e

e U+0065, e LATIN SMALL LETTER E ← d [U+0064] Basic Latin f → [U+0066]

Modification of capital letter E in uncial script, from Ancient Greek Ε (E, epsilon).

• Pronunciation of IPA [eː]:

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e (upper case E)

2. The fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

• (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 E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (select similar letters and symbols) ɘ ǝ Ə Ɛ Æ Œ
• (other scripts) ε (epsilon) е
• See Appendix:Variations of "e"

e

2. (mathematics) The base of natural logarithms, also known as Euler's number, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459…
4. (sciences, computing) Symbol separating mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation.

   1.2566e−6 = 1.2566 × 10⁻⁶

6. (IPA) a close-mid front unrounded vowel.
7. (superscript ⟨ᵉ⟩, IPA) [e]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [e].
9. (algebra, group theory) identity element.

   a ∘ e = e ∘ a = a

11. (particle physics) Electron.

    Coordinate terms: p, n

13. (physics) Elementary charge.
15. (mathematics) Eccentricity.
    • 2006 August, Alexander V. Krivov, Artem G. Feofilov, Valeri V. Dikarev, “Search for the putative dust belts of Mars: The late 2007 opportunity”, in Planetary and Space Science, volume 54, numbers 9–10 (in English), →DOI, page 873:

      In addition, we included here another effect—the modulation of the radiation pressure force by the orbital eccentricity of Mars, ${\displaystyle e_{M}=0.093}$—an effect, whose existence was first pointed out by Juhász and Horányi (1995) […]

16. (materials science) Engineering strain.

    Coordinate term: ε (true strain)

In the sense as a mathematical constant, the symbol is traditionally represented in an italic font.

• (scientific notation): E
• (electron): e⁻
• (identity element): 1, (chiefly matrices) I

• Letter styles
• Uppercase and lowercase versions of E, in normal and italic type
• Uppercase and lowercase E in Fraktur
• Approximate form of upper case letter E in uncial script that was the source for lower case e

Other representations of E:

NATO phonetic: Echo Morse code: · Braille: ⠑ ASL Manual: E

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

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  • Rhymes: -iː
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɛ/, /iː/, /ɪ/, /ə/, /eɪ/
  • In addition to the phonemes noted above, "e" can also be silent, representing no sound itself but indicating which phoneme another letter in the word represents. See the article "Silent e" on Wikipedia.

e (lower case, upper case E, plural es or e's)

1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

e (lower case, upper case E, plural es or e's)

1. The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

e (plural ees)

2. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• ee

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

From a deliberate apheresis of both he and she.

e (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative em, possessive adjective eir, possessive noun eirs, reflexive emself)

1. (rare, epicene, nonstandard) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   • 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in James A. Inman, Donna N. Sewell, editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OL, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:

     E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves^[sic], and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.

   • 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202

     Empre waded out to help them cross the last stretch. More people, a few hundred, perhaps, had gathered along the shore. One of them came running at Melu with a cry—she threw up her arms in defense. But it was Aeran, only Aeran. E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief.

• ey
• see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns

From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː/

e

1. (music, informal) The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.

   Coordinate terms: and, a

   The sax comes in on the e of one.

• ee

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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e (plural e's, diminutive e'tjie)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• IPA^(key): /e̞/

e (Kana spelling エ)

1. (second person pronoun) you; used when the second person is not the object of an action performed by the first person; it often appears as an affix

   Synonyms: eci, eani

   Seta e-nukar.

   The dog saw you. / You see the dog.

2. Affixional form of eani (“you”).

e (Kana spelling エ)

1. (transitive) to eat

   Kam k-e.

   I eat meat.

• ipe

• eci (“you”)
• ku (“to drink”)

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/, /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The second letter of the Akawaio alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, E e, I i, Ɨ ɨ, K k, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ʉ ʉ, W w, Y y, ꞌ

• Stegeman, Ray; Hunter, Rita (2014), Akawaio-English Dictionary and English-Akawaio Index, SIL International, page 2

• edhe, dhe (conjunction)

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• Conjunction e (“and, also”): according to Orel from Proto-Albanian *ō(d), from Proto-Indo-European *ēd ~ *ōd (ablative sg. stem of Proto-Indo-European *ē- ~ *ō-).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

e

1. and
2. also

• edhe, dhe, ende, andej, anë, ani, tani

e m or f or n

1. third-person singular accusative-case pronominal clitic (him, her, it) corresponding to pronouns ai and ajo (see there for declension tables)

   E di. / S'e di.

   I know it. / I don't know it.

   E bleva.

   I bought it.

e f or pl

1. masculine singular preposition, plural preposition
2. of (+ dative)

   Besa e shqiptarit nuk shitet pazarit.

   The honor of an Albanian can not be sold or bought in a bazaar.

e

1. adjectival article for:
   1. definite masculine singular adjectives in all accusative case
   2. indefinite feminine singular adjectives in the nominative case
   3. definite plural and feminine singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases

• -a, -e, -i, -ia, -ja, -o, -u, -të
• e, i, të, së

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• IPA^(key): /ə/

e f

1. (indefinite) a/an

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e

1. he

From Latin et.

e

1. and
2. but
3. or

• (and): shi

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): /e/, [e̞]

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Basque alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

e (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

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e

1. his

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni.

e

1. in

It contracts with the articles, see el, en and er.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈe]

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

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e

1. e- (electronic)

From clipping of English email.

e

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to email

From the earlier le.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Homophones: è, hè

e f pl (masculine singular u, feminine singular a, masculine plural i)

1. the (feminine plural)

• Before a vowel, e turns into l'.

e f pl

1. them (feminine direct object)

• Before a vowel, e turns into l'.

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e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The eighth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

From Latin et.

e

1. and

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /eː/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Previous letter: d
• Next letter: f

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. and

• IPA^(key): /e/

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e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

e (accusative singular e-on, plural e-oj, accusative plural e-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈeː]

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.

e

1. abbreviation of ehk; or, a.k.a.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

e

1. alternative form of i

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and e for information on the development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈe̞ː] (name of letter)

• Audio: ee, Eurooppa, eskimo, teippi, ee:

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• Rhymes: -eː

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C C, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

German musical notation.

e

1. (music) E (note)

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Inflection of e (Kotus type 18/maa) singular plural nominative e e:t genitive e:n e:iden e:itten partitive e:tä e:itä accusative e e:n e:t inessive e:ssä e:issä elative e:stä e:istä illative e:hen e:ihin adessive e:llä e:illä ablative e:ltä e:iltä allative e:lle e:ille essive e:nä e:inä translative e:ksi e:iksi abessive e:ttä e:ittä instructive – e:in comitative – e:ineen

• IPA^(key): /ə/, (also) /ø/, /œ/

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e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

From Latin et.

e

1. and

See Translingual section.

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Nd nd, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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e

1. and
2. with

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
• In writing, some add an "h" before and even also after the "e": he,heh. Not sure these would count as variants.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese e (“and”), from Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Italic *et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éti (“yet, still, also”).

• y (Galician-Asturian)

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/ [ˈɪ]
• Rhymes: -e

e

1. and

   Túa irmá e eu fomos cear e despois ao cine.

   Your sister and I went to have dinner and then to the cinema.

See Translingual section.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/ [ˈɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Galician alphabet, written in the Latin script.

e m (plural es)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, X x, Z z
• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, que, erre, ese, te, u, uve, xe, ceta / zeta

• “e”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “e”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

e

1. romanization of 𐌴

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Kabuverdianu e.

e

1. and

• Compare Yoruba i.

• i

• IPA^(key): /iː/

e

1. (third-person singular possessive adjective) his, her, its

e (object-oblique case: um, possessive adjective: e, possessive pronoun: e-own, reflexive pronoun: e-sef)

1. (third-person singular subject pronoun) he, she, it

• Gullah does not distinguish its third-person pronouns between any genders, so he, she, and it are all communicated through e.

From Ewe and Igbo e ("yes").

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃˦˨/

e

1. yes

• This interjection is often tonalized as a falling tone.

• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)
• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

• IPA^(key): /é/

é

1. she, he, it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. her, him, it (third-person singular personal object pronoun)

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• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. used to mark the following verb as an infinitive; to
2. used before a name, a noun or a phrase to address someone or something

e

1. by (indicating the agent of a verb in the passive voice)

From Proto-Uralic *e-. Cognates include Finnish että and Estonian et.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛ

e (demonstrative)

1. (chiefly archaic, except before consonant-initial words, as a counterpart of ez) this

   Synonyms: eme, (only determiners; both are archaic or formal) ezen

   az e heti hírek ― this week’s news

   e világi ― of this world, worldly, mundane

   E házban lakott Petőfi Sándor. ― Sándor Petőfi lived in this house.

   E mellett a ház mellett vártam rá. ― I waited for him/her next to this house.

e

2. (archaic, except before most consonant-initial postpositions) this

   Itt a mozi, e mellett lakunk mi. ― Here is the cinema; we live next to this.

   • 1836, Mihály Vörösmarty, Szózat^[2] (Appeal)^[3]

     A nagy világon e kivűl / Nincsen számodra hely;

     In the great world outside of here / There is no place for you

     (“E kívül” would be ezen kívül in present-day Hungarian, formed from ez.)

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike ez, it does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used:

ezen a helyen ― e helyen ― at this place (literally, “on this place”)

ebben a házban ― e házban ― in this house

Most consonant-initial postpositions can take e, e.g. e nélkül, e helyett, see Pronominal adverbs from postpositions, in the column “that one, this one”. On the other hand, vowel-initial postpositions take ez (e.g. ez alatt, ez iránt).

e

1. (folksy) look!, hey! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)

   E! Hát Józsi meg hová tűnt? ― Hey! Where is Joe?

   Itt van, e! (informal) ― Here it is.

See Translingual section.

• (letter or phoneme itself; identifier): IPA^(key): [ˈɛː]^[2] or IPA^(key): [ˈæː] in Western dialects
• (musical note): IPA^(key): [ˈeː] (in the names of minor scales; see also E)

e (lower case, upper case E)

2. The ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Many Hungarian dialects preserve a distinction between two vowels that are both written with e and are pronounced /ɛ/ in the standard language. In text that wishes to highlight the distinction, e ("open e") is contrasted with ë ("closed e").

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs
• -e (suffix)

• (sound, letter, abbreviation): e , (musical note, its symbol or key/position): e , (pronoun, alternative form of ez): e , (folksy interjection pointing at something nearby): e , (interjection, rare alternative form of eh): e in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• e in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

e

1. water

• Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

• IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

e

1. apocopic form of ed

• a (“to”)
• o (“or”)

• IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• a (retracted tongue position)

e

1. (indefinite) somebody, one, they, people (an unspecified individual)

• Often gets translated into English with the passive voice.

From Portuguese e (“and”).

e

1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /e/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• (rare) et

e

1. and

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

From Latin et.

e

1. and
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

From Latin ē (the name of the letter E).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/^*
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: é

e f or m (lower case, upper case E, invariable)

1. The fifth letter of the Italian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

e f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

From Latin et.^[1]

• et (archaic, poetic, before a word starting with a vowel)
• ed (before a word starting with a vowel, especially /e, ɛ/.)

• IPA^(key): /e/^*
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: e

e

2. and
3. (archaic, literary) (e... e) both... and or just ... and (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonyms: sia... che, sia... sia

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 4–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura ¶ esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte ¶ che nel pensier rinova la paura!

     Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say ¶ ⁠What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, ⁠¶ ⁠Which in the very thought renews the fear.

• Causes syntactic doubling of a following initial consonant.

e

1. misspelling of è (third-person singular present indicative of essere)

e in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

From Ancient Greek αἱ (hai).

e

1. feminine nominative plural of o

e

1. The hiragana syllable え (e) or the katakana syllable エ (e) in Hepburn romanization.
2. The hiragana syllable へ (e) or the katakana syllable ヘ (e) in Hepburn romanization. (as particle)

From Portuguese e.

e

1. and

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. there are many, there is much
2. to be a lot (for someone); to displease; to surprise

   Ag mỹ tóg e tĩ.

   They were surprised.

   (literally, “it was a lot for them.”)

• Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011), “e”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 13

Borrowed from Tagalog e. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English e.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈʔi/ [ˈʔi̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: e
• (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈə/ [ˈɨ]
    • Rhymes: -ə
  • IPA^(key): (uncommon) /ˈe/ [ˈe]
    • Rhymes: -e

e or ë (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[4] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

From ali or Proto-Philippine *diq (“particle of negation”).

e

1. un-, non-, in-

   Iyang emakapunta

   S/he's unable to go

   Taung eyakakit

   Invisible man

   Lugud a ekalinguwan

   Unforgettable love

   Ekakabieng bage

   Nonliving things

   Emakasulung

   Unable to proceed

Compare Tagalog e.

e (informal)

1. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation: well; so

   Alineman e!

   Oh Well, it's not!

   E meko ne e.

   Well, s/he already leave!

   Kasalanan mu e.

   Well, it's your fault.

2. Used to rhetorically express surprise or suspicion: so; oh; well

   E ninu naman ta?

   Oh so then, who was that?

   E ikamurin naman ta e.

   Well anyways, that was also only just you.

3. Used to express indignance: well; but

   E alimuneman ta kailangang gawan e.

   But, you didn't need to do that.

4. Used to introduce the continuation of narration from a previous understood point: and; well; so

   E magkanu neman ini?

   And, how much is this one?

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and e for development of the glyph itself.

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. Compare Malay api, Malagasy afo, Tsat pui³³, Palauan ngau, Chuukese ááf, Tongan afi, Samoan afi and Hawaiian ahi.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. fire

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː]

ē (+ ablative)

2. apocopic form of ex
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6:

     ..et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.

     ..and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.

See ex.

• ē plūribus ūnum

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet, called ē and written in the Latin script.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː]

ē f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• e in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "e", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “e”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• e in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

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• IPA^(key): [æ]

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e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

The letter E/e (like its long counterpart Ē/ē) represent two sounds, [ɛ] — šaurais e (“narrow e”) — and [æ] — platais e (“broad e”). In principle, [ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, [æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e — [ɛ] or [æ] — must be memorized.

• (Latvian letters) latviešu burti; Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

e m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latvian letter names) latviešu burtu vārdi; a, garais ā, bē, cē, čē, dē, e, garais ē, ef, gā, ģē, hā, i, garais ī, jē, kā, ķē, el, eļ, em, en, eņ, o, pē, er, es, eš, tē, u, garais ū, vē, zē, žē

• IPA^(key): /e/

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“beyond, over”).

e

1. and

From Latin illae.

e f pl (singular a)

1. the

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kēratē’ḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

e

1. third-person plural present of ij

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/ (short phoneme)
• IPA^(key): /a/ (some speakers; when following għ in an unstressed final syllable)
• IPA^(key): /ɛː/ (long phoneme)
• In inherited words, long e occurs only next to vowelised għ or h. In Romance words, it can be long on its own.

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

Onomatopoeic. Compare Italian eh and English eh.

e

1. used as a hook, to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said
2. used to emphasize the (often negative) emotion felt by the speaker

   Synonym: menn

• eh

e (e⁵ / e⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呃

e

1. nonstandard spelling of ē
2. nonstandard spelling of é
3. nonstandard spelling of ě
4. nonstandard spelling of è
5. nonstandard spelling of ê̄
6. nonstandard spelling of ế
7. nonstandard spelling of ê̌
8. nonstandard spelling of ề

• 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. ㄝ (/⁠ɛ⁠/) typically only occurs in syllables with an initial glide (e.g. ㄧㄝ (-ie /⁠i̯ɛ⁠/)), where it is romanized as e. When it occurs in syllables without an initial glide, however, it is romanized as ê in order to distinguish it from ㄜ (-e /⁠ɤ⁠/). Such instances are rare, and are only found in interjections or neologisms.
• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /e/ [ɛ]

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The third letter of the Māori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/ [ˈɛ]

e

1. vocative, used before terms of address
2. used before stating numbers
3. imperative, used before verbs of one long vowel or two short vowels
4. imperative, used for negative commands

• “e” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): [ø], [e]

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Mauritian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.

From French et.

• ek

• IPA^(key): [e]

e

1. and

e

1. tasty, delicious

e

1. (Northern, Early Scots) alternative form of eye (“eye”)

e

1. alternative form of eye (“eye”)

e

1. alternative form of I (“I”)

e

1. alternative form of he (“he”)

e

1. alternative form of he (“they”)

• ee, eje, ewe

From Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old Norse ei.

ê

1. always

• German Low German: Ehe

e

1. alternative form of ee (“eye”)

e (construct ehn)

1. leg

• kikin e (“toenail”)
• koapin e (“heel”)

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The eighth letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   e = /ɛ˨/

   ę = /ɛ̃˨/

   é = /ɛ˥/

   ę́ = /ɛ̃˥/

   ee = /ɛː˨˨/

   ęę = /ɛ̃ː˨˨/

   ée = /ɛː˥˨/

   ę́ę = /ɛ̃ː˥˨/

   eé = /ɛː˨˥/

   ęę́ = /ɛ̃ː˨˥/

   éé = /ɛː˥˥/

   ę́ę́ = /ɛ̃ː˥˥/

• IPA^(key): /e/

From Latin de.

• 'e

e

1. of (used to express ownership)

From Latin et.

e

1. and

From English he or English she.

e

1. he, she, it
   • 2024 April 7, “Timeline of Rwanda genocide 30 years later”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[5]:

     President Paul Kagame tok dis one as e address dignitaries and world leaders wey gada for Rwanda capital, Kigali, to remember di bloodshed.

     President Paul Kagame said this while addressing dignitaries and world leaders who gathered in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, to commemorate the bloodshed.

   • 2025 July 29, “UK go recognise Palestinian state unless Israel agree to 'certain' conditions”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[6]:

     E tell tori pipo say, UK goal of "a safe secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state" dey "under pressure like neva bifor".

     He tells journalists that the UK's goal of "a safe secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state" are "under pressure like never before".

   • 2025 August 22, “Ex-Nigerian goalkeeper Peter Rufai make im final journey home”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[7]:

     Rufai bin sick for some weeks, bifor e give up di ghost for one hospital for Lagos.

     Rufai was sick for a few weeks before he died in a hospital in Lagos.

• IPA^(key): [ə], [ɐ] (reduced vowel)
• IPA^(key): [ɛ] (short full vowel)
• IPA^(key): [eː] (long vowel, spelt ee)

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• In monosyllables, final ⟨e⟩ is pronounced [e], except on Sylt, where it is [ɛ].
• The reduced vowel is lowered to [ɐ] when followed by coda ⟨r⟩. In the insular dialects, the same usually happens also before any other coda consonant (except ⟨l, n⟩, which become syllabic instead).
• Mooring Frisian represents [ɛ] exclusively by ⟨ä⟩, whereas the insular dialects represent [ə] by ⟨i⟩ in certain positions (see there).
• Föhr-Amrum Frisian uses ⟨ei, eu⟩ for the diphthongs [aɪ̯], [ɔɪ̯] as in German. The other dialects spell phonetically ⟨ai, oi⟩.

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

See Translingual section.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /eː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /eː/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /æ/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• /ə/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

e

1. (non-standard since 1938) alternative form of ei

From Old Norse er.

• IPA^(key): /eː/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /æ/

e

1. (dialectal, colloquial) apocopic form of er, present of vera

e

1. (dialectal, parts of Trøndelag and Western Norway) pronunciation spelling of eg (“I”)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Clipping of rè.

• IPA^(key): /è/

è

1. Marks the imperfective aspect, for actions that are not completed.

é

1. Used to link a possessed noun to its possessor.

This particle accompanies several tonal changes, as well as a simplification or elision of the coda of the possessed noun in some cases. Many nouns can be linked directly in possessive constructions without using this particle, chiefly those that denotes humans or animals when used in the singular, although it is impossible to predict exactly which nouns will follow which pattern based on semantics, ancestral noun class, or morphology.

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011), A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

From Old Occitan e, from Latin et.

e

1. and

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Occitan alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

e f (plural es)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Modern editions of Old English texts often mark long versions of this vowel with a macron (ē) or acute accent (é).

e

1. alternative form of et

Inherited from Latin et, from Proto-Italic *et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• ⁊, et

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)

• Fala: i
• Galician: e
• Portuguese: e
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
  • Indo-Portuguese: e
  • Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
  • Papiamentu: i, y

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of seer
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 5 (facsimile):

     Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.

     This 19th is about how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer through the great pains she underwent.

   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

• Fala: é
• Galician: é
• Portuguese: é

From Latin et.

e

1. and

• Occitan: e

• é (alternative spelling)
• ed, et (alternative forms)
• i

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. and
   • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 64va:

     e el reẏ con ſana q́ auie mando que mataſen todos los ſabios de babilonna e demandaron a danel e aſos conpaneros por matar

     And the king, full of anger, ordered all the wise men of Babylon be put to death, and they sought Daniel and his companions to put them to death.

• Ladino: i
• Spanish: y, e

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “e”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 202

e

1. bean

From Portuguese ele and Spanish él and Kabuverdianu el.

e

1. he, she (third person singular)

From Portuguese este and Spanish este and Kabuverdianu es.

e

1. the (definite article)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

e

1. he, she, it (third person pronoun)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ah
• eh

e

1. his, her, hers, its, third person possessive pronoun

   Liho iang eh pwoud.

   The woman joined her husband.

Of Onomatopoeic origin.

e

1. what, in response to being called

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and e for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

e

1. (colloquial) hey! (used to call someone's attention)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese e (“and”), from Latin et (“and”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: i

e

2. and (connects two clauses indicating that the events occurred together, one after the other or without any special implication)

   Synonym: &

   Eu vim e eles saíram. ― I came and they left.

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 211:

     Mandaram lacrar todas as saídas e não deixar ninguém...

     They ordered me to seal all the exits and not to let anyone...

4. and (connects the last and penultimate elements in a list)

   Eu e ele vamos embora. ― He and I are going away.

   Tenho quatro frutas: uma maçã, uma pera, uma laranja e uma uva.

   I have four fruits: an apple, a pear, an orange and a grape.

5. what about

   Synonym: e quanto a

   Você vai viajar sozinho? E a sua esposa?

   You're going to travel alone? What about your wife?

7. (emphatic) and (connects every element of a list)

   Ela é baixa, e burra, e preguiçosa, e feia.

   She is short, and stupid, and lazy, and ugly.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 308:

     Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...

     You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...

9. (logic) and (indicates a conjunction operation)

   Verdadeiro e falso dá falso. ― True and false yields false.

11. (pt, in the format “X e X”) and (indicates a great number of something)

    Esperei por anos e anos. ― I waited for years and years.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:e.

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
• Indo-Portuguese: e
• Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
• Papiamentu: i, y

e m (uncountable)

1. (logic) and, conjunction

For quotations using this term, see Citations:e.

See the Translingual section.

• Hyphenation: e

e m (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called ê or é and written in the Latin script.
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

     Quero conversar com os senhores e exijo sua total e absoluta atenção.

     I want to talk with you and I demand your total and absolute attention.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

e m (uncountable)

1. abbreviation of este (“east”): E

e

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) alternative spelling of é (“is”)

   Synonym: eh

• “e”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “e”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/
• Hyphenation: e

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Māori e.

e

1. Used to mark the subject of a non-stative verb.
2. Used to form a vocative of the following (proper) noun.

• The particle is only obligatory when used with verbs describing first-hand sensing:

  He tike'a koe e au. ― I see you.

• With other verbs, e has an emphatic undertone.

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Māori e.

e

1. used to indicate the imperfective aspect
2. used to indicate the exhortative mood
3. used before numerals to form cardinal numbers

• Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 67
• Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[8], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, pages 323, 381

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

e

1. to exist

e

1. verbal suffix for marking non-past declarative clause

From an earlier ei, from el.

e m

1. alternative form of e’ (“the”)

• IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. (International Standard) The seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

See Translingual section.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /e/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See E for pronunciation notes.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Îî, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Șș, Tt, Țț, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

e n (plural e-uri)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

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e

1. expression of annoyance, irritation
2. expression of boredom, indifference
3. (when prolonged…eee) expression of surprise, satisfaction, admiration

From Latin est.

• е (e) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): /je/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -e

e

1. (informal) third-person singular present indicative of fi

   Synonyms: este, (regional) îi, (familiar) -i

   El e un copil.

   He is a child.

From Latin et.

e

1. (obsolete) and

   Synonym: și

2. (obsolete) but

   Synonyms: dar, iar

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

e

1. by (a person or animate object)

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. and

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti or *h₁eti.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. and

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by d and followed by f; traditionally named eadha (“aspen”).

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

From Old Irish é. Cognates include Irish é and Manx eh.

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /a/, /ɛ/, /e/, (accented) /ɛː/, /eː/^[1]
• (Harris, North Uist, Skye) IPA^(key): /ɛ/^[2], (accented) /ɛː/^[3]
• (South Uist, Barra, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /a/^[4], (accented) /ɛː/^[5], /æː/^[6]

e (emphatic esan)

1. third-person masculine pronoun; he, him, it

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “e”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 é, hé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

See Translingual section.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E, Cyrillic equivalent е)

1. The ninth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), called e and written in the Latin script; preceded by đ and followed by f.

Variant of ej or hej.

e (Cyrillic spelling е)

1. (rare) well, now
2. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) hey
3. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to emphasize the sentence

   E, šta ima? ― Hey, what's up?

4. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to express surprise

   E, otkud ti? ― Hey, where did you come from?

5. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to get attention or change the topic of conversation, especially if followed by a (“and; but”)

   E, a vidi ovo. ― And look at this.

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. and

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and e for development of the glyph itself.

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The tenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

• IPA^(key): /e/, [e]
• Rhymes: -e

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The tenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

• є (Metelko alphabet)
• ȩ (Ramovš transcription)

From Gaj's Latin alphabet e, from Czech alphabet e, from Latin e, which is a modification of capital letter E in uncial script, from Ancient Greek Ε (E, Epsilon).

• (phoneme, Standard Slovene): IPA^(key): /éː/, /èː/, /ɛ́/, /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/, /ə́/, /ə̀/, /e/, /ɛ/, [ɪ́], [ɪ̀], [é̞], [è̞]
• (phoneme, Resian): IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• (phoneme, Natisone Valley dialect): IPA^(key): /ɛː/, /ɛ/, /ɛ̆/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /èː/, /éː/
• (letter name, archaic): IPA^(key): /ɛ̀ː/, /ɛ́ː/

• Audio (letter name, non-tonal):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː, -ɛː
• Homophones: e, E

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

e

1. (Logar transcription, transcription for standard Slovene) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛ].

   Synonyms: ȩ, ɛ

e m inan or n

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

Nowadays, it is hardly ever neuter gender, so it is considered obsolete.^[1]

• Overall more common

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	e
gen. sing.	e-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	e	e-ja	e-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	e-ja	e-jev	e-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	e-ju	e-jema	e-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	e	e-ja	e-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	e-ju	e-jih	e-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	e-jem	e-jema	e-ji

• More common when with a definite adjective

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	e
gen. sing.	e
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	e	e	e
accusative	e	e	e
genitive	e	e	e
dative	e	e	e
locative	e	e	e
instrumental	e	e	e

• Obsolete

Neuter, no endings
nom. sing.	e
gen. sing.	e
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	e	e	e
accusative	e	e	e
genitive	e	e	e
dative	e	e	e
locative	e	e	e
instrumental	e	e	e

Variant of ej or hej

• IPA^(key): /èː/, /éː/
• (third definition also): IPA^(key): [ẽ́ː], [ẽ̀ː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː, -ẽː
• Homophones: e, E

e

1. (informal, rare, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express happiness when saying something

   E, do smrti bom živel!

   Hey, I will live till I die!

2. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express uneasyness

   E, da, seveda.

   Um, sure, of course

3. (informal, rare, at the end of sentences) Used to form questions

   Synonym: a

   Kdo je to naredil, e?

   Who did that, huh?

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Homophones: e, E

e

1. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express indifference to what was said before

   Synonyms: eh, ah

   E, ga bo že minilo!

   Whatever, he will get over it?

2. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express unhappiness

   E, pa kaj še!

   Yeah, sure!

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
• ë
• ē
• è
• é
• ê
• ȩ
• ɛ
• ḙ
• ė
• ẹ
• ə

• Krvina, Domen; Žele, Andreja (2017), O MEDMETIH, ZLASTI O NJIHOVIH RAZLOČEVALNIH LASTNOSTIH: POUDARJEN SLOVARSKI VIDIK‎^[9] (in Slovene)
• Kenda-Jež, Karmen (27 February 2017), Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎^[10] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on 22 January 2022, pages 27–30

• “e”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

• IPA^(key): /e/ [e]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: e
• Homophones: he, hé

See Translingual section.

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

e f (plural es)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

From Latin et.

• y
• é (obsolete)

e

1. and

   Hablo francés e inglés.

   I speak French and English.

   Iberia, Air Europa e Easyjet.

   Iberia, Air Europa and Easyjet.

   • 2020 July 9, Carlos E. Cué, Miguel González, “Sánchez plantea revisar la inviolabilidad del Rey en la Constitución”, in El País‎^[11], archived from the original on 10 July 2020:

     “La Constitución española tiene que evolucionar conforme a las exigencias de ejemplaridad y conducta política de las sociedades”, ha declarado el presidente en una entrevista conjunta con Eldiario.es e Infolibre.es.

     "The Spanish Constitution must conform to the demands of the exemplariness and political conduct of society", declared the President in an interview with Eldiario.es and Infolibre.es.

• Used instead of y when the following word starts with the vowel sound /i/.

• u

Reduced form of de (“to be”).

e

1. verbal marker for continuous aspect

e

1. romanization of 𒂊

See Translingual section.

• letter name: IPA^(key): /eː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• phoneme: IPA^(key): /eː/, /ɛ/, /ɛː/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
• é

e

1. (colloquial, Internet slang, text messaging) pronunciation spelling of är
   • 2014 January 17, Veronica Maggio, “Hela huset”‎^[12] ft. Håkan Hellström:

     Går runt i t-shirt och e trött

     Walking tired around in a t-shirt

• due

From Old Norse æ, ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwi (“forever”), *aiwaz.

e (not comparable)

1. (archaic) forever, ever

   Synonym: alltid

• e-
• ä

Borrowed from Spanish e. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English e.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by the Baybayin character ᜁ (i).
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish e.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔi/ [ˈʔɪ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔe/ [ˈʔɛ] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /ˈe/ [ˈɛ] (phoneme, stressed or unstressed)
    • Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: e

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. the fifth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script
2. the fifth letter of the Abakada alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script
3. (historical) the sixth letter of the Abecedario, called e and written in the Latin script

• (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
• ë

e (Baybayin spelling ᜁ)

1. the name of the Latin script letter E/e, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) i

2. (historical) the name of the Latin script letter E/e, in the Abecedario

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) i

• ii

Compare Spanish eh and English eh.

• eh
• weh — dialectal, Bulacan

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔe/ [ʔɛː]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: e

e (Baybayin spelling ᜁ) (informal)

1. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation: well; so

   E, ganoon e!

   Well, it's like that!

   E, ano ngayon?

   So, what now?

   Nandoon siya, e.

   Well, he/she was/is there.

2. Used to rhetorically express surprise or suspicion: so; oh; well

   E, sino naman 'yun?

   Oh so then, who was that?

   E, ikaw lang din naman 'yun.

   Well anyways, that was also only just you.

3. Used to express indignance: well; but

   E, hindi mo naman kinailangan gawin iyon.

   But, you didn't need to do that.

4. Used to introduce the continuation of narration from a previous understood point: and; well; so

   E, magkano naman ito?

   And, how much is this one?

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔe/ [ʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: e

e (Baybayin spelling ᜁ)

1. alternative form of ay

• “e”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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e

1. indicates that an action is unfinished when inserted before the verb

• ʻe, ʻē

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e

1. him, her, it (third-person pronoun, objective case, singular)

• https://corpus1.mpi.nl/media-archive/dobes_data/Teop/Info/Teop_Sketch_Grammar_May07.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185153/http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2012-indiv-sol.en.pdf

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Canada:
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US:
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

• IPA^(key): [e]
• Hyphenation: e

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Samoan e.

e

1. marks the subject of a transitive verb; by

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Samoan e.

e

1. Indicates indefinite present tense.
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[13], page 1:

     Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino

     We, the people of Tokelau, (do) speak openly

2. Indicates future tense.

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[14], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 24

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• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. by

• IPA^(key): /e/

-e (declinable)

1. his, her (class 1 possessive pronoun)

• This modifier, when used in the indefinite forms, causes the word before it to move its high tone to the ultimate syllable.

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[15], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 420

• IPA^(key): /e/, /æ/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

e

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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e

1. present tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧]

Borrowed from Portuguese é.

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The eighth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

e

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

Compare Pacoh e (“to guard, to watch over”).

e • (衣, 㥋, 𢙬, 𠵱, 𠲖, 依)

1. to fear; to be apprehensive, to be afraid

   Tôi e cô ta không đến.

   I am afraid she will not come.

2. to be slightly ashamed

e

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of em

Inherited from Middle High German ei, from Old High German ei. Cognate with German Ei.

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e n

1. egg

• (before a vowel) ed

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e

1. and
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 12:

     Liegikans e pöfikans binons deadöfiks.

     Rich people and poor people are mortal.

• ü, üd (“or”)

• (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): è
• (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): é
• (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel): ê
• (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ë

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Welsh alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script; preceded by dd and followed by f.

• e cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word eliffant (“elephant”):

• Digraph sequences: ei, eu, ew, ey

• see other Welsh letters and their names

e f (plural eau)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Reduction of literary ef

• IPA^(key): /eː/, /ɛ/

e

1. he, him

E is used predominantly in the south of Wales, while o is used in the north, with fe and fo as variants of e and o respectively. In formal Welsh, the equivalent pronoun is ef.

• IPA^(key): /e/

e

1. (transitive) to fetch
2. (transitive) to take

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[16], Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• The digraph ⟨ee⟩ transcribes the long vowel /ɛː/
• The digraph ⟨꞉e⟩ transcribes the nasal vowel /ɛ̃/
• The trigraph ⟨꞉ee⟩ transcribes the long nasal vowel /ɛ̃ː/

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉

e

1. alternative form of a (“one”)
   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 11:

     Fan the loughraan itzel feight e big bawl,

     When the ghost itself gave a loud bawl,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[17], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /e/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /é/

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called é and written in the Latin script.

é

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin)
• (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ē/
• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /é/

e

1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /e/)

é

1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /e/)

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e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fourth letter of the Zazaki alphabet, called ê and written in the Latin script.

e

1. yes

e

1. yes

• nê

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z