ɛ

See also: Ɛ, ε, ԑ, Ε, and Appendix:Variations of "e"

ɛ U+025B, ɛ LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN E ← ɚ [U+025A] IPA Extensions ɜ → [U+025C]

Character variations

ᵋ U+1D4B, ᵋ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL OPEN E ← ᵊ [U+1D4A] Phonetic Extensions ᵌ → [U+1D4C]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA:

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Symbol

ɛ

1. (IPA, UPA) an open-mid front unrounded vowel.
2. (superscript ⟨ᵋ⟩, IPA) [ɛ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [ɛ].
3. (superscript ⟨ᵋ⟩, Boas transcription) a glottal stop (IPA [ʔ])

See also

• E
• ƹ
• ϵ (ϵ)

Albanian

Etymology

From the Old Bosnian Cyrillic letter з.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z]

Letter

ɛ (lower case, upper case Ɛ)

1. (obsolete) A letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used in the Catholic Albanian community from ca. 1555 to ca. 1900. Modern z.

Comox

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

Letter

ɛ (no case)

1. A letter of the Comox alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) a, æ, aw, ay, ɔ, č, č̓, e, ɛ, ə, əw, əy, g, gʸ, h, i, ɩ, j, k, k̓, kʷ, k̓ʷ, kʸ, k̓ʸ, l, l̓, ɬ, ƛ, ƛ̓, m, m̓, n, n̓, o, ɔy, p, p̓, q, q̓, qʷ, q̓ʷ, s, š, t, t̓, θ, tᶿ, t̓ᶿ, u, ʊ, w, w̓, ꭓ, ꭓʷ, x, xʷ, y, y̓, ʔ, ꞉

Dagbani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

ɛ (upper case Ɛ)

1. A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

ɛ (upper case Ɛ)

1. A letter of the Ewe alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, Ɖ ɖ, Dz dz, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, Ƒ ƒ, G g, Gb gb, Ɣ ɣ, H h, I i, K k, Kp kp, Q q, L l, M m, N n, Ny ny, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, T t, Ts ts, U u, V v, Ʋ ʋ, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Kabyle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕ/

Letter

ɛ (upper case Ɛ)

1. A letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Lingala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̀/

Letter

ɛ (upper case Ɛ)

1. A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Nuer

Verb

ɛ (plural kɛ)

1. am, are, is (plural of be)

   Nɛmɛ ɛ yaŋ.

   This is a cow.

Slovene

Alternative forms

• e (Logar transcription, transcription for Standard Slovene)
• ȩ (Ramovš transcription)

Etymology

Probably from IPA transcription ɛ.

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Symbol

ɛ

1. (dialectal transcription) Phonetic transcription of [ɛ].

See also

• ē, è, é, ê, ȩ, ȩ, ḙ, ė, ẹ, ə, ȅ, ȇ

References

• Kenda-Jež, Karmen (27 February 2017), Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎^[1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on 22 January 2022, pages 27–30

Tarifit

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Arabic ع (ʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕ/

Letter

ɛ (upper case Ɛ)

1. A letter of the Riffian alphabet.

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʢ/

Letter

ɛ (upper case Ɛ)

1. A letter of the Shilha alphabet.