e-
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Prefix
e-
- Used to form adjectives with the sense of lacking something.
Etymology 2
Prefix
e-
- In an electronic or computerized form, often in association with the Internet.
Usage notes
This practice began with e-mail perhaps as far back as 1971. Many terms beginning with e- can be seen in both hyphenated (e.g. e-card) and unhyphenated (e.g., ecard) form, and sometimes — particularly in a business context — the letter following the e- will be capitalized (e.g., eBusiness or e-Business). In the present day, e- is generally used to indicate association with or transmission over the Internet. In proper names beginning with e-, the convention is generally to leave the e- lower-case, and to capitalize the second letter of the name (e.g., eBay). The e remains then lower-case when the name is used at the beginning of a sentence.
Coordinate terms
- (electronic): i- (internet)
See also
Etymology 3
Prefix
e-
Etymology 4
Abbreviation of electric.
Prefix
e-
- (marketing) Used to prefix product names, to indicate an electrified or all-electric variant of the product, particularly cars.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “e-, prefix2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, January 2018; “e-”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Chuukese
Prefix
e-
- Third-person singular subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.
- one
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː/, [eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e/, [ɛː]
Prefix
ē-
- Alternative form of ex- (combining with b-, d-, g-, j-, l-, m-, n-, r-, and v-initial words).
Derived terms
Northern Ndebele
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Polish
Etymology
Prefix
e-
- e-; including the hyphen (in an electronic or computerized form, often in association with the Internet)
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Prefix
e-
Southern Ndebele
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 9 adjective concord.
Swedish
Prefix
e-
- electronic; including the hyphen
- prefix that may be used on certain pronouns and adverbs to create "-ever" constructions, all of which are considered archaic or heavily archaic.
- huru ("how"); ehuru ("however", "although")
- vad ("what"); evad ("whatever")
- ho ("who" (obsolete)), eho ("whoever")
Derived terms
Xhosa
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
Usage notes
This prefix is used with nouns of all classes except 1(a) and 2(a). Usually, it occurs in the form of the circumfix e- -ini, but certain nouns have only the prefix. When affixed to a class 11 noun in u-, it changes to elu-. Also when affixed to a class 10 noun in iin-, iim-, ii-, it also changes to ezin-, ezim-, ezi-.
Zulu
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 4 relative concord.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
- Class 9 relative concord.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
e-
Usage notes
This prefix is used with nouns of all classes except 1(a) and 2(a). Usually, it occurs in the form of the circumfix e- -ini, but certain nouns have only the prefix. When affixed to a class 5 noun beginning in ī-, it is lengthened to ē-, and when affixed to a class 11 noun in ū-, it is lengthened and also changes to ō-.
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “e-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “e-”
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- English abbreviations
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- Polish terms borrowed from English
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- Southern Ndebele lemmas
- Southern Ndebele prefixes
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- Swedish prefixes
- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa prefixes
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- Zulu lemmas
- Zulu prefixes
- Zulu relative concords