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See also: E, è, e-, -e, and Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Approximate form of upper case letter E that was the source for lower case e Modification of capital letter E in uncial script, from Ancient Greek Ε (E, “Epsilon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA:(file)

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

e

  1. (mathematics) The base of natural logarithms, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459
  2. (sciences, computing) Symbol separating mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation.
    1.2566e-6 = 1.2566 × 10-6
  3. (IPA) close-mid front unrounded vowel
  4. (algebra, group theory) identity element
    a ∘ e = e ∘ a = a
  5. (physics) electron

Synonyms

  • (scientific notation): E
  • (electron): e⁻
  • (identity element): 1, (chiefly matrices) I
  • Letter styles
  • Capital and lowercase versions of E, in normal and italic type
    Capital and lowercase versions of E, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase E in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase E in Fraktur
  • Approximate form of upper case letter E in uncial script that was the source for lower case e
    Approximate form of upper case letter E in uncial script that was the source for lower case e

See also

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Other representations of E:

English

Etymology

From Middle English and Old English lower case letter e and split of æ, ea, eo, and œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:

  • Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛖ (e) Old English lower case letter e, from replacement by Latin letter e of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e).
  • Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ) Old English lower case letter æ from replacement by Latin ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ).
  • Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛠ (ea) Old English lower case digraph ea, from replacement by Latin digraph ea of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea).
  • Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (ēo) Old English lower case digraph eo from replacement by Latin digraph eo of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (ēo).
  • Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛟ (œ) Old English lower case letter œ from replacement by Latin ligature œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /iː/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ/, /iː/, /ə/, /eɪ/
  • In addition to the phonemes noted above, "e" can also be silent, representing no sound itself but indicating which phoneme another letter in the word represents. See the article "Silent e" on Wikipedia.

Letter

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e (lower case, upper case E, plural es or e's)

  1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Coordinate terms

Number

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Noun

e (plural ees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
  2. (mathematics) the base of the natural logarithm, 2.718281828459045…

Coordinate terms

Translations

Afar

Letter

e

  1. The fifth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Afrikaans

Noun

e (plural e's, diminutive e'tjie)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Albanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e m or f or n

  1. Third-person singular accusative-case pronominal clitic (him, her, it)
    E di. / S'e di.
    I know it. / I don't know it.
    E bleva.
    I bought it.

Preposition

e

  1. (of)
    Besa e shqiptarit nuk shitet pazarit.
    The honor of an Albanian can not be sold or bought in a bazaar.

Article

e

  1. adjectival article for:
    1. definite masculine singular adjectives in all accusative case
    2. indefinite feminine singular adjectives in the nominative case
    3. definite plural and feminine singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases

See also

Forms of the adjectival articles
masculine feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative i i e e të e
accusative të e të e të e
genitive, dative and ablative të të të së të të
Note that regardless of the definite state of the noun being described, the definite articles are only used when immediately following a definite-form noun. If two adjectives (or other words that use these articles) come back to back, the second word's article will be indefinite.

Notice that while both adjectives require the adjectival article and the same masculine plural agreement, only the first adjectival article takes its definite form, as the second is not in the immediate environment of the modified definite noun.

Alemannic German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Article

e f

  1. (indefinite) a/an

Declension

Declension of en
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative/accusative en e es -
dative emene enere emene -
  • Short forms of the dative – eme, ere, eme – are also common.

Angolar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

e

  1. he

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and
  2. but
  3. or

Synonyms

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

e lower case (upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Breton

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

e

  1. his

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni.

Preposition

e

  1. in
Usage notes

It contracts with the articles, see el, en and er.

Catalan

Noun

e f (plural es)

  1. The Latin letter E (lowercase e).

Chinese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Prefix

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  1. e- (electronic)

Corsican

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Article

e f pl

  1. the

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

  • Previous letter: d
  • Next letter: f

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

e (accusative singular e-on, plural e-oj, accusative plural e-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

See also

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.

Abbreviation

e

  1. Abbreviation of ehk; or, a.k.a.

See also

Fala

Conjunction

e

  1. Alternative form of i

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈe̞ː] (name of letter)
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

e

  1. (music) E (note)

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Declension of e (type maa)
singular plural
nominative e e:t
genitive e:n e:iden
e:itten
partitive e:tä e:itä
accusative e
e:n 		e:t
inessive e:ssä e:issä
elative e:stä e:istä
illative e:hen e:ihin
adessive e:llä e:illä
ablative e:ltä e:iltä
allative e:lle e:ille
essive e:nä e:inä
translative e:ksi e:iksi
abessive e:ttä e:ittä
instructive – e:in
comitative – e:ineen

French

Pronunciation

Noun

e m (plural e)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Fula

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

Usage notes

See also

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

e

  1. and
  2. with

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
  • In writing, some add an "h" before and even also after the "e": he,heh. Not sure these would count as variants.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Gothic

Romanization

e

  1. Romanization of 𐌴

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese e. Cognates with Kabuverdianu e.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

e

  1. used to mark the following verb as an infinitive; to
  2. used before a name, a noun or a phrase to address someone or something

Preposition

e

  1. by (indicating the agent of a verb in the passive voice)

Hungarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *e-. Cognates include Finnish että and Estonian et.[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e

  1. (archaic, except before postpositions) this (used as a pronoun, that is, instead of a noun phrase, with postpositions taking nouns with cases)
    E mellett a ház mellett vártam rá. ― I waited for him/her next to this house.
    • 1836, Vörösmarty Mihály, Szózat
      A nagy világon e kivűl (modern spelling: kívül) / Nincsen számodra hely;
      In the great world outside of this / There is no place for you;

Determiner

e (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, otherwise mostly in fixed phrases beginning with a consonant, as a counterpart of ez) this
    E házban lakott Petőfi Sándor. ― Sándor Petőfi lived in this house.
Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike ez, it does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used:

ezen a helyen - e helyen (at this place)
ebben a házban - e házban (in this house)
Synonyms

Interjection

e

  1. look!, hey! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)
    E! Hát Józsi meg hová tűnt? - Hey! Where is Joe?
    Itt van, e! - Here it is. (informal, not polite)

Etymology 2

See Translingual section.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Previous letter: dzs
  • Next letter: é
  • -e (suffix)

References

  1. ^ Entry #125 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Iau

Noun

e

  1. water

Further reading

  • Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Conjunction

e

  1. Apocopic form of ed
  • a (“to”)
  • o (“or”)

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese e (“and”).

Conjunction

e

  1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá
      Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on

Interlingua

Alternative forms

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.
      Dear, with that little white and red face.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: é

Etymology 1

From Latin ē (the name of the letter E).

Noun

e f (uncountable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.; e

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin et.[1]

Alternative forms

  • ed (prevocalic)

Conjunction

e

  1. and

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Japanese

Romanization

e

  1. Rōmaji transcription of え
  2. Rōmaji transcription of エ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of へ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヘ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese e.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Kosraean

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. Compare Malay api, Malagasy afo, Tsat pui³³, Palauan ngau, Chuukese ááf, Tongan afi, Samoan afi and Hawaiian ahi.

Pronunciation

Noun

e

  1. fire

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Letter

e

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

ē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter E.
Coordinate terms

References

  • “e”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • e in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • e in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “e”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 3

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Abbreviated from ex.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ē (short form of ex)

  2. out of, from
Derived terms

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

Audio:(file)
Audio:(file)

Letter

E

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The letter E/e (like its long counterpart Ē/ē) represent two sounds, [ɛ] — šaurais e (“narrow e”) — and [æ] — platais e (“broad e”). In principle, [ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, [æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e — [ɛ] or [æ] — must be memorized.

See also

Pronunciation

Noun

e m (invariable)

  1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter E/e.

See also

Ligurian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“beyond, over”).

Conjunction

e

  1. and
Ligurian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine o i
feminine  a e

Etymology 2

From Latin illae.

Article

e f pl (singular a)

  1. the

Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Lule Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

e

  1. third-person plural present of ij

Malay

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

e (e5／e0, Zhuyin ˙ㄜ)

  1. Template:pinyin reading of

e

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of é.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of è.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

Letter

e

  1. the fifth letter of the modern Latin alphabet

Etymology 2

From French et.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

e

  1. Alternative form of æ

Etymology 2

Pronoun

e

  1. Alternative form of I

References

Etymology 3

Pronoun

e

  1. Alternative form of he

References

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old Norse ei

Adverb

ê

  1. always

Descendants

  • German Low German: Ehe

Letter

e

  1. The eighth letter of the Navajo alphabet:
    e = /ɛ˨/
    ę = /ɛ̃˨/
    é = /ɛ˥/
    ę́ = /ɛ̃˥/
    ee = /ɛː˨˨/
    ęę = /ɛ̃ː˨˨/
    ée = /ɛː˥˨/
    ę́ę = /ɛ̃ː˥˨/
    eé = /ɛː˨˥/
    ęę́ = /ɛ̃ː˨˥/
    éé = /ɛː˥˥/
    ę́ę́ = /ɛ̃ː˥˥/

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin de

Alternative forms

'e

Preposition

e

  1. of (used to express ownership)

Etymology 2

From Latin et

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /eː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /eː/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /æ/

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Letter

e

  1. The fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet
Inflection
Inflection of e
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m e e-en e-er e-ene
Nynorsk m e e-en e-ar e-ane

Usage notes

  • /ə/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

e

  1. (dialectal) Present tense of være (Bokmål), vera/vere (Nynorsk); equivalent to standardized er.

Novial

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

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  1. and

Nzadi

Particle

é

  1. Used to link a possessed noun to its possessor.

Usage notes

This particle accompanies several tonal changes, as well as a simplification or elision of the coda of the possessed noun in some cases. Many nouns can be linked directly in possessive constructions without using this particle, chiefly those that denotes humans or animals when used in the singular, although it is impossible to predict exactly which nouns will follow which pattern based on semantics, ancestral noun class, or morphology.

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan e, from Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Old French

Conjunction

e

  1. Alternative form of et

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Descendants

  • Catalan: i
  • Occitan: e

Old Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)
Descendants
  • Fala: i
  • Galician: e
  • Portuguese: e
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
    • Indo-Portuguese: e
    • Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
    • Papiamentu: i, y

Etymology 2

Alternative form of é

Verb

e

  1. Alternative form of é

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese ele and Spanish él and Kabuverdianu el.

Pronoun

e

  1. he, she, third person singular.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese este and Spanish este and Kabuverdianu es.

Article

e

  1. the (definite article)

Pohnpeian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

e

  1. he, she, it, third person pronoun

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Determiner

e

  1. his, her, hers, its, third person possessive pronoun
    Liho iang eh pwoud.
    The woman joined her husband.

Etymology 3

Of Onomatopoeic origin.

Interjection

e

  1. what, in response to being called

Polish

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Interjection

e

  1. (vulgar) hey! (used to call someone's attention)

Further reading

  • e in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Template:R:PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e

Letter:

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: é

Conjunction:

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: i

Noun:

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese e (“and”), from Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

e

  2. and (connects two clauses indicating that the events occurred together, one after the other or without any special implication)
    Eu vim e eles saíram.
    I came and they left.
  4. and (connects the last and penultimate elements in a list)
    Eu e ele vamos embora.
    He and I are going away.
    Tenho quatro frutas: uma maçã, uma pera, uma laranja e uma uva.
    I have four fruits: an apple, a pear, an orange and a grape.
  6. (emphatic) and (connects every element of a list)
    Ela é baixa, e burra, e preguiçosa, e feia.
    She is short, and stupid, and lazy, and ugly.
  8. (logic) and (indicates a conjunction operation)
    Verdadeiro e falso dá falso.
    True and false yields false.
  10. (in the format “X e X”) and (indicates a great number of something)
    Esperei por anos e anos.
    I waited for years and years.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:e.

Synonyms
Descendants
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
  • Indo-Portuguese: e
  • Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
  • Papiamentu: i, y

Noun

e m (uncountable)

  1. (logic) and, conjunction

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:e.

Etymology 2

See Translingual section.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of este

Noun

e m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of este (east)

Etymology 4

Verb

e

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of é (“is”)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

e

  1. agentive particle that marks the subject when a sensing verb is used

Usage notes

Only used with sensing verbs; otherwise use i.

Romagnol

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Romanian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /e/
  • (phoneme, generally) IPA(key): /e/

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet.
Usage notes

See E for pronunciation notes and details.

See also
  • Previous letter: d
  • Next letter: f

Etymology 2

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Interjection

e

  1. expression of annoyance, irritation
  2. expression of boredom, indifference
  3. (when prolonged...eee) surprise, satisfaction, admiration

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

Verb

e

  1. (informal) third-person singular present indicative of fi
    El e un copil.
    "He is a child."
Synonyms

Etymology 4

See et.

Conjunction

e

  1. (obsolete) and
  2. (obsolete) but
Synonyms

Samoan

Etymology

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Preposition

e

  1. by (a person or animate object)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish é, hé, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e

  1. he
  2. him
  3. (referring to a masculine noun) it

See also

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References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “e”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 é, hé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase): E

Pronunciation

Letter

e (Cyrillic spelling е)

  1. The 9th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by đ and followed by f.
Usage notes

Its name is е /e/ and it has the sound of e in net.

Etymology 2

Variant of ej or hej

Interjection

e (Cyrillic spelling е)

  1. (rare) well, now
  2. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) hey
  3. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to emphasize the sentence
    E, šta ima? ― Hey, what's up?
  4. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to express surprise
    E, otkud ti? ― Hey, where did you come from?
  5. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to get attention or change the topic of conversation, especially if followed by a (“and; but”)
    E, a vidi ovo. ― And look at this.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The tenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

e f (plural es)

  1. Name of the letter E.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • y
  • é (obsolete)

Conjunction

e

  1. and
    Yo hablo francés e inglés.
    I speak French and English.
Usage notes

Used instead of y when the following word starts with the vowel sound /i/.

See also

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Reduced form of de?”)

Particle

e

  1. Verbal marker for continuous aspect.

Swedish

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

  • letter name: IPA(key): /eː/
  • phoneme: IPA(key): /eː/, /ɛ/, /ɛː/

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

e

  1. (colloquial, Internet slang, text messaging) Pronunciation spelling of är.
    • 2014 January 17, Veronica Maggio (lyrics and music), “Hela huset ft. Håkan Hellström”‎[2]:
      Går runt i t-shirt och e trött
      Walking tired around in a t-shirt

Tahitian

Etymology

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Particle

e

  1. indicates that an action is unfinished when inserted before the verb

Teop

Etymology

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Pronoun

e

  1. him, her, it (third-person pronoun, objective case, singular)

Tongan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Preposition

e

  1. by

Turkish

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

e

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Tuvaluan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

e

  1. present tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese é.

Noun

e

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Etymology 2

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Verb

e • (衣, 㥋, 𢙬, 𠵱, 𠲖, 依)

  1. to fear; to be apprehensive, to be afraid
    Tôi e cô ta không đến.
    I am afraid she will not come.
  2. to be slightly ashamed
See also
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronoun

e

  1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of em.

References

Vilamovian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

e n

  1. egg

Volapük

Alternative forms

  • (before a vowel) ed

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e

  1. he, him

Usage notes

E is used predominantly in the south of Wales, while o is used in the north, with fe and fo as variants of e and o respectively. In formal Welsh, the equivalent pronoun is ef.

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

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Adverb

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  1. ay
    e värr å e värr
    ever worse and worse

Etymology 2

Article

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Etymology 3

Preposition

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Zazaki

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Interjection

e

  1. yes

Particle

e

  1. yes

Antonyms

Zulu

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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