Etymology
Germanic origin, cognate with German ist. Not etymologically related to the word be.
Verb
is
- 3rd person singular ("present tense") of "to be".
See also: was, been.
Translations
- Bulgarian: е
- Catalan: és, sigui, estàs, estès
- Dutch: is
- Esperanto: estas
- French: est
- Frisian: is
- German: ist
- Greek: eine
- Italian: é
- Latin: est
- Romanian: este
- Russian: есть
- Spanish: es, está
- Swedish: är
- Turkish: var
- Vietnamese: là (when followed by a predicate nominative; does not translate when followed by a predicate adjective)
Dutch
Verb
is
- 3d person singular present tense of zijn (to be)
Latin
Verb
is
- 2nd person singular indicative of the verb eo, go.
Pronoun
is m (Feminine: ea, Neuter: id, Plural: ei)
- he