i.e.

Etymology
From, a Latinistic abbreviation of.

Pronunciation

 * It is sometimes verbally enunciated as.
 * It is sometimes verbally enunciated as.
 * It is sometimes verbally enunciated as.
 * It is sometimes verbally enunciated as.

Adverb

 * 1)  That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

Usage notes
The correct use of i.e. differs from that of viz. in that what follows i.e. merely restates in other words what has already been said, whereas what follows viz. expands upon what has already been said; and it differs from the correct use of e.g. in that completeness or near-completeness is suggested by i.e., whereas e.g. introduces a not complete and often only small selection of examples.
 * Often confused with e.g.: In correct use, i.e. is used to explain, clarify or rephrase a statement, whereas e.g. is used to list examples.
 * American English prefers a comma after i.e., but British English usually does not use a comma there and often does not use dots either.
 * Opinion is mixed about whether the abbreviation should be italicized, or whether there should be a separating non-breaking space as in i. e., or whether this matters at all. However, the AMA manual of style recommends to forgo italic on terms long since naturalized into English and not to separate abbreviations (see "Abbreviation" on Wikipedia).

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:in other words

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:, يَعْنِي
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: йәғни
 * Belarusian: гэ́та зна́чыць, г. зн.
 * Bengali: ইয়ানে
 * Bulgarian: т.е.,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: t.e.
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ;
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, ou sexa
 * Georgian: ესე იგი, ე.ი.
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: היינו,, ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Irish: .i.
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: i. e., sc., h. e. (hoc est)
 * Lithuanian: t.y.
 * Macedonian:, то ест
 * Malay: iaitu, yakni
 * Malayalam: അതായത്
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: але
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: d.e., dvs.
 * Old English: ꝥ is
 * Old Irish: .i.
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: .i.
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тј.
 * Roman: tj.
 * Slovak: čiže, tzn., teda
 * Spanish:, a saber, , esto es
 * Swahili: yaani
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik:
 * Tibetan: དེ་ཡང, དེའང, དེ་ལའང, དེ་ལ, དེ་ལ་འདིར, འདི་ལྟ་སྟེ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: ד"ה

Usage notes

 * Equivalent in meaning to English i.e..

Adverb

 * , synonym of cioè and ossia

Usage notes

 * Equivalent in meaning to English i.e. and that is