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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
é (upper case É)
- The letter e with an acute accent.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter E): Éé Èè Êê Ḙḙ Ěě Ĕĕ Ẽẽ Ḛḛ Ẻẻ Ėė Ëë Ēē Ȩȩ Ęę ᶒ Ɇɇ Ȅȅ Ếế Ềề Ễễ Ểể Ḝḝ Ḗḗ Ḕḕ Ȇȇ Ẹẹ Ệệ ⱸ ᴇ Ee Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ & Œœ ᵫ
- (Letters using acute accent or double acute accent): Áá Ắắ Ấấ Ǻǻ Ćć Ḉḉ Éé Ếế Ǵǵ Íí Ḯḯ Ḱḱ Ĺĺ Ḿḿ Ńń Óó Őő Ớớ Ṍṍ Ǿǿ Ṕṕ Ŕŕ Śś Úú Űű Ứứ Ẃẃ Ýý Źź Ǽǽ
EnglishEdit
LetterEdit
é (lower case, upper case É, plural és or é's)
- Found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that the e is not silent.
BourguignonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French el, contraction of en + lou. This form is now archaic and replaced by au from ài + lou, but may still be encountered in fixed sentences and proverbs.
PrepositionEdit
é
Usage notesEdit
Now used mainly in fixed sentences and proverbs like laissai ailai le chait é formaige.
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne, by Thomas Mignard, 1870.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
é (lower case, upper case É)
FalaEdit
VerbEdit
é
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin est, inflected form of sum.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
é
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
é (lower case, upper case É)
- The tenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called é and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | é | é-k |
accusative | é-t | é-ket |
dative | é-nek | é-knek |
instrumental | é-vel | é-kkel |
causal-final | é-ért | é-kért |
translative | é-vé | é-kké |
terminative | é-ig | é-kig |
essive-formal | é-ként | é-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | é-ben | é-kben |
superessive | é-n | é-ken |
adessive | é-nél | é-knél |
illative | é-be | é-kbe |
sublative | é-re | é-kre |
allative | é-hez | é-khez |
elative | é-ből | é-kből |
delative | é-ről | é-kről |
ablative | é-től | é-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
é-é | é-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
é-éi | é-kéi |
Possessive forms of é | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | é-m | é-im |
2nd person sing. | é-d | é-id |
3rd person sing. | é-je | é-i |
1st person plural | é-nk | é-ink |
2nd person plural | é-tek | é-itek |
3rd person plural | é-jük | é-ik |
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Further readingEdit
- é in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- é in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
é (upper case É)
- The seventh letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)
See alsoEdit
Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) |
Disjunctive (emphatic) |
Possessive determiner |
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Singular | First | mé (mise) |
mo L m' before vowel sounds | |
Second | tú (tusa)1 |
thú (thusa) |
do L d' before vowel sounds | |
Third masculine | sé (seisean) |
é (eisean) |
a L | |
Third feminine | sí (sise) |
í (ise) |
a H | |
Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | |
Second | sibh (sibhse)1 |
bhur E | ||
Third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E |
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
é | n-é | hé | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
LigurianEdit
VerbEdit
é
- third-person singular present indicative of êse; “[he/she/it] is”
LoteEdit
NumeralEdit
é
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
MandarinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
RomanizationEdit
é (Zhuyin ㄜˊ)
- Pinyin transcription of 俄
- Pinyin transcription of 吪
- Pinyin transcription of 哦
- Pinyin transcription of 囫
- Pinyin transcription of 娥
- Pinyin transcription of 峨
- Pinyin transcription of 峩
- Pinyin transcription of 枙
- Pinyin transcription of 涐
- Pinyin transcription of 珴
- Pinyin transcription of 皒
- Pinyin transcription of 睋
- Pinyin transcription of 硪
- Pinyin transcription of 磀
- Pinyin transcription of 莪
- Pinyin transcription of 蛾
- Pinyin transcription of 訛
- Pinyin transcription of 誐
- Pinyin transcription of 譌
- Pinyin transcription of 讹
- Pinyin transcription of 迗
- Pinyin transcription of 鈋
- Pinyin transcription of 鋧
- Pinyin transcription of 锄
- Pinyin transcription of 隲
- Pinyin transcription of 頟
- Pinyin transcription of 額
- Pinyin transcription of 额
- Pinyin transcription of 騀
- Pinyin transcription of 魤
- Pinyin transcription of 鵝
- Pinyin transcription of 鵞
- Pinyin transcription of 鹅
ReferencesEdit
Min NanEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of é – see 矮 (“short; low; etc.”). (This character, é, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 矮.) |
Old IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *es or *ēs, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.
PronounEdit
é (feminine sí, neuter ed, emphatic ésom)
- he
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4c3
- Is hé as airchinnech inna n-uile.
- It is he who is the chief of all.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4c3
- it (referring to a masculine noun)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b28
- Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.
- It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b28
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Celtic *ēs (compare Middle Welsh wy), from nominative *eyes or accusative *ens, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.
PronounEdit
é (emphatic ésom)
- they
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a8
- Nitat pecthi collnidi híccatar and ind echt so cebtar hé riam.
- It is not fleshly sins that are paid for there now, though it was they before.
- Nitat pecthi collnidi híccatar and ind echt so cebtar hé riam.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a8
Old PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
é
- third-person singular present indicative of seer
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):
- Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.
- This 19th is about how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer through the great pains she underwent.
- Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.
Old SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
é
DescendantsEdit
PicardEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
é f (plural és)
- bee
- Ch’est unne é
- It’s a bee
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Verb and interjection:
Noun:
Interjection used in hesitant speech:
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
é
NounEdit
é m (plural és)
- e (name of the letter E, e)
InterjectionEdit
é
- that’s right; yes; yeah; indicates agreement
- É, eu fiz isso.
- Yeah, I did that.
- erm; um; used in hesitant speech
SpanishEdit
ConjunctionEdit
é
- Obsolete spelling of e
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
é
- Form of e, used to mark that the letter is long and fully stressed.
Usage notesEdit
- Although this is considered a variant of e and is not an independent letter in the Swedish alphabet, it distinguishes a few words such as idé (“idea”) and ide (“place of hibernation”).
Further readingEdit
- é on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv