long i
long i noun: the English vowel sound /aɪ/ in the words "fine" and "like", often conventionally written ⟨ī⟩. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in siting versus sitting).
Noun
long i (plural long i's)
- the English vowel sound /aɪ/ in the words "fine" and "like", often conventionally written ⟨ī⟩. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in siting versus sitting).
- Antonyms:
- short i
- a tall variant of the letter i, ⟨ꟾ⟩, used in all-capital Latin inscriptions and manuscripts in classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages for a long vowel /iː/. (Other long vowels were marked with apices.)
- Synonyms:
- i longa
Synonyms of long i
Antonyms
Forms of long i
| plural | long i's |
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Questions about long i
- What does long i mean?
- Long i means the English vowel sound /aɪ/ in the words "fine" and "like", often conventionally written ⟨ī⟩. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in siting versus sitting).
- What part of speech is long i?
- Long i is a noun.
- What is the plural of long i?
- The plural of long i is long i's.
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