is

Meaning

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

are

exists

to be

same as

O.K.

what is

is in the air

is on its way

is approaching

’Tis the season

he is

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪz/

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”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Also, via Proto-Indo-European, Latin esse (“be”)

Cognate with Western Frisian

is

Cognate with Dutch

is

Cognate with German

ist

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