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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
Pronunciation
Letter
è (upper case È)
- The letter ⟨e⟩ in a stressed final syllable when pronounced /ɛ/.
Etymology 2
From Latin est, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
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.