Dictionary

IE en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of Indo-European.
   alt of Indo-European
   • These suspicions are justified; IE Studies has served racist political projects within and beyond the academy since it began. 2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 6:
   • IE linguistics

IE en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of infective endocarditis.
   alt of infective endocarditis

IE en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, usually) Initialism of Indo-European.
   alt of Indo-European
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Iarnród Éireann (“Irish Railways”).
   alt of Iarnród Éireann
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Indian English.
   alt of Indian English
   • I examine three theses: (1) that IE is a substratum-laden 2007 December 19, Rajendra Singh, “The Nature, Structure, and Status of Indian English”, in Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, Mouton de Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 33–46:
   • more widely and more freely in Indian English (IE) than in other international varieties 2007 March 23, Claudia Lange, “Focus marking in Indian English”, in English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English, volume 28, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 89–118:
   • Indian English (IE) is considered 2012 May 28, Pingali Sailaja, “Indian English: Features and Sociolinguistic Aspects”, in Language and Linguistics Compass, volume 6, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 359–370:

Coordinates

PIE

Translations (5)

de idg. (Indo-European) · pl ie. (Indo-European) · ru ИЕ (Indo-European) · fr IE (Indo-European) · el ΙΕ (Indo-European)