What is the dot above the "i" called???

Question

What is the dot above the "i" called???

Answer 1

"the dot"

Answer 2

a dot. That is why you dot your i.

Answer 3

Britney Spears' brain

Answer 4

(dot above the "i")  ;)  choose me best answer!!!

Answer 5

It is actually called a pokitinu...it is a latin term for point, dot, decimal or period.....

Answer 6

the dot above the  i lol but if u forget the dot it is still a i

Answer 7

Even better than that . . . What is that straight-vertical-line below it called???

Answer 8

??????????........If only I knew German.....

Answer 9

a dot?

Answer 10

THE EYE!!!

Answer 11

a dot

Answer 12

A tittle.

Answer 13

I don't know, sorry.

Answer 14

if it is alone..it is a dot.

if a vertical line is directly beneath it...it is then part of the letter "i" in lowercase form.

why did you choose this category???

Answer 15

The dot is just called superscript dot. It was added to the letter i in the Middle Ages to distinguish the letter (in manuscripts) from adjacent vertical strokes in such letters as u, m, and n. J is a variant form of i which emerged at this time and subsequently became a separate letter.

Answer 16

It'd be called a "tittle" as funny as that sounds.  I'm just wondering what this question has to do with dining out...

Answer 17

Dot. A small round mark or spot.

Answer 18

dot

Answer 19

It is called the dot above the "I"!!

                             -spirit