jé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "je"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛː]

Etymology 1

Noun

jé n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet

Etymology 2

Interjection

jé

1. wow (the expression of surprise)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjeː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -jeː

Etymology 1

Of debated origin:

1. An onomatopoeia.
2. Borrowed from German je.

Interjection

jé

1. wow, gee (the expression of surprise)

Etymology 2

Noun

jé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	jé	jék
accusative	jét	jéket
dative	jének	jéknek
instrumental	jével	jékkel
causal-final	jéért	jékért
translative	jévé	jékké
terminative	jéig	jékig
essive-formal	jéként	jékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	jében	jékben
superessive	jén	jéken
adessive	jénél	jéknél
illative	jébe	jékbe
sublative	jére	jékre
allative	jéhez	jékhez
elative	jéből	jékből
delative	jéről	jékről
ablative	jétől	jéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	jéé	jéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	jééi	jékéi

Possessive forms of jé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	jém	jéim
2nd person sing.	jéd	jéid
3rd person sing.	jéje	jéi
1st person plural	jénk	jéink
2nd person plural	jétek	jéitek
3rd person plural	jéjük	jéik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• jé in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

• éj

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː/

Noun

jé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter j/J.

Usage notes

Although the letter ⟨j⟩ is not used in Irish, it has a name so it can be referred to in mathematical or scientific usage or when spelling words in other languages.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Tarantino

Verb

jé

1. third-person singular present indicative of essere