Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

is it

/(ˈ)ɪz ɪt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.71 in modern English

Syllables: is it
IPA: /(ˈ)ɪz ɪt/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see is, it.

intj

really? is that so?

Canadian usage; Indian usage

particle

Final interrogative particle forming a tag question.

Example Sentences

"- It's ten o'clock already. - Is it?"
"It’ impossible, or is it?"
"- I'm feeling tired. - Is it?"
"2007, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, "Thou Shalt Always Kill" on Angles Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at the club last night by saying "is it?""
"'Everyone just calls me Ash.' 'Izzit?' said Hendriks, and he fixed me with his cold grey eyes. Spartan at that time was unusual in that it would only take on ex-army South Africans."
"You forgot, is it?"

Usage

Inflected Forms

issit (alternative, Singapore) izit (alternative, South Africa) izzit (alternative)

Synonyms

or not

Questions

How do you pronounce is it?: The recorded pronunciation is /(ˈ)ɪz ɪt/.
What does is it mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see is, it.

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