é

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

é U+00E9, é LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← è [U+00E8] Latin-1 Supplement ê → [U+00EA]

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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

é (upper case É)

1. 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

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EnglishEdit

LetterEdit

é (lower case, upper case É, plural é's)

1. 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.

   café, resumé, animé

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BourguignonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French el, contraction of en + lou. This form is now archaic and remplaced by au from ài + lou, however, you may encounter it in fixed sentences and proverbs.

PrepositionEdit

é

1. (archaic) in the, equivalent of au.

Usage notesEdit

Now used mainly in fixed sentences and proverbs like laissai ailai le chait é formaige.

Related termsEdit

• és

ReferenceEdit

• Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne, by Thomas Mignard, 1870.

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CzechEdit

LetterEdit

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. The ninth letter of the Czech alphabet, after e and before ě

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FalaEdit

VerbEdit

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of sel

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin est, inflected form of sum.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

VerbEdit

é

1. is; third-person singular present indicative of ser

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

The standard Latin letter e with the addition of the acute accent which indicates both modified sound and extended length.

LetterEdit

é

1. A letter of the Hungarian alphabet, long e.

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /eː/, /ə/

PronounEdit

é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)

1. he, him; (referring to a masculine noun) it

See alsoEdit

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)	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)		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
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.

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LigurianEdit

VerbEdit

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of êse; “[​he/she/it​] is”

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LoteEdit

NumeralEdit

é

1. one

SynonymsEdit

• éllé

ReferencesEdit

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

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MandarinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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RomanizationEdit

é (Zhuyin ㄜˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 俄
2. Pinyin transcription of 吪
3. Pinyin transcription of 哦
4. Pinyin transcription of 囫
5. Pinyin transcription of 娥
6. Pinyin transcription of 峨
7. Pinyin transcription of 峩
8. Pinyin transcription of 枙
9. Pinyin transcription of 涐
10. Pinyin transcription of 珴
11. Pinyin transcription of 皒
12. Pinyin transcription of 睋
13. Pinyin transcription of 硪
14. Pinyin transcription of 磀
15. Pinyin transcription of 莪
16. Pinyin transcription of 蛾
17. Pinyin transcription of 訛
18. Pinyin transcription of 誐
19. Pinyin transcription of 譌
20. Pinyin transcription of 讹
21. Pinyin transcription of 迗
22. Pinyin transcription of 鈋
23. Pinyin transcription of 鋧
24. Pinyin transcription of 锄
25. Pinyin transcription of 隲
26. Pinyin transcription of 頟
27. Pinyin transcription of 額
28. Pinyin transcription of 额
29. Pinyin transcription of 騀
30. Pinyin transcription of 魤
31. Pinyin transcription of 鵝
32. Pinyin transcription of 鵞
33. Pinyin transcription of 鹅

ReferencesEdit

• Wenlin

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Min NanEdit

For pronunciation and definitions of é – see 矮 (“short; low”). (This character, é, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 矮.)

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Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• hé
• hǽ

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /eː/

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Celtic *es or *ēs, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

PronounEdit

é (feminine sí, neuter ed)

1. 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. 4^c3

     Is hé as airchinnech inna n-uile.

     It is he who is the chief of all.

2. 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. 5^b28

     Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.

Related termsEdit

• ésom (emphatic)

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: é
• Scottish Gaelic: e
• Manx: eh

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Celtic *ēs (compare Middle Welsh wy), from nominative *eyes or accusative *ens, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

PronounEdit

é

1. 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. 4^a8

     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.

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Old PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

VerbEdit

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of seer
   • 13th century, attributed to 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.

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Old SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• e

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /e/

ConjunctionEdit

é

1. and

DescendantsEdit

• Ladino: i
• Spanish: y

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Verb and interjection:

• he (obsolete)
• eh (Internet)

Noun:

• ê

Interjection used in hesitant speech:

• éé, ééé, éééé, etc.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

VerbEdit

é

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ser

NounEdit

é m (plural és)

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

InterjectionEdit

é

1. that’s right; yes; yeah; indicates agreement
2. erm; um; used in hesitant speech

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SpanishEdit

ConjunctionEdit

é

1. Obsolete spelling of e