e
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Modification of capital letter E, from Ancient Greek letter Ε (E), “‘Epsilon’”).
[edit] Letter
e (lower case, upper case E)
- 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"
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[edit] Symbol
e
- (mathematics) The base of natural logarithms, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459
[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/
- (phoneme): IPA: /E/, /iː/, /ə/, /ei/
[edit] Letter
e (lower case, upper case E)
- The fifth and most common letter of the English alphabet.
[edit] See also
[edit] Noun
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Plural |
e (plural ees)
- The name of the letter E.
[edit] Translations
[edit] Anglo-Norman
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Breton
[edit] Pronoun
e
[edit] Preposition
e
[edit] Usage notes
It contracts with the articles, see el, en and er.
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Noun
e f. (plural es)
- The letter E (lowercase e).
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /eː/
[edit] Letter
e (lower case, upper case E)
- The fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Galician
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Hungarian
[edit] Determiner
e (demonstrative)
- (before a noun, without an article) this
- 1836: Vörösmarty Mihály, Szózat
- A nagy világon e kivűl
- Nincsen számodra hely;
- 1836: Vörösmarty Mihály, Szózat
[edit] Usage notes
A rarer substitute of ez and its inflected forms (ezt, ezen etc.).
[edit] See also
- -e (suffix)
[edit] Ido
[edit] Alternative forms
- (before a vowel) ed
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Interlingua
[edit] Alternative forms
- (rare) et
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Italian
[edit] Alternative forms
- (before a vowel) ed
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [e]
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
e (hiragana え)
- 餌: bait, lure
- 柄: handle, shaft, gripe, helve
- 絵, 画: picture, painting, drawing, illustration, tableau
- 江: inlet, bay
- え: hiragana letter e
- エ: katakana letter e
[edit] Particle
e (hiragana え)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Preposition
ē (short form of ex)
- out of, from
- Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
- ..et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.
- “..and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.”
- ..et ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus.
- Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Lojban
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Pinyin syllable
e
- 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
- IPA: /i/
[edit] Conjunction
e
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation 1
[edit] Letter
e (lower case, upper case E)
- The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet.
[edit] See also
[edit] Usage notes
See E for pronunciation notes and details.
[edit] Interjection
e
- expression of annoyance, irritation
- expression of boredom, indifference
- (when prolonged...eee) surprise, satisfaction, admiration
[edit] Pronunciation 2
- IPA: /je/
[edit] Verb
e
- (informal) third-person singular present tense form of fi.
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[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Pronoun
e
[edit] Related terms
- esan (emphatic)
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[edit] Serbian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Interjection
- (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) hey
- (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to emphasize the sentence
- E, šta ima? — “Hey, what's up?”
- (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to express surprise
- E, otkud ti? — “Hey, where did you come from?”
- (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
- Sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.
[edit] Noun
e f. (plural es)
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Plural |
- Name of the letter E.
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Alternative spellings
[edit] Conjunction
e
[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
[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.

