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Translingual
Letter
è (upper case È )
In French, Italian, Occitan and Catalan the è is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to é which is pronounced /e/.
In Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e , /ɛ/, at the end of a word.
In older writings on Old Icelandic or Old (West) Norse (e.g. A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue ) è is used instead of the modern é to denote that the phoneme is different in character (a rising diphthong) compared to á , í , ó , ú and ý (falling diphthongs or monophthongs).
English
Letter
è (lower case , upper case È , plural ès or è's )
Found in words borrowed from other languages.
Used poetically instead of e in order to indicate that it is pronounced, as opposed to mute.
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My wingèd helmet and my wingèd heel
Derived terms
See also
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin et , from Proto-Indo-European *éti . Cognates include Italian e and Portuguese e .
Pronunciation
Conjunction
è
and
References
French
Etymology
From a , a distinctly Quebec contracted form of elle + est .
Pronunciation
Phrase
è
( Quebec ) she's , it's : contraction of elle est
See also
Hokkien
Italian
Etymology 1
The addition of a grave accent to the letter ⟨ E ⟩ is derived from Latin, where it was used with disambiguation purposes, e.g. in a word-final syllable to mark the word as an adverb (cōnstanter → constantè r ).
Pronunciation
Letter
è (upper case È )
( obsolete ) Used to disambiguate words ending in a stressed ⟨ -e ⟩ , regardless of its pronunciation
è ( “ is ” ) ( see Etymology 2 below ) , as opposed to e ( “ and ” )
nè ( “ nor; neither ” ) (modern spelling: né ), as opposed to ne ( “ from there; from/about/of this/these/that/those> ” )
( archaic , now proscribed ) Used to indicate a stressed word-final ⟨ -e ⟩ , regardless of its pronunciation }
perchè /perˈke/ , (modern spelling: perché )
Used to indicate the letter ⟨ e ⟩ when pronounced as open /ɛ/
Usage notes
The letter is usually only found in word-final position, unless one wants to make the pronunciation of a word-initial or -medial stressed /ɛ/ explicit (e.g. bello /ˈbɛllo/ → bèllo ).
Etymology 2
From Latin est , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti .
este ( Old Italian )
e' ( misspelling )
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɛ/ *
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: è
Verb
è
third-person singular present indicative of essere ; is
Usage notes
The uppercase form (È ) is often written as E' , especially in print.
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
è (e4 , Zhuyin ㄜˋ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 偔
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僫 / 𱏀
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卾
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厄
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呃
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呝
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咢
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哐
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啛
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噩
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圔
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堊 / 垩
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堮
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岋
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峈
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惡 / 恶 , 悪
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愕
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扼
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搤
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫮
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湂
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琧
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砐
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硆
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胺
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苊
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萼
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕚 / 萼
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘀 / 萚
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚅
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝁 / 𰲸
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詻 / 𰵤
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誒 / 诶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諤 / 谔
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讍
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豟
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貖
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軛 / 轭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軛 / 轭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遌
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遏
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遻
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄂
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍔 / 锷
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑩
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閼 / 阏
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阸
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隘
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頞 / 𱂨
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顎 / 颚
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餓 / 饿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餩 / 𱃽
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬬
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魥 / 𩽹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰐 / 鳄 , 鱷 / 鳄 , 鳄
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶚 / 鹗
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齂
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齶 / 腭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㓵
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屵
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin est ( “ is ” ) . Cognate with Italian and Sicilian è .
Verb
è
third-person singular present indicative of èssere
Rawang
Adverb
è
well , see .
Romagnol
Adverb
è
yes
Synonym: sē
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin est ( “ is ” ) . Cognate with Italian and Neapolitan è .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɛ/ ( standard )
IPA (key ) : /jɛ/ ( diphthongized )
IPA (key ) : /ɟɛ/ ( geminated )
Hyphenation: è
Verb
è
third-person singular present indicative of èssiri
Usage notes
The diacritic stress on è is apted to differentiate it with e ( “ and ” ) as a conjunction.
Derived terms
See also
Slovene
Etymology 1
Letter e with grave (◌̀ ) to signify short stressed vowel.
Pronunciation
Letter
è (lower case , upper case È )
Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on e .
Symbol
è
( non-tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sound .
Etymology 2
Letter e with grave (◌̀ ) to signify long stressed vowel.
Pronunciation
Letter
è (lower case , upper case È )
( Natisone Valley dialect ) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the long stress on e.
See also
References
Toporišič, Jože (2000 ) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
Špehonja, Nino (2012 ) Nediška gramatika (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco
Tlingit
Pronunciation
Letter
è (upper case È )
( Canada ) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Synonym: ei
See also
Canada:
( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , À à , Â â , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dł dł , Dz dz , E e , É é , È è , Ê ê , G g , Gw gw , Gh gh , Ghw ghw , H h , I i , Í í , Ì ì , Î î , J j , K k , Kw kw , Kʼ kʼ , Kʼw kʼw , Kh kh , Khw khw , Khʼ khʼ , Khʼw khʼw (L l ), Ł ł , Łʼ łʼ (M m ), N n (O o ), S s , Sʼ sʼ , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tl tl , Tlʼ tlʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , U u , Ú ú , Ù ù , Û û , W w , X x , Xw xw , Xʼ xʼ , Xʼw xʼw , Xh xh , Xhw xhw , Xhʼ xhʼ , Xhʼw xhʼw , Y y (Ÿ ÿ ), ․
US:
( Latin-script letters) A a , Á á , Aa aa , Áa áa , Ch ch , Chʼ chʼ , D d , Dl dl , Dz dz , E e , É é , Ee ee , Ée ée , Ei ei , Éi éi , G g , Gw gw , G̱ g̱ , G̱w g̱w , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , Kw kw , Kʼ kʼ , Kʼw kʼw , Ḵ ḵ , Ḵw ḵw , Ḵʼ ḵʼ , Ḵʼw ḵʼw , L l , Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ , M m ), N n (O o ), Oo oo , Óo óo , S s , Sʼ sʼ , Sh sh , T t , Tʼ tʼ , Tl tl , Tlʼ tlʼ , Ts ts , Tsʼ tsʼ , U u , Ú ú , W w , X x , Xw xw , Xʼ xʼ , Xʼw xʼw , X̱ x̱ , X̱w x̱w , X̱ʼ x̱ʼ , X̱ʼw x̱ʼw , Y y (Ÿ ÿ , Y̱ y̱ ), ․
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Letter
è (lower case , upper case È )
The letter e with the grave accent .
See also
( Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái ; A a (À à , Ả ả , Ã ã , Á á , Ạ ạ ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ , Ẳ ẳ , Ẵ ẵ , Ắ ắ , Ặ ặ ), Â â (Ầ ầ , Ẩ ẩ , Ẫ ẫ , Ấ ấ , Ậ ậ ), B b , C c (Ch ch ), D d , Đ đ , E e (È è , Ẻ ẻ , Ẽ ẽ , É é , Ẹ ẹ ), Ê ê (Ề ề , Ể ể , Ễ ễ , Ế ế , Ệ ệ ), G g (Gh gh , Gi gi ), H h , I i (Ì ì , Ỉ ỉ , Ĩ ĩ , Í í , Ị ị ), K k (Kh kh ), L l , M m , N n (Ng ng , Ngh ngh , Nh nh ), O o (Ò ò , Ỏ ỏ , Õ õ , Ó ó , Ọ ọ ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ , Ổ ổ , Ỗ ỗ , Ố ố , Ộ ộ ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ , Ở ở , Ỡ ỡ , Ớ ớ , Ợ ợ ), P p (Ph ph ), Q q (Qu qu ), R r , S s , T t (Th th , Tr tr ), U u (Ù ù , Ủ ủ , Ũ ũ , Ú ú , Ụ ụ ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ , Ử ử , Ữ ữ , Ứ ứ , Ự ự ), V v , X x , Y y (Ỳ ỳ , Ỷ ỷ , Ỹ ỹ , Ý ý , Ỵ ỵ )
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
è (upper case È )
The letter E, marked for its short pronunciation in monosyllabic words.