è

Character	è
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
Unicode block	Latin-1 Supplement
Codepoint	U+00E8

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

§Translingual

§Letter

è lower case (upper case È)

1. The letter e with a grave accent.

§Usage notes

• In French, Italian, Occitan and Catalan the è is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to é which is pronounced /e/.
• In English the è is used only poetically in order to indicate that it is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to mute. In other words, it indicates a departure, for poetic purposes, from the usual pronunciation of the so-modified e.
• In Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e, /ɛ/, at the end of a word.

§See also

• (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
• (Letters using grave accent or double grave accent):  Àà  Ȁȁ  Ằằ  Ầầ  Èè  Ȅȅ  Ềề  Ḕḕ  Ìì  Ȉȉ  Ǹǹ  Òò  Ȍȍ  Ờờ  Ṑṑ  Ồồ  Ȑȑ  Ùù  Ȕȕ  Ǜǜ  Ừừ  Ẁẁ  Ỳỳ

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§French

§Etymology

From a, a distinctly Quebec contracted form of elle, + est.

§Phrase

è

1. (Quebec) she's, it's: contraction of elle est.

§See also

• a
• yé

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§Italian

§Etymology

From Latin est, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

§Verb

è

1. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is

   Se non è vero, è ben trovato.

   If it is not true, it is a good story.

§Usage notes

• The uppercase form (È) is often written as E', especially in print.

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§Mandarin

§Pronunciation

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§Romanization

è (Zhuyin ㄜˋ)

1. Pinyin transliteration of 偔
2. Pinyin transliteration of 僫
3. Pinyin transliteration of 儍
4. Pinyin transliteration of 卾
5. Pinyin transliteration of 厄
6. Pinyin transliteration of 呃
7. Pinyin transliteration of 呝
8. Pinyin transliteration of 咢
9. Pinyin transliteration of 咹
10. Pinyin transliteration of 哐
11. Pinyin transliteration of 啛
12. Pinyin transliteration of 噩
13. Pinyin transliteration of 圔
14. Pinyin transliteration of 垩
15. Pinyin transliteration of 堊
16. Pinyin transliteration of 堨
17. Pinyin transliteration of 堮
18. Pinyin transliteration of 岋
19. Pinyin transliteration of 峈
20. Pinyin transliteration of 崿
21. Pinyin transliteration of 嶭
22. Pinyin transliteration of 恶
23. Pinyin transliteration of 悪
24. Pinyin transliteration of 惡
25. Pinyin transliteration of 愕
26. Pinyin transliteration of 戹
27. Pinyin transliteration of 扼
28. Pinyin transliteration of 搤
29. Pinyin transliteration of 搹
30. Pinyin transliteration of 櫮
31. Pinyin transliteration of 歹
32. Pinyin transliteration of 湂
33. Pinyin transliteration of 琧
34. Pinyin transliteration of 砐
35. Pinyin transliteration of 硆
36. Pinyin transliteration of 胺
37. Pinyin transliteration of 腭
38. Pinyin transliteration of 苊
39. Pinyin transliteration of 萼
40. Pinyin transliteration of 蕚
41. Pinyin transliteration of 蘀
42. Pinyin transliteration of 蚅
43. Pinyin transliteration of 蛤
44. Pinyin transliteration of 蝁
45. Pinyin transliteration of 覨
46. Pinyin transliteration of 詻
47. Pinyin transliteration of 誒
48. Pinyin transliteration of 諤
49. Pinyin transliteration of 讍
50. Pinyin transliteration of 谔
51. Pinyin transliteration of 豟
52. Pinyin transliteration of 貖
53. Pinyin transliteration of 軛
54. Pinyin transliteration of 軶
55. Pinyin transliteration of 轭
56. Pinyin transliteration of 遌
57. Pinyin transliteration of 遏
58. Pinyin transliteration of 遻
59. Pinyin transliteration of 邐
60. Pinyin transliteration of 鄂
61. Pinyin transliteration of 鍔
62. Pinyin transliteration of 鑩
63. Pinyin transliteration of 锷
64. Pinyin transliteration of 閼
65. Pinyin transliteration of 阏
66. Pinyin transliteration of 阨
67. Pinyin transliteration of 阸
68. Pinyin transliteration of 隘
69. Pinyin transliteration of 頞
70. Pinyin transliteration of 顎
71. Pinyin transliteration of 颚
72. Pinyin transliteration of 餓
73. Pinyin transliteration of 餩
74. Pinyin transliteration of 饿
75. Pinyin transliteration of 鬬
76. Pinyin transliteration of 魥
77. Pinyin transliteration of 鰐
78. Pinyin transliteration of 鱷
79. Pinyin transliteration of 鳄
80. Pinyin transliteration of 鶚
81. Pinyin transliteration of 鹗
82. Pinyin transliteration of 齂
83. Pinyin transliteration of 齶
84. Pinyin transliteration of 㓵

§References

• Wenlin Pinyin dictionary

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§Neapolitan

§Verb

è

1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere; is

§Alternative forms

• èje
• ène (rare)