ê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

ê U+00EA, ê LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← é [U+00E9] Latin-1 Supplement ë → [U+00EB]

Translingual

Letter

ê

1. (international standards) Transliterates Indic ॲ and ऍ (or equivalent).

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

ê

1. plural of eg

Noun

ê (plural êe or êens)

1. (regional, agriculture) harrow

Verb

ê (present ê, present participle êende, past participle geê)

1. Alternative form of eg

Hokkien

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ê – see 的 (“bright; clear; distinct; white; white-coloured; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 的).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ê – see 個 (“piece; item; individual”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 個).

Jarai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

ê (upper case Ê)

1. The eleventh letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Ladin

Etymology

From Medieval Latin avis (“bee”), from Latin ape(m), accusative of Latin apis (“bee”). Cognate with Romagnol êva, Venetian ava, Friulian âf as well as Italian ape.

Noun

ê f (plural ês)

1. (Badiot) bee

Alternative forms

• eva (Gherdëina, Fascian)

Ligurian

Verb

ê

1. second-person singular present indicative of êse; “[​you​] are”

Mandarin

Romanization

ê

1. Nonstandard spelling of ê̄.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ế.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ê̌.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ề.

Usage notes

• 《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.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare French aux, Italian ai, agli, alle.

Contraction

ê (used with plural nouns)

1. Contraction of a 'e (“to the”).

Related terms

• â
• ô

Portuguese

Noun

ê m (plural ês)

1. The close-mid front unrounded vowel.

Sicilian

Preposition

ê

1. Contraction of a li (“to the”).

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letter E with circumflex (◌̂) to signify open-mid vowel.

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʃirɔ̀ːki èː/, /ʃirɔ̀ːki éː/ (široki e)
• (letter name, archaic, educated): IPA^(key): /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/
• Rhymes: -eː, -ɛː
• Homophones: Ä, ä

Letter

ê (lower case, upper case Ê)

1. Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on open-mid e.

See also

• ë
• ē
• è
• e
• é
• ȩ
• ɛ
• ḙ
• ė
• ẹ
• ə

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese ê.

Noun

ê

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ê.

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

ê • (𠲖)

1. hey (exclamation to get attention)
2. hey (protest or reprimand)

Verb

ê • (𠲖)

1. to read loudly and unceasingly

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

ê • (𤷴) (diminutive reduplication ê ê)

1. be numb

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ê ẩm

 

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

ê (upper case Ê)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈeː/

Letter

ê (upper case Ê)

1. The letter E, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

Zazaki

Pronoun

ê

1. they

See also

Zazaki personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ez mı	ma
2nd person	familiar	tı to	şıma
	polite	şıma
3rd person		o a	ê