uncountable under- undesirable up␣to used used␣to usually Various verb verbs vice- Vocative voice vowel vowels wafer walk was water weak wees well were what what␣do␣you␣mean when which with Woman word Work you yourself

39 English words from 38 foreign definitions

Administration char croisés dans das del den der des die een employée Estado France halve het International Islamic Islamic␣State iso- Joseph les lettre met minuscule mots Nom nominal palabras Person persona personae Plural pour singular Socialists State toon van

7 foreign words from 168 English definitions

ami amis -eas -esse hoc sur water␣in

84 foreign words from 38 foreign definitions

Abkürzung additionnelle afkorting akkoord Akkusativ Armement assaut auch ausgerufenen bretonne char␣d’assaut Construye couramment dans␣les Dativ de␣la Derde Derde␣persoon devant dialektal diminutivo enkelvoud für gebaseerd Genitiv Impôt Impôt␣sur␣les␣sociétés incluso indicatif indicativo Indikativ interjecciones Islâmico Islamischer Islamismus latine légendaire Meervoud mots␣croisés Muziek naamwoord Nominativ norddeutsch personne persoon pessoa Pluriel Politik Präsens présent presente Pronomen singulier sociétés soviétique Staline statt Substantivs Suffixe sur tegenwoordige␣tijd terceira terceira␣pessoa Tercera Tercera␣persona Terrorgruppe tijd Troisième Troisième␣personne Umgangssprachlich une utilisé Variante verbo verhoogde Ville von vorangestelltes voyelle Wortbildungselement Wörter zelfstandig zelfstandig␣naamwoord zijn

2708 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Isa ISA is-a Isa. ISC ISD Ise ISE -ise I'se ISF ish Ish ISH -ish ISI IS-K ISL isl. ism ISM -ism iso ISO iso- isp Isp ISP ISR Isr. ISS ist Ist IST -ist is't isu ISU ISV ISW ISX Isy ISAF Isam ISAM Isan Isar ISAs is-as I␣say +2658 words

83240 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

AISD AISI AISP AISs bise Bise bish Bish bisk bism Biss bist Bisu CISA CISC CISM ciss cist disc disc. Disc. Dise dish DISH disk diss Diss dist dist. Dist. eisa Eisa EISA eish FISA fisc fise fish Fish FISH fisk Fisk fiss FISs fist FIST gise gish Gish gism +83190 words

10684 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ais Ais AIs AIS A.I.s bis bis- cis CIs CIS cis- dis dIs Dis DIs DIS 'dis dis- Eis EIs EIS FIS gis GIs GIS gi's his His HIS Iis IIs IIS JIS kis lis LIS Mis MIs MIS mis- nis NIS N OIs OIS pis PIs qis RIs RIS R.I.S. R.␣I.␣S. +10632 words

6 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

si Si SI Si. S.I. S.␣I.

244 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ais Ais AIs AIS A.I.s Asi ASI a-Si A.S.I. A.␣S.␣I. bis bis- BSI cis CIs CIS cis- CSI dis dIs Dis DIs DIS 'dis dis- DSI Eis EIs EIS ESI FIS gis GIs GIS gi's GSI his His HIS Hsi IAs IAS IBs IBS ICs ICS -ics I²Cs I.C.s I.␣C.s +194 words

278 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

as As AS A$ 'as a's as- A's A*s A/S a.s. A*'s A+'s A++s A−'s bs Bs BS b's B's B&S BS. B+'s B.S. B−'s B.␣S. b******s cs Cs CS C$ c's C's CS. ds Ds DS D$ d's D's D/s D.S. D.␣S. es Es ES -es e's es- E's 'e's fs Fs FS f's F's f***s gs Gs GS g's G's G/S G.S. hs Hs HS h's H's H.␣S. IA -ia i.a. IB ib. IC -icC I.C. I.␣C. id ID -id id. I'd I-D I.D. ie IE -ie IE. i.e. i.␣e. if IF ig Ig IG IH (+178 words)

59 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

IAs IAS IBs IBS ICs ICS -ics I²Cs I.C.s I.␣C.s ids IDs IDS I-Ds I.D.s ies -ies ifs IFs IFS igs Igs IGs IGS IHS Iis IIs IIS IJS ILs ILS Ims IMs IMS ins Ins INS in's ins. Ins. ios Ios iOS IOs I/Os iPS IPs IPS IQs IRs IRS ISS its ITS 'its it's its' IUs IVs


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