is

Meanings

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of be
2. Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
3. present indicative of be; am, are, is.

1. Alternative spelling of us (“me”).

1. Alternative form of i's.

1. Initialism of Islamic State.
2. Initialism of Interior Salish.

1. Initialism of International Sign.
2. Initialism of information system(s).
3. Initialism of international studies.
4. Initialism of implementation shortfall.

1. plural of I
2. Abbreviation of Islands (also Is.)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.