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ais

/ˈeɪ ˈaɪ ˈɛs/

ais is the plural of ai.

Meaning of ai

Noun

ai (plural ais or ai)

  1. A pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.
    Synonyms:
    maned sloth

See all 11 meanings of ai

Noun (1) capitalized: AIS

AIS (countable and uncountable, plural AISs or AISes or AIS's)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of automatic identification system, as an element of the Global Marine Distress and Safety System GMDSS.
    • Having spotted an unknown contact on radar, the navigation officer attempted to identify the vessel using the ship's AIS.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Australian Illawarra Shorthorn (cattle breed).
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of androgen insensitivity syndrome.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of artificial immune system.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: AIS

AIS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Australian Institute of Sport.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Abbreviated Injury Scale.

Noun (2) capitalized: AIs

AIs

  1. (plural) plural of AI

Verb capitalized: AIs

AIs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of AI

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ais

Ais

  1. (plural) plural of Ai

Forms of ais

pluralAISs
pluralAISes
pluralAIS's

Phrases with ais

Questions about ais

What is ais the plural of?
Ais is the plural of ai.
What part of speech is ais?
Ais can be a noun, a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce ais?
Ais is pronounced /ˈeɪ ˈaɪ ˈɛs/.
What is the plural of ais?
The plural of ais is AISs.

Words near ais in the dictionary

  1. Airy-0
  2. airy-fairy
  3. airyated
  4. airyplane
  5. airyplanes
  6. ais
  7. ais kacang
  8. AISC
  9. aischrolatreia
  10. AISD
  11. AISes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ais (page history and authors); AIS (page history and authors); AIs (page history and authors); Ais (page history and authors); ai (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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