English spellings/Catalogs/Retro I

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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in I. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case I) and continuing backwards through it.

The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]


-î or -ì

either syllable stressed: Mùmbaî

Dubaî

death dîe = colour dŷe = Diana = Wales Daî

h sounded after ng in Shanghaî

tîe = Thaî

Chénnaî

Ábu Dhābì

rábbî

álibî

Sàùdì

nûclêî

Hawàìì

Isrâelì

Disrâelì

BrE sémì *sémmy, AmE sémî

sashìmì

eat pîe = number

scámpì

girls’ names tend to end in -i or -ie, boys’ in -y: Térrì

*paparátsy paparázzì