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Meaning of long i | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. the English vowel sound /aɪ/ in the words "fine" and "like", conventionally written ⟨ī⟩.
  2. a tall variant of the letter i, ⟨ꟾ⟩, used in all-capital Latin inscriptions and manuscripts in classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages for a long vowel /iː/. (Other long vowels were marked with apices.)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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