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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Letter 1.2.1 See also 1.3 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Letter 2.3.1 See also 2.4 Noun 2.4.1 Translations 3 Anglo-Norman 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Conjunction 4 Breton 4.1 Pronoun 4.2 Preposition 4.2.1 Usage notes 5 Catalan 5.1 Noun 6 Dutch 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Letter 6.3 See also 7 Galician 7.1 Conjunction 8 Hungarian 8.1 Determiner 8.1.1 Usage notes 8.2 See also 9 Ido 9.1 Alternative forms 9.2 Conjunction 10 Interlingua 10.1 Alternative forms 10.2 Conjunction 11 Italian 11.1 Alternative forms 11.2 Pronunciation 11.3 Conjunction 12 Japanese 12.1 Noun 12.2 Particle 13 Latin 13.1 Preposition 13.1.1 Derived terms 14 Lojban 14.1 Conjunction 15 Mandarin 15.1 Pinyin syllable 15.1.1 Usage notes 16 Portuguese 16.1 Pronunciation 16.2 Conjunction 17 Romanian 17.1 Pronunciation 1 17.1.1 Letter 17.1.1.1 See also 17.1.1.2 Usage notes 17.1.2 Interjection 17.2 Pronunciation 2 17.2.1 Verb 17.2.1.1 Synonyms 18 Scottish Gaelic 18.1 Pronoun 18.1.1 Related terms 18.1.2 See also 19 Serbian 19.1 Etymology 19.2 Interjection 20 Spanish 20.1 Etymology 1 20.1.1 Letter 20.1.2 Noun 20.2 Etymology 2 20.2.1 Alternative spellings 20.2.2 Conjunction 20.2.2.1 Usage notes 20.2.3 See also 21 Welsh 21.1 Pronoun 21.1.1 Usage notes

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Modification of capital letter E, from Ancient Greek letter Ε (E), “‘Epsilon’”).

[edit] Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. A lower case letter of the Latin script, the fifth in many alphabets, including English.

[edit] See also

• (select forms with diacritics) è é ê ë ē ĕ ė ę ě
• (select similar letters and symbols) ɘ ǝ Ə Ɛ Æ Œ
• (other scripts) ε (e), “‘epsilon’”) е (je)
• See Appendix:Variations of "e"
• Previous: d . Next: f

[edit] Symbol

e

1. (mathematics) The base of natural logarithms, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English and Old English lower case letter e and split of æ, ea, eo, and œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:

• Old English lower case letter e, from replacement by Latin letter e of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e).
• Old English lower case letter æ from replacement by Latin ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ).
• Old English lower case digraph ea, from replacement by Latin digraph ea of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea).
• Old English lower case digraph eo from replacement by Latin digraph eo of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (ēo).
• Old English lower case letter œ from replacement by Latin ligature œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /iː/

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• (phoneme): IPA: /E/, /iː/, /ə/, /ei/

[edit] Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth and most common letter of the English alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: d
• Next letter: f

[edit] Noun

e (plural ees)

1. The name of the letter E.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Anglo-Norman

[edit] Etymology

Latin et.

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Pronoun

e

1. his

[edit] Preposition

e

1. in

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

e f. (plural es)

1. The letter E (lowercase e).

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /eː/

[edit] Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: d
• Next letter: f

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Determiner

e (demonstrative)

1. (before a noun, without an article) this
   • 1836: Vörösmarty Mihály, Szózat

     A nagy világon e kivűl

     Nincsen számodra hely;

[edit] Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez and its inflected forms (ezt, ezen etc.).

[edit] See also

• -e (suffix)

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Alternative forms

• (before a vowel) ed

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Alternative forms

• (rare) et

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Alternative forms

• (before a vowel) ed

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [e]

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

e (hiragana え)

1. 餌: bait, lure
2. 柄: handle, shaft, gripe, helve
3. 絵, 画: picture, painting, drawing, illustration, tableau
4. 江: inlet, bay
5. え: hiragana letter e
6. エ: katakana letter e

[edit] Particle

e (hiragana え)

1. へ: particle indicating direction

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Preposition

ē (short form of ex)

1. out of, from
   • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura

     ..et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.

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

[edit] Derived terms

• e pluribus unum

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and; logically joins two sumti

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

e

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, ē, é, ě, or è.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /i/

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation 1

• (letter name) IPA: /e/
• (phoneme, generally) IPA: /e/

[edit] Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: d
• Next letter: f

[edit] Usage notes

See E for pronunciation notes and details.

[edit] Interjection

e

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

[edit] Pronunciation 2

• IPA: /je/

[edit] Verb

e

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

   El e un copil.

   "He is a child."

[edit] Synonyms

• este

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronoun

e

1. he
2. him
3. (referring to a masculine noun) it

[edit] Related terms

• esan (emphatic)

[edit] See also

mi thu i

sinn sibh iad

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Etymology

Variant of ej or hej

[edit] Interjection

e (variant of ej or hej)

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

   E, šta ima? — “Hey, what's up?”

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

   E, otkud ti? — “Hey, where did you come from?”

4. (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.”

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Letter

e

1. Sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

[edit] Noun

e f. (plural es)

1. Name of the letter E.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative spellings

• y

[edit] Conjunction

e

1. and

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] See also

• u

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Pronoun

e

1. he, him.

[edit] Usage notes

E is used predominantly in the south of Wales, while o is used in the north. fe and fo are variants of e and o respectively.