e

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The Universal Character Set
Letter e.svg
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER E
Basic Latin U+0065
See also E, and Appendix:Variations of "e"

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Approximate form of upper case letter E that was the source for lower case e Modification of capital letter E, from Ancient Greek letter Ε (E), “‘Epsilon’”).

[edit] Letter

e lower case (upper case E)

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Symbol

e

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

[edit] See also

Other representations of E:

Letter styles

Capital 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

[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:

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

Singular
e

Plural
ees

e (plural ees)

  1. The name of the letter E.

[edit] Translations

name of the letter E, e

[edit] Anglo-Norman

[edit] Etymology

Latin et.

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and

[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.

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

e f. (plural es)

  1. The Latin letter E (lowercase e).

[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

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Esperanto alphabet.

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  • Previous letter: d
  • Next letter: f

[edit] Noun

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

  1. The name of the letter E/e.

[edit] Galician

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

From the same Uralic root *e as Finnish että and Estonian et.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛ/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ˈɛː/

[edit] Pronoun

e

  1. (archaic) this (used as a pronoun, that is, instead of a noun phrase, with postpositions taking nouns with cases)
    • 1836: Vörösmarty Mihály, Szózat
      A nagy világon e kivűl (modern spelling: kívül)
      Nincsen számodra hely;

[edit] Determiner

e (demonstrative)

  1. this
    E házban lakott Petőfi Sándor - Petőfi Sándor lived in this house.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Usage notes

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)
ebben a házban - e házban (in this house)

[edit] Interjection

e

  1. look!, hey! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)
    E! Hát Józsi meg hová tűnt? - Hey! Where is Joe?
    Itt van, e! - Here it is. (informal, not polite)

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e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet.

[edit] See also

  • Previous letter: dzs
  • Next letter: é

[edit] See also

  • -e (suffix)

[edit] Ido

[edit] Alternative forms

  • (before a vowel) ed

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Alternative forms

  • (rare) et

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin et.[1]

[edit] Alternative forms

  • (before a vowel) ed

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and

[edit] References

  • Notes:
  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

[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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Letter

e

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

[edit] Preposition

ē (short form of ex)

  1. out of, from

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and; logically joins two sumti

[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.

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and

[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

[edit] Verb

e

  1. (informal) third-person singular present tense form of fi.
    El e un copil.
    "He is a child."
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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish é.

[edit] Pronoun

e

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

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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.”

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

[edit] Noun

e f. (plural es)

Singular
e f.

Plural
es f.
  1. Name of the letter E.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative spellings

[edit] Conjunction

e

  1. and
[edit] Usage notes

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

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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.

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