"is it" meaning in English

See is it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: En-us-is it.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} is it
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see is, it.
    Sense id: en-is_it-en-intj-V78xzqDw
  2. (Canada, South Africa, India, MLE, MTE) really? is that so? Tags: Canada, India, Multicultural-London-English, South-Africa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: issit [Singapore], izit [South-Africa], izzit

Particle

Audio: En-us-is it.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=|sort=}} is it, {{en-particle}} is it
  1. (Singapore, Wales) Final interrogative particle forming a tag question. Tags: Singapore, Wales Synonyms: or not
    Sense id: en-is_it-en-particle-1ajcohQp Categories (other): Singapore English, Welsh English, English entries with incorrect language header, English particles, Singlish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 27 71 Disambiguation of English particles: 3 31 66 Disambiguation of Singlish: 0 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: issit [Singapore], izit [South-Africa], izzit

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for is it meaning in English (3.6kB)

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