Î

Î (lower case î)

1. The letter I with a circumflex accent.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter I):  Íí  Ìì  Ĭĭ  Îî  Ǐǐ  Ïï  Ḯḯ  Ĩĩ  Įį  Īī  Ỉỉ  Ȉȉ  Ȋȋ  Ịị  Ḭḭ  Ɨɨɨ̆  ᵻ  ᶖ   İi   Iı  ɪ  Ｉｉ  fi  ffi  IJij  IJij
• (Letters using circumflex accent):  Ââ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ĉĉ  Ḓḓ  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ếế  Ĝĝ  Ĥĥ  Îî  Ĵĵ  Ôô  Ồồ  Ŝŝ  Ûû  Ŵŵ  Ŷŷ  Ẑẑ

• IPA^(key): [ ɨ . din . i ]

Î (capital, lowercase î)

1. The twelfth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /ɨ/. Preceded by I and followed by J.

Î is used at the beginnings and ends of words, while  (which has the same pronunciation) is used only within words. (As such, in its capital form, the letter  is only seen within words that are completely capitalized, e.g. ROMÂNIA). Î is still used when forming negative past participles and gerunds (e.g. neînţeles, not neânţeles, although the latter can be found in some sources)