è
See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"
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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
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).
EnglishEdit
LetterEdit
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
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Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
CorsicanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti. Cognates include Italian e and Portuguese e.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ/
- Homophones: e, hè
ConjunctionEdit
è
ReferencesEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a, a distinctly Quebec contracted form of elle, + est.
PronunciationEdit
PhraseEdit
è
See alsoEdit
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- e' (misspelling)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin est, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
è
- third-person singular present indicative of essere; is
- Se non è vero, è ben trovato
- If it is not true, it is a good story.
Usage notesEdit
The uppercase form (È) is often written as E', especially in print.
MandarinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- e – nonstandard
PronunciationEdit
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RomanizationEdit
- 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
Min NanEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 呃 (“to belch; to hiccup; to hiccough; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 呃.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 曳 (“to drag; to pull; to float in the wind; to sway; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 曳.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 穢 (“dirty; filthy; unclean; immoral; obscene; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 穢.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 翳 (“shade; screen; nebula; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翳.) |
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 裔 (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.) |
NeapolitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
è
RawangEdit
AdverbEdit
è
RomagnolEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ē (Ville Unite)
AdverbEdit
è
SloveneEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Letter e with grave (◌̀) to signify short stressed vowel.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
è (lower case, upper case È)
- Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on e.
SymbolEdit
è
- (non-tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛ].
Etymology 2Edit
Letter e with grave (◌̀) to signify long stressed vowel.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
è (lower case, upper case È)
- (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the long stress on e.