è

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Letter

è (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.
• In older writings on Old Icelandic or Old (West) Norse (e.g. A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue) è is used instead of the modern é to denote that the phoneme is different in character (a rising diphthong) compared to á, í, ó, ú and ý (falling diphthongs or monophthongs).

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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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

è

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Phrase

è

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

See also

• a
• yé

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Italian

Alternative forms

• e' (misspelling)

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 incorrectly written as E', especially in print.

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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References

• Wenlin Pinyin dictionary

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 呃 (“to belch; to hiccup; to hiccough; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 呃).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 曳 (“to drag; to pull; to float in the wind; to sway; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 曳).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 穢 (“dirty; filthy; unclean; immoral; obscene; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 穢).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 翳 (“shade; screen; nebula; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翳).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 裔 (“descendant; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔).

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• èje
• ène (rare)

Verb

è

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