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

e U+0065, e
LATIN SMALL LETTER E
d
Basic Latin f

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

  • Pronunciation of IPA :(file)

Letter

e (upper case E)

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

See also

Symbol

e

  1. (mathematics) The base of natural logarithms, also known as Euler's number, 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) a close-mid front unrounded vowel.
  4. (superscript ⟨ᵉ⟩, IPA) -coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo .
  5. (algebra, group theory) identity element.
    ae = ea = a
  6. (physics) Electron.
  7. (physics) Elementary charge.
  8. (mathematics) Eccentricity.
    • 2006 August, Alexander V. Krivov, Artem G. Feofilov, Valeri V. Dikarev, “Search for the putative dust belts of Mars: The late 2007 opportunity”, in Planetary and Space Science, volume 54, numbers 9–10 (in English), →DOI, page 873:
      In addition, we included here another effect—the modulation of the radiation pressure force by the orbital eccentricity of Mars, —an effect, whose existence was first pointed out by Juhász and Horányi (1995) []

Usage notes

In the sense as a mathematical constant, the symbol is traditionally represented in an italic font.

Synonyms

  • (scientific notation): E
  • (electron): e⁻
  • (identity element): 1, (chiefly matrices) I

See also

Other representations of E:

English

Etymology 1

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: (e), (æ), (ea), (eo), and (œ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈiː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ/, /iː/, /ɪ/, /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

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
Derived 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.
Alternative forms
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

From a deliberate apheresis of both he and she.

Pronoun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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e (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative em, possessive adjective eir, possessive noun eirs, reflexive emself)

  1. (rare, epicene, nonstandard) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
    • 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in James A. Inman, Donna N. Sewell, editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OL, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:
      E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves, and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.
    • 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202
      Empre waded out to help them cross the last stretch. More people, a few hundred, perhaps, had gathered along the shore. One of them came running at Melu with a cry—she threw up her arms in defense. But it was Aeran, only Aeran. E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief.
Synonyms

Translations

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

  1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨e⟩
  2. (stenoscript) the long vowel /iː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; counts as /iːr/.)
  3. (stenoscript) the words he, me

Afar

Letter

e

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

See also

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Ainu

Pronunciation

Verb

e (Kana spelling )

  1. (transitive) to eat

Synonyms

See also

  • ku (to drink)

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and
  2. also

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

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Conjunction e (and also)”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 85

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 {{{8}}}
  • 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

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

See also

Noun

e (indeclinable)

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

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
Inflection
Usage notes

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

e f (plural es)

  1. the Latin letter E (lowercase e)

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Prefix

e

  1. e- (electronic)

Etymology 2

From clipping of English email.

Pronunciation


Verb

e

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to email

Corsican

Etymology

From the earlier le.

Pronunciation

Article

e f pl (masculine singular u, feminine singular a, masculine plural i)

  1. the (feminine plural)

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, e turns into l'.

Pronoun

e f pl

  1. them (feminine direct object)

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, e turns into l'.

See also

References

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.

Conjunction

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

Etymology 1

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and e for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

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
Derived terms
compounds

French

Pronunciation

Noun

e m (plural e)

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

Derived terms

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 1

From Latin et.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and
    Túa irmá e eu fomos cear e despois ao cine.
    Your sister and I went to have dinner and then to the cinema.

Etymology 2

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

Noun

e m (plural es)

  1. e (name of the letter E, e)
See also

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

e

  1. Romanization of 𐌴

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Kabuverdianu e.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Gun

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Pronoun

é

  1. she, he, it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e

  1. her, him, it (third-person singular personal object pronoun)

See also

Gungbe personal pronouns
Number Person Emphatic Pronoun Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner
Singular First nyɛ́, yẹ́n ùn, n mi , ṣié
Second jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ à tòwè
Third éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ é è étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
Plural First mílɛ́, mílẹ́ mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
Second mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
Third yélɛ́, yélẹ́ yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

e (demonstrative)

  1. (chiefly archaic, except before consonant-initial words, as a counterpart of ez) this
    Synonyms: eme, (only determiners; both are archaic or formal) ezen
    az e heti hírekthis week’s news
    e világiof this world, worldly, mundane
    E házban lakott Petőfi Sándor.Sándor Petőfi lived in this house.
    E mellett a ház mellett vártam rá.I waited for him/her next to this house.

Pronoun

e

  1. (archaic, except before most consonant-initial postpositions) this
    Itt a mozi, e mellett lakunk mi.Here is the cinema; we live next to this.
    • 1836, Mihály Vörösmarty, Szózat (Appeal)
      A nagy világon e kivűl / Nincsen számodra hely;
      In the great world outside of here / There is no place for you
      (“E kívül” would be ezen kívül in present-day Hungarian, formed from ez.)
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 helyenat this place (literally, “on this place”)
ebben a házban ― e házbanin this house

Most consonant-initial postpositions can take e, e.g. e nélkül, e helyett, see Pronominal adverbs from postpositions, in the column “that one, this one”. On the other hand, vowel-initial postpositions take ez (e.g. ez alatt, ez iránt).

Interjection

e

  1. (folksy) look!, hey! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)
    E! Hát Józsi meg hová tűnt?Hey! Where is Joe?
    Itt van, e! (informal)Here it is.

Etymology 2

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

  • (letter or phoneme itself; identifier): IPA(key): [2]
  • (musical note): IPA(key): (in the names of minor scales; see also E)

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative e e-k
accusative e-t e-ket
dative e-nek e-knek
instrumental e-vel e-kkel
causal-final e-ért e-kért
translative e-vé e-kké
terminative e-ig e-kig
essive-formal e-ként e-kként
essive-modal
inessive e-ben e-kben
superessive e-n e-ken
adessive e-nél e-knél
illative e-be e-kbe
sublative e-re e-kre
allative e-hez e-khez
elative e-ből e-kből
delative e-ről e-kről
ablative e-től e-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
e-é e-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
e-éi e-kéi
Possessive forms of e
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. e-m e-im
2nd person sing. e-d e-id
3rd person sing. e-je e-i
1st person plural e-nk e-ink
2nd person plural e-tek e-itek
3rd person plural e-jük e-ik
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Entry #125 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 280

Further reading

  • (sound, letter, abbreviation): e , (musical note, its symbol or key/position): e , (pronoun, alternative form of ez): e , (folksy interjection pointing at something nearby): e , (interjection, rare alternative form of eh): e 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
  • e in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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)

Igbo

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E, lower case e)

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

Alternative forms

  • a (retracted tongue position)

Pronoun

e

  1. (indefinite) somebody, one, they, people (an unspecified individual).

Usage notes

  • Often gets translated into English with the passive voice.

See also

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

See also

Interlingua

Alternative forms

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Irish

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

See also

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

e f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case E)

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

Noun

e f (invariable)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin et.[1]

Alternative forms

  • ed (before a word starting with a vowel, especially /e ɛ/.)

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

e

  1. and
  2. (archaic, literary) (e... e) both... and or just ... and (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: sia... che, sia... sia
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 4–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa duraesta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte ¶ che nel pensier rinova la paura!
      Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say ¶ ⁠What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, ⁠¶ ⁠Which in the very thought renews the fear.
Usage notes

References

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

Further reading

e in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἱ (hai).

Article

e

  1. feminine nominative plural of o

Japanese

Romanization

e

  1. The hiragana syllable (e) or the katakana syllable (e) in Hepburn romanization.
  2. The hiragana syllable (e) or the katakana syllable (e) in Hepburn romanization. (as particle)

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese e.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Kaingang

Pronunciation

Verb

e

  1. there are many, there is much
  2. to be a lot (for someone); to displease; to surprise
    Ag mỹ tóg e .
    They were surprised.
    (literally, “it was a lot for them.”)

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog e. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English e.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈʔi/
    • Rhymes: -i
  • (phoneme)
  • Syllabification: e

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See also

References

  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kapampangan

Etymology

From ali or Proto-Philippine *diq (particle of negation).

Prefix

e

  1. un-, non-, in-
    Iyang emakapunta
    S/he's Unable to go
    Taung eyakakit
    Invisible man
    Lugud a ekalinguwan
    Unforgettable love
    Ekakabieng bage
    Nonliving things
    Emakasulung
    Unable to proceed

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and e for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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

Abbreviated from ex.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ē (short form of ex)

  1. 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 1

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, šaurais e (narrow e) — and platais e (broad e). In principle, 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, , and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, 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 or — must be memorized.

See also

Pronunciation 2

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

Maltese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/ (short phoneme)
  • IPA(key): /a/ (some speakers; when following in an unstressed final syllable)
  • IPA(key): /ɛː/ (long phoneme)
  • In inherited words, long e occurs only next to vowelised or h. In Romance words, it can be long on its own.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare Italian eh and English eh.

Interjection

e

  1. In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said: eh, what
    Synonyms: xiex, x’inhu
  2. Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said: eh
  3. Used to express dissent
Alternative forms

Mandarin

Romanization

e (e5e0, Zhuyin ˙ㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

e

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of é.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of è.
  5. Nonstandard spelling of ê̄.
  6. Nonstandard spelling of ế.
  7. Nonstandard spelling of ê̌.
  8. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. (/⁠ɛ⁠/) typically only occurs in syllables with an initial glide (e.g. ㄧㄝ (-ie /⁠i̯ɛ⁠/)), where it is romanized as e. When it occurs in syllables without an initial glide, however, it is romanized as ê in order to distinguish it from (-e /⁠ɤ⁠/). Such instances are rare, and are only found in interjections or neologisms.
  • 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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

e

  1. the fifth letter of the modern Latin alphabet

Etymology 2

From French et.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Mbyá Guaraní

Adjective

e

  1. tasty, delicious

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

e

  1. Alternative form of I (I)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

e

  1. Alternative form of he (he)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

e

  1. Alternative form of he (they)

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adverb

ê

  1. always

Descendants

  • German Low German: Ehe

Mokilese

Noun

e (construct ehn)

  1. leg

Inflection

Derived terms

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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

Usage notes

  • In monosyllables, final ⟨e⟩ is pronounced , except on Sylt, where it is .
  • The reduced vowel is lowered to when followed by codar⟩. In the insular dialects, the same usually happens also before any other coda consonant (except ⟨l, n⟩, which become syllabic instead).
  • Mooring Frisian represents exclusively by ⟨ä⟩, whereas the insular dialects represent by ⟨i⟩ in certain positions (see there).
  • Föhr-Amrum Frisian uses ⟨ei, eu⟩ for the diphthongs , as in German. The other dialects spell phonetically ⟨ai, oi⟩.

See also

Norwegian

Etymology

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

e

  1. The fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

  • /ə/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Article

e

  1. (non-standard since 1938) Alternative form of ei

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse er.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

e

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) Apocopic form of er, present of vera

Etymology 2

Pronoun

e

  1. (dialectal, parts of Trøndelag and Western Norway) pronunciation spelling of eg (I).

Nupe

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Clipping of .

Pronunciation

Particle

è

  1. Marks the imperfective aspect, for actions that are not completed.

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 : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Occitan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan e, from Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Etymology 2

Noun

e f (plural es)

  1. e (the letter e, E)

Old French

Conjunction

e

  1. Alternative form of et

Old Galician-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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Descendants

  • Occitan: e

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • é (alternative spelling)
  • ed, et (alternative forms)
  • i

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and
    • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 64v.
      e el reẏ con ſana q́ auie mando que mataſen todos los ſabios de babilonna e demandaron a danel e aſos conpaneros por matar
      And the king, full of anger, ordered all the wise men of Babylon be put to death, and they sought Daniel and his companions to put them to death.

Descendants

  • Spanish: y, e

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

e

  1. bean.

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

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and e for development of the glyph itself.

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and (connects two clauses indicating that the events occurred together, one after the other or without any special implication)
    Synonym: &
    Eu vim e eles saíram.
    I came and they left.
  2. 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.
  3. (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.
  4. (logic) and (indicates a conjunction operation)
    Verdadeiro e falso dá falso.
    True and false yields false.
  5. (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.

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.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e

Letter:

Noun:

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe/
  • Hyphenation: e

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Maori e.

Particle

e

  1. Used to mark the subject of a non-stative verb.
  2. Used to form a vocative of the following (proper) noun.
Usage notes
  • The particle is only obligatory when used with verbs describing first-hand sensing:
    He tike'a koe e au.I see you.
  • With other verbs, e has an emphatic undertone.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Maori e.

Particle

e

  1. Used to indicate the imperfective aspect.
  2. Used to indicate the exhortative mood.
  3. Used before numerals to form cardinal numbers.

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 67
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, pages 323, 381

Rawang

Pronunciation

Verb

e

  1. to exist.

Suffix

e

  1. verbal suffix for marking non-past declarative clause.

Romagnol

Etymology

From an earlier ei, from el.

Article

e m

  1. Alternative form of e’ (the)

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. (International Standard) The seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Romanian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

See E for pronunciation notes.

See also

Noun

e n (plural e-uri)

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

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

e

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

Etymology 3

From Latin est.

Pronunciation

Verb

e

  1. (informal) third-person singular present indicative of fi
    Synonyms: este, (regional) îi, (familiar) -i
    El e un copil.
    He is a child.

Etymology 4

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

  1. (obsolete) and
    Synonym: și
  2. (obsolete) but
    Synonyms: dar, iar

Samoan

Etymology

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

Preposition

e

  1. by (a person or animate object)

Sardinian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti or *h₁eti.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by d and followed by f. Its traditional name is eadha (aspen).
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Irish é. Cognates include Irish é and Manx eh.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e (emphatic esan)

  1. third-person masculine pronoun; he, him, it
See also

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “e”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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.

Sicilian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

e

  1. and

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and e for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

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

See also

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Alternative forms

  • є (Metelko alphabet)
  • ȩ (Ramovš transcription)

Etymology 1

From Gaj's Latin alphabet e, from Czech alphabet e, from Latin e, which is a modification of capital letter E in uncial script, from Ancient Greek Ε (E, Epsilon).

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme, Standard Slovene): IPA(key): /éː/, /èː/, /ɛ́/, /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/, /ə́/, /ə̀/, /e/, /ɛ/, , , ,
  • (phoneme, Resian): IPA(key): /ɛ/
  • (phoneme, Natisone Valley dialect): IPA(key): /ɛː/, /ɛ/, /ɛ̆/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /èː/, /éː/
  • (letter name, archaic): IPA(key): /ɛ̀ː/, /ɛ́ː/
  • Audio (letter name, non-tonal):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː, -ɛː
  • Homophones: e, E

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  3. The sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.
Derived terms

Symbol

e

  1. (Logar transcription, transcription for standard Slovene) Phonetic transcription of sound .
    Synonyms: ȩ, ɛ

Noun

e m inan or n

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

Usage notes

Nowadays, it is hardly ever neuter gender, so it is considered obsolete.[1]

Inflection

  • Overall more common
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. e
gen. sing. e-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
e e-ja e-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
e-ja e-jev e-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
e-ju e-jema e-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
e e-ja e-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
e-ju e-jih e-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
e-jem e-jema e-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. e
gen. sing. e
singular dual plural
nominative e e e
accusative e e e
genitive e e e
dative e e e
locative e e e
instrumental e e e
  • Obsolete
Neuter, no endings
nom. sing. e
gen. sing. e
singular dual plural
nominative e e e
accusative e e e
genitive e e e
dative e e e
locative e e e
instrumental e e e

Etymology 2

Variant of ej or hej

Pronunciation

Interjection

e

  1. (informal, rare, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express happiness when saying something
    E, do smrti bom živel!
    Hey, I will live till I die!
  2. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express uneasyness
    E, da, seveda.
    Um, sure, of course
  3. (informal, rare, at the end of sentences) Used to form questions
    Synonym: a
    Kdo je to naredil, e?
    Who did that, huh?

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Interjection

e

  1. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express indifference to what was said before
    Synonyms: eh, ah
    E, ga bo že minilo!
    Whatever, he will get over it?
  2. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express unhappiness
    E, pa kaj še!
    Yeah, sure!

See also

References

  1. ^ Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
  • Krvina, Domen, Žele, Andreja (2017) O MEDMETIH, ZLASTI O NJIHOVIH RAZLOČEVALNIH LASTNOSTIH: POUDARJEN SLOVARSKI VIDIK (in Slovene)
  • 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

Further reading

  • e”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

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

Latin et

Alternative forms

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

Reduced form of de (to be)

Particle

e

  1. Verbal marker for continuous aspect.

Sumerian

Romanization

e

  1. Romanization of 𒂊

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:
      Går runt i t-shirt och e trött
      Walking tired around in a t-shirt
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse æ, ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwi (forever), *aiwaz.

Adverb

e (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) forever, ever
    Synonym: alltid

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish e. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English e.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by the Baybayin character (i).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish e.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔi/ (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • Rhymes: -i
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔe/ (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
      • Rhymes: -e
    • IPA(key): /ˈe/ (phoneme, stressed or unstressed)
      • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: e

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E, Baybayin spelling )

  1. The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called i and written in the Latin script.
  2. The fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called e and written in the Latin script.
  3. (historical) The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

e (Baybayin spelling )

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter E/e, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) i
  2. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter E/e, in the Abecedario
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) i

See also

Etymology 2

Compare Spanish eh and English eh.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

e (Baybayin spelling ) (informal)

  1. Used to acknowledge a statement or situation: well; so
    E, ganoon e!
    Well, it's like that!
    E, ano ngayon?
    So, what now?
    Nandoon siya, e.
    Well, he/she was/is there.
  2. Used to rhetorically express surprise or suspicion: so; oh; well
    E, sino naman 'yun?
    Oh so then, who was that?
    E, ikaw lang din naman 'yun.
    Well anyways, that was also only just you.
  3. Used to express indignance: well; but
    E, hindi mo naman kinailangan gawin iyon.
    But, you didn't need to do that.
  4. Used to introduce the continuation of narration from a previous understood point: and; well; so
    E, magkano naman ito?
    And, how much is this one?
See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Particle

e (Baybayin spelling )

  1. Alternative form of ay

Further reading

  • e”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tahitian

Etymology

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Particle

e

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

See also

Teop

Etymology

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Pronoun

e

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

Further reading

Tlingit

Pronunciation

Letter

e (upper case E)

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

See also

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Samoan e.

Preposition

e

  1. Marks the subject of a transitive verb; by

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Samoan e.

Particle

e

  1. Indicates indefinite present tense.
    • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:
      Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino
      We, the people of Tokelau, (do) speak openly
  2. Indicates future tense.

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 24

Tongan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Preposition

e

  1. by

Tooro

Pronunciation

Pronoun

-e (declinable)

  1. his, her (class 1 possessive pronoun)

Usage notes

  • This modifier, when used in the indefinite forms, causes the word before it to move its high tone to the ultimate syllable.

Inflection

See also

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 420

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

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Particle

e

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese é.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The eighth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

e

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

Etymology 2

Compare Pacoh e (to guard, to watch over).

Verb

e (, , 𢙬, 𠵱, 𠲖, )

  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

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Pronunciation

Noun

e n

  1. egg

Volapük

Alternative forms

  • (before a vowel) ed

Etymology

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Conjunction

e

  1. and
    • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 12:
      Liegikans e pöfikans binons deadöfiks.
      Rich people and poor people are mortal.

Welsh

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): è
  • (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): é
  • (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel): ê
  • (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ë

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Welsh alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by dd and followed by f.
Mutation
  • e cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word eliffant (elephant):
Mutated forms of eliffant
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eliffant unchanged unchanged heliffant

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Derived terms
See also

Noun

e f (plural eau)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of e
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
e unchanged unchanged he

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

Etymology 2

Reduction of literary ef

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.

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

e

  1. (transitive) to fetch
  2. (transitive) to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of e (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tee mee ae
2nd person nee fee
3rd person inanimate ie dee
animate
imperative nee, e fee, e

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Yele

Pronunciation

Letter

e

  1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

  • The digraph ee transcribes the long vowel /ɛː/
  • The digraph ꞉e transcribes the nasal vowel /ɛ̃/
  • The trigraph ꞉ee transcribes the long nasal vowel /ɛ̃ː/

See also

Yola

Article

e

  1. Alternative form of a (one)
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 11:
      Fan the loughraan itzel feight e big bawl,
      When the ghost itself gave a loud bawl,

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called é and written in the Latin script.

Noun

é

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

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Pronoun

e

  1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /e/)

Pronoun

é

  1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /e/)

Zazaki

Etymology

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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