ê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

ê U+00EA, ê LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← é [U+00E9] Latin-1 Supplement ë → [U+00EB]

Translingual

Letter

ê (upper case Ê)

1. The letter e with a circumflex.

See also

• (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 circumflex accent):  Ââ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ĉĉ  Ḓḓ  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ếế  Ĝĝ  Ĥĥ  Îî  Ĵĵ  Ôô  Ồồ  Ŝŝ  Ûû  Ŵŵ  Ŷŷ  Ẑẑ

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Afrikaans

Noun

ê

1. plural of eg

Noun

ê (plural êe or êens)

1. (regional, agriculture) harrow

Verb

ê (present ê, present participle êende, past participle geê)

1. Alternative form of eg

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Ligurian

Verb

ê

1. second-person singular present indicative of êse; “[​you​] are”

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Mandarin

Romanization

ê

1. Nonstandard spelling of ê̄.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ế.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ê̌.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ề.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Min Nan

trad. and simpl.
的

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ㄟ, の

Particle

ê (POJ, traditional and simplified 的)

1. Possessive particle, used after an attribute

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 的 (de)

Further reading

• “Entry #4386”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ê – see 个 (“piece; item; individual”). (This character, ê, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 个.)

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare French aux, Italian ai, agli, alle.

Contraction

ê (used with plural nouns)

1. Contraction of a 'e (“to the”).

Related terms

• â
• ô

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Portuguese

Noun

ê m (plural ês)

1. Alternative form of é

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Sicilian

Preposition

ê

1. Contraction of a li (“to the”).

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese ê.

Noun

ê

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ê.

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

ê • (𠲖)

1. hey (exclamation to get attention)
2. hey (protest or reprimand)

Verb

ê • (𠲖)

1. to read loudly and unceasingly

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

ê • (𤷴) (phonemic reduplicative ê ê)

1. be numb

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ê ẩm

 

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Zazaki

Pronoun

ê

1. they

See also

Zazaki personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ez mı	ma
2nd person	familiar	tı to	şıma
	polite	şıma
3rd person		o a	ê