ę

See also: -ę and Appendix:Variations of "e"

ę U+0119, ę LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH OGONEK Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌̨ [U+0328] ← Ę [U+0118] Latin Extended-A Ě → [U+011A]

Translingual

Symbol

ę

1. (phonetics) A nasal vowel [e]. The norm in Americanist notation; sometimes used in IPA transcription to leave room over the vowel letter for tone diacritics.

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

• (Letters with ogonek):  Ąą  Ęę  Įį  Ǫǫ  Ųų

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

Letter

ę (upper case Ę)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

Letter

ę (capital Ę)

1. The eighth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called e nosinė and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

Navajo

Letter

ę (uppercase 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

Old Norse

Letter

ę (capital Ę)

1. A letter representing i-umlauted a. An e with a hook taken from the bowl of the a.

Conjunction

ę

1. Abbreviation of eða. -

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and ę for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: ę
• Homophones: e, -e, -ę
• IPA^(key): /ɛn/ (before d, t, c, dz, cz, dż)
• 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 Ę, lower case)

1. The eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called e z ogonkiem 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