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English
Symbol
ė
- (lexicography) Indicates the HAPPY vowel (final vowel of happy).
- (lexicography, dated) An element of the digraph ⟨ėr⟩, indicating the NURSE vowel.
Synonyms
(NURSE vowel): ûr, ʉr
Cheyenne
Pronunciation
Letter
ė (upper case Ė)
- A letter of the Cheyenne alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Letter
ė (upper case Ė)
- The ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called ė and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž
Lower Sorbian
Letter
ė (upper case Ė)
- (obsolete) A letter formerly used to represent the sound /ɪ/, now replaced by the letter ě.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
- (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż
Samogitian
Letter
ė (upper case Ė)
- The ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ė̄ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Conjunction
ė
- and
Petnīčė īr dėina nedielie terp ketverga ė sobatas.- Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
Slovene
Etymology 1
Letter e with dot above (◌̇) to signify a lot more close vowel.
Pronunciation
- (sound, unofficial): IPA(key):
Symbol
ė
- (dialectal transcription) Phonetic transcription of tense sound between and .
Usage notes
Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately , no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.
Etymology 2
Letter e with dot above (◌̇) to signify an extra short vowel.
Pronunciation
- (Natisone Valley dialect, phoneme): IPA(key): /ĕ/
Letter
ė (lower case, usually not in upper case)
- (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the extra-short stress on e.
See also
References
- Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30
- Špehonja, Nino (2012) Nediška gramatika (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco