э

See also: Э, ӭ, Ӭ, ဒ, and Appendix:Variations of "e"

Cyrillic letter Э э

Handwritten forms

(Э э), normal above, italics below.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ە
Cyrillic	э
Latin	e

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

э • (é) (lower case, upper case Э)

1. The fortieth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

• Audio

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Letter

э • (e) (lower case, upper case Э)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is э (ɛ) or э́ оборо́тное (ɛ oborótnoje, “backwards ɛ”) and it has the broad sound of /e/. Unlike е (je), it is not pronounced with a preceding /j/ sound or a palatalized consonant. It is preceded by Ь and followed by Ю.

See also

(Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Э, э

Interjection

э • (e) (colloquial)

1. hey; an exclamation to get attention
2. to indicate doubt, disgust
3. to clearly indicate a protest or reprimand
4. well, uh; space filler or pause during conversation

Alternative forms

• э-э-э (e-e-e)
• э́-э (é-e)
• эээ (eee)