Ę

Ę U+0118, Ę LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH OGONEK Composition: E [U+0045] + ◌̨ [U+0328] ← ė [U+0117] Latin Extended-A ę → [U+0119]

Translingual

Letter

Ę (lower case ę)

1. The letter E with an ogonek.

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 ogonek sign):  Ąą  Ęę  Įį  Ǫǫ  Ųų

Low German

Etymology

Simplified from earlier eͤ, from earlier ee, which was used to represent the diphthongal nature of /ɛə/.

Pronunciation

• (initially) IPA^(key): /ɛə/, /æə/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ɛː/, /æː/

Letter

Ę (lowercase ę)

1. The letter E with an ogonek.

Navajo

Letter

Ę (lowercase ę)

1. The letter E with a hook:

   Ę = /ɛ̃˨/

   Ę́ = /ɛ̃˥/

   ĘĘ = /ɛ̃ː˨˨/

   Ę́Ę = /ɛ̃ː˥˨/

   ĘĘ́ = /ɛ̃ː˨˥/

   Ę́Ę́ = /ɛ̃ː˥˥/

See also

• (Navajo letters using the hook sign): Ąą Ęę Įį Ǫǫ

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/ [ɛw̃]

  • (file)

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/ (before d, t)
• IPA^(key): /ɛm/ (before p, b)
• IPA^(key): /ɛ/ (end of a word, also before l, ł)
• IPA^(key): /ɛɲ/ [ɛj̃] (before ć, dź, ś, ź, ci, dzi, si, zi)
• IPA^(key): /ɛŋ/ (before k, g)

Letter

Ę (upper case, lower case ę)

1. The eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ę and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Further reading

• Ę in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Ę in Polish dictionaries at PWN