i.e.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ie"

English

Alternative forms

i. e., ie

Etymology

From Latin i. e., an abbreviation of id est (“that is”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪˈiː/, /ɪd ɛst/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iː
It is sometimes verbally enunciated as that is.

Adverb

i.e.

(initialism) That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.
While the final episode was made, the show itself was immediately cancelled after the penultimate episode i.e. the final episode never aired.
- 1658, Thomas Hall, “[Chap. 3.] Verse 2. For men shall be lovers of themselves, Covetous, Boasters, Proud, Blasphemers, disobedient to Parents, unthankfull, unholy, &c.”, in A Practical and Polemical Commentary: Or, Exposition upon the Third and Fourth Chapters of the Latter Epistle of Saint Paul to Timothy. […], London: Printed by E. Tyler, for John Starkey, […], OCLC 950943790, page [95]:
  [N]o drunkard (i.e.) no Habituall, Impenitent drunkard, ſhall come into Gods Kingdome.

Usage notes

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.
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.
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

that is

Afrikaans: d.w.s. (af)
Arabic: أَيْ‎ (ar) (ʾay), يَعْنِي‎ (yaʿnī)
Armenian: այսինքն (hy) (aysinkʿn)
Azerbaijani: yəni (az)
Bashkir: йәғни (yäğni)
Belarusian: гэ́та зна́чыць (héta znáčycʹ), г. зн. (h. zn.)
Bengali: ইয়ানে (iyane)
Bulgarian: т.е. (t.e.), то́ест (bg) (tóest)
Catalan: és a dir, això és (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 也就是 (zh) (yějiùshì), 就是 (zh) (jiùshì), 即 (zh) (jí), 亦即 (zh) (yìjí)
Czech: tj. (cs)
Danish: dvs. (da)
Dutch: d.w.z. (nl)
Esperanto: t.e.
Estonian: ehk (et)
Finnish: eli (fi), ts. (fi); l. (fi) (dated)
French: c.-à-d. (fr), c'est-à-dire (fr)
Galician: é dicir (gl), ou sexa
Georgian: ესე იგი (ese igi), ე.ი. (e.i.)
German: d. i. (de) (pl. d. s.), d. h. (de)
Greek: δηλ. (el) (dil.), δηλαδή (el) (diladí)
Hebrew: היינו \\ הָיְנוּ‎ (háy'nu), כְּלוֹמַר‎ (he) (klomár), זאת אומרת‎ (he) (zót oméret), קְרִי‎ (he) (qri)
Hindi: अर्थात (hi) (arthāt), यानी (hi) (yānī)
Hungarian: azaz (hu), ill. (hu)
Icelandic: þ.e. (is) , þ.e.a.s. (is)
Ido: t.e. (io), c.e. (io)
Irish: .i.
Italian: cioè (it)
Japanese: すなわち (ja) (sunawachi), つまり (ja) (tsumari)
Korean: 즉(卽) (ko) (jeuk), 곧 (ko) (got)
Latin: i. e., sc., h. e. (hoc est)
Lithuanian: t.y. (initialism)
Macedonian: т.е. (mk) (t.e.), то ест (to est)
Malay: iaitu, yakni
Malayalam: അതായത് (atāyatŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dvs. (no)
Nynorsk: d.e., dvs.
Old English: ꝥ is
Old Irish: .i.
Persian: یعنی‎ (fa) (ya'ni)
Polish: tzn. (pl), tj. (pl), czyli (pl)
Portuguese: isto é (pt), ou seja (pt)
Russian: т. е. (ru) (t. je.), то́ есть (ru) (tó jestʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тј. (то јест)
Roman: tj. (tȏ jȅst)
Slovak: čiže, tzn., teda
Spanish: es decir (es), a saber, o sea (es), esto es
Swahili: yaani
Swedish: dvs (sv), d v s (sv), d.v.s. (sv)
Tajik: яъне (tg) (yaʾne)
Turkish: yani (tr)
Ukrainian: то́бто (uk) (tóbto)
Urdu: یعنی‎ (ur) (yā'nī)
Uzbek: yani (uz)

Anagrams

EI

Interlingua

Adverb

i.e.

Abbreviation of isto es.

Usage notes

Equivalent in meaning to English i.e..

Latin

Phrase

i.e.

Alternative form of i. e.