Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English
Phrases Beginning with the Letter I
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Meaning
Latin
ibid.
in the same place
French
idée fixe
fixed idea, obsession
Latin
id est (i.e.)
that is
Latin
in absentia
in the absence
Latin
in camera
in secret, in private
Latin
in extremis
in extremity, near death
Latin
in flagrante delicto
in the act
Latin
infra dig
vulgar, beneath one’s dignity
Latin
in loco parentis
in place of a parent
Latin
in medias res
in the middle of things
Latin
in situ
in its place
Latin
inst.
in the present month
Russian
intelligentsia
intellectual elite
Latin
inter alia
among other things
Latin
in toto
in all, altogether
Latin
in vino veritas
there is truth in wine
Latin
in vitro
in a test tube
Latin
ipso facto
by definition