é-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

French

Etymology

Old French es-, from Latin ex-, ē-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/
• Homophones: ai, aie, ais, ait, et

Prefix

é-

1. prefix indicating away, moving away from; sometimes used as an intensifier, for example in écru

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with é-

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *an-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

Prefix

é-

1. Alternative form of an- (“un-, non-”)

   ‎é- + ‎trom (“heavy”) → ‎étrum (“light”, literally “unheavy”)

   ‎é- + ‎cubus (“conscience”) → ‎écubus (“bad faith”, literally “non-conscience”)

   ‎é- + ‎cosmail (“like, similar”) → ‎écsamail (“dissimilar, different”)

Usage notes

Used before c and t, which undergo eclipsis (nasalization) to be pronounced /ɡ/ and /d/. However, the basic form an- is also sometimes found in this context.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with é-

Descendants

• Irish: éa-