i-
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 7.09 in modern English
1
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
2
Syllables
1
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Used to transform English words into words used by Rastafarians with a special meaning.
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Pertaining to the Internet.
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Pertaining to digital devices and computer programs, especially those that are cutting-edge or fashionable, and those from Apple.
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Pertaining to computerized, electronic, digital, intelligent controls in products
Example Sentences
- "i- + pod → iPod"
- "i- + phone → iPhone"
- "i- + Mac → iMac"
- "I-WHAT?! Seems everyone's ripping off the iMac idea. Take this parody ad for the fruity-colored “iBrator” at sleeplessknights.com."
- "In our “iWorld” of new gadgets and cool widgets, help us to ponder the reality that over half of the population on the earth exists on three of our American dollars, or less, a day."
Etymology
From Middle English i-, y-, ȝe-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱó-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, near, by, along”). Cognate with Dutch ge-, Low German ge-, je-, e-, German ge-.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: i-, ġe-, *ga-, *ḱó-, *ḱóm