Î
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is a letter in the Friulian, Kurdish
, and Romanian alphabet
s. This letter also appears in French
, Welsh
and Walon language as a variant of letter “i”.
, î is a punctuated form of i and a usage example includes "wîe", plural of "wig" (= wedge).
and represents /iː/.
and represents /ɨ/. This sound is also represented in Romanian as letter â
.
. It should be used when forming the plural of male nouns ending in "-io", to avoid placing the stress on the wrong syllable. Example: "principio" /prinˈtʃipjo/ (principle) has the plural "principî" /prinˈtʃipi/ , while "principe" /ˈprintʃipe/ (prince) has "principi" /ˈprintʃipi/ as plural. However, the usage of Î in Italian is rapidly decreasing; most Italians write "principi" for the plurals of both "principio" and "principe".
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Kurdish alphabet
The Kurdish language is written either using a variant of the Latin alphabet, according to a system introduced by Jeladet Ali Bedirkhan in 1932 , or using a variant of the Persian alphabet, the so-called Sorani alphabet, named for the city of Soran, Iraq.The Hawar is used in Turkey, Syria and...
, and Romanian alphabet
Romanian alphabet
The Romanian alphabet is a modification of the Latin alphabet and consists of 31 letters:The letters Q , W , and Y were officially introduced in the Romanian alphabet in 1982, although they had been used earlier...
s. This letter also appears in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
and Walon language as a variant of letter “i”.
Afrikaans
In AfrikaansAfrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
, î is a punctuated form of i and a usage example includes "wîe", plural of "wig" (= wedge).
Kurdish
Î is the 12th letter of the Kurdish Kurmanji alphabetKurdish alphabet
The Kurdish language is written either using a variant of the Latin alphabet, according to a system introduced by Jeladet Ali Bedirkhan in 1932 , or using a variant of the Persian alphabet, the so-called Sorani alphabet, named for the city of Soran, Iraq.The Hawar is used in Turkey, Syria and...
and represents /iː/.
Romanian
Î is the 12th letter of the Romanian alphabetRomanian alphabet
The Romanian alphabet is a modification of the Latin alphabet and consists of 31 letters:The letters Q , W , and Y were officially introduced in the Romanian alphabet in 1982, although they had been used earlier...
and represents /ɨ/. This sound is also represented in Romanian as letter â
Â
is a letter of the Friulian, Romanian, Vietnamese, French, Galician, Portuguese, Frisian, Welsh, Turkish, and Walloon alphabets.- Croatian and Serbian :...
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Italian
Î is a variant of I in ItalianItalian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
. It should be used when forming the plural of male nouns ending in "-io", to avoid placing the stress on the wrong syllable. Example: "principio" /prinˈtʃipjo/ (principle) has the plural "principî" /prinˈtʃipi/ , while "principe" /ˈprintʃipe/ (prince) has "principi" /ˈprintʃipi/ as plural. However, the usage of Î in Italian is rapidly decreasing; most Italians write "principi" for the plurals of both "principio" and "principe".
French
Î is a letter which appears in several French words, like naître(to be born), abîme(abyss), maître(master) and more. Unlike Â, Ê, and Ô, the circumflex does not alter the pronunciation of î, nor does it alter ûÛ
is a letter of the French, Friulian, Kurdish, and Turkish alphabets. This letter was used in the ISO 9:1995 system of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю and also in Wade-Giles for apical dental unrounded vowel as in tzû, tz'û, ssû, corresponds to present zi, ci, si in Pinyin respectively...
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Turkish
Î is used like letter İ in the informal language but while writing a formal script, words must be used with Î. For example while writing, "Askerî" (military). ^ makes the 'i' sound longer and changes the meaning, ex: "Askeri" means "the soldier" but with î it means military.In mathematics
- The letter
is sometimes used to denote a unit vector in mathematics.
Character mappings
| Charset | Unicode Unicode Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems... |
ISO 8859-1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 |
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| Majuscule | U+00CE | CE |
| Minuscule | U+00EE | EE |