ē
See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"
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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
ē (upper case Ē)
Usage notesEdit
- It is usually used to denote long "e" or the middle tone of "e".
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 macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ē (lower case, upper case Ē)
- (obsolete) The fourth letter of the 1901-1947 orthography, written in Latin script.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ē
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ē (lower case, upper case Ē)
- The eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ē and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ē/ē, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple E/e in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).
- The letter Ē/ē (like its short counterpart E/e) represent two sounds, [ɛ] — šaurais e (“narrow e”) — and [æ] — platais e (“broad e”). In principle, [ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, [æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e — [ɛ] or [æ] — must be memorized.
See alsoEdit
LivonianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ē (upper case Ē)
- The ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
MandarinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- e – nonstandard
RomanizationEdit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 娿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猔
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痾／疴
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈳／钶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阾
MaoriEdit
LetterEdit
ē
- a lengthened form of the letter e
Min NanEdit
| For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 會 (“to be possible; can”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 會.) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 裔 (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 解 (“skill of acrobatics”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 解.) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 廈 (“Only used in 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén); also used as its short form.”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 廈.) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 禍 (“disaster; misfortune; calamity; to bring disaster upon”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 禍.) |
NiueanEdit
ParticleEdit
ē (vocative particle)
SamoanEdit
PronounEdit
ē (singular lē)
SloveneEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Letter e with macron ◌̄ to signify presence of both pitches.
PronunciationEdit
SymbolEdit
ē
- (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛː] when it can bear either pitch.
Usage notesEdit
Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ē (lower case, upper case Ē)
- (linguistics) Letter used for transcription of Ancient Greek letter Η / η.