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e

See also: E, è, é, e-, -e, and Appendix:Variations of "e"
ｅ U+FF45, ｅ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER E
← ｄ
[U+FF44] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｆ →
[U+FF46]
ᵉ U+1D49, ᵉ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL E
← ᵈ
[U+1D48] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵊ →
[U+1D4A]

TranslingualEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

  Modification of capital letter E in uncial script, from Ancient Greek Ε (E, “Epsilon”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(file)

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See alsoEdit

SymbolEdit

 
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e

  1. (mathematics) The base of natural logarithms, also known as Euler’s number, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459…
  2. (sciences, computing) Symbol separating mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation.
    1.2566e-6 = 1.2566 × 10-6
  3. (IPA) close-mid front unrounded vowel
  4. (algebra, group theory) identity element
    a ∘ e = e ∘ a = a
  5. (physics) electron
  6. (physics) elementary charge

Usage notesEdit

In the sense as a mathematical constant, the symbol is traditionally represented in an italic font.

SynonymsEdit

  • (scientific notation): E
  • (electron): e⁻
  • (identity element): 1, (chiefly matrices) I

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles
  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase versions of E, in normal and italic type

  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase E in Fraktur

  •  

    Approximate form of upper case letter E in uncial script that was the source for lower case e

See alsoEdit

Other representations of E:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English and Old English lower case letter e and split of æ, ea, eo, and œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:

  •   Old English lower case letter e, from replacement by Latin letter e of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e).
  •   Old English lower case letter æ from replacement by Latin ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ).
  •   Old English lower case digraph ea, from replacement by Latin digraph ea of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea).
  •   Old English lower case digraph eo from replacement by Latin digraph eo of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (ēo).
  •   Old English lower case letter œ from replacement by Latin ligature œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈiː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ/, /iː/, /ɪ/, /ə/, /eɪ/
    • In addition to the phonemes noted above, "e" can also be silent, representing no sound itself but indicating which phoneme another letter in the word represents. See the article "Silent e" on Wikipedia.

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E, plural es or e's)

  1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Coordinate termsEdit

NumberEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

e (plural ees)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Alternative formsEdit

Coordinate termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See e/translations § English.

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviations.

  1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨e⟩
  2. (stenoscript) the long vowel /iː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɪə˞] counts as /iːr/.)
  3. (stenoscript) the words he, me

Etymology 3Edit

 
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  1. (rare, nonstandard) a gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  • 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in Inman, James A. and Sewell, Donna N., editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OL, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:
    E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves[sic], and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

e

  1. The fifth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.


AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

e (plural e's, diminutive e'tjie)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

AinuEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

e (Kana spelling エ)

  1. (transitive) to eat

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

  • ku (“to drink”)

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
  2. also

Related termsEdit

PronounEdit

e m or f or n

  1. Third-person singular accusative-case pronominal clitic (him, her, it)
    E di. / S'e di.
    I know it. / I don't know it.
    E bleva.
    I bought it.

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. (of)
    Besa e shqiptarit nuk shitet pazarit.
    The honor of an Albanian can not be sold or bought in a bazaar.

ArticleEdit

e

  1. adjectival article for:
    1. definite masculine singular adjectives in all accusative case
    2. indefinite feminine singular adjectives in the nominative case
    3. definite plural and feminine singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

forms of the adjectival articles
masculine
(gjinia mashkullore) 		feminine
(gjinia femërore) 		plural
(numri shumës)
indefinite
(trajtë të pashquara) 		definite
(trajta të shquara) 		indefinite
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite
(trajta të shquara) 		indefinite
(trajta të pashquara) 		definite
(trajta të shquara)
nominative
(emërore) 		i i e e të e
accusative
(kallëzore) 		të e të e të e
genitive, dative and ablative
(gjinore, dhanore dhe rrjedhore) 		të të të së të të
Note that regardless of the definite state of the noun being described, the definite articles are only used when immediately following a definite-form noun. If two adjectives (or other words that use these articles) come back to back, the second word's article will be indefinite.

Notice that while both adjectives require the adjectival article and the same masculine plural agreement, only the first adjectival article takes its definite form, as the second is not in the immediate environment of the modified definite noun.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “Conjunction e (and also)”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 85

Alemannic GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

e f

  1. (indefinite) a/an

DeclensionEdit

Declension of en
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative/accusative en e es -
dative emene enere emene -
  • Short forms of the dative – eme, ere, eme – are also common.

AngolarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

e

  1. he

AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
  2. but
  3. or

SynonymsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e lower case (upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Basque alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

e (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

See alsoEdit

BretonEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronounEdit

e

  1. his

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni.

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. in
Usage notesEdit

It contracts with the articles, see el, en and er.

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -e

NounEdit

e f (plural es)

  1. The Latin letter E (lowercase e).

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

e

  1. e- (electronic)

Etymology 2Edit

From clipping of English email.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

e

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to email

CorsicanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the earlier le.

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

e f pl (masculine singular u, feminine singular a, masculine plural i)

  1. the (feminine plural)

Usage notesEdit

  • Before a vowel, e turns into l'.

PronounEdit

e f pl

  1. them (feminine direct object)

Usage notesEdit

  • Before a vowel, e turns into l'.

See alsoEdit

Corsican personal pronouns
Nominative Dative Accusative Disjunctive
Singular 1st person eiu mi mè
2nd person tù ti tè
3rd person m ellu li u, l' ellu
3rd person f ella a, l' ella
Plural 1st person noi ci noi
2nd person voi vi voi
3rd person m elli li i, l' elli
3rd person f elle e, l' elle

ReferencesEdit

DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: d
  • Next letter: f

EmilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

e (accusative singular e-on, plural e-oj, accusative plural e-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

See alsoEdit

EstonianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. Abbreviation of ehk; or, a.k.a.

See alsoEdit

FalaEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of i

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

FinnishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈe̞ː] (name of letter)
  • Audio:(file)

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

e

  1. (music) E (note)
Usage notesEdit

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

DeclensionEdit
Declension of e (type maa)
singular plural
nominative e e:t
genitive e:n e:iden
e:itten
partitive e:tä e:itä
accusative e
e:n 		e:t
inessive e:ssä e:issä
elative e:stä e:istä
illative e:hen e:ihin
adessive e:llä e:illä
ablative e:ltä e:iltä
allative e:lle e:ille
essive e:nä e:inä
translative e:ksi e:iksi
instructive – e:in
abessive e:ttä e:ittä
comitative – e:ineen

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

e m (plural e)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Derived termsEdit

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

FulaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
  2. with
Usage notesEdit
  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
  • In writing, some add an "h" before and even also after the "e": he,heh. Not sure these would count as variants.

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
    Túa irmá e eu fomos cear e despois ao cine.
    Your sister and I went to have dinner and then to the cinema.

Further readingEdit

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

e

  1. Romanization of 𐌴

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Kabuverdianu e.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

GunEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

é

  1. she, he, it (third-person singular personal pronoun)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

e

  1. her, him, it (third-person singular personal object pronoun)

See alsoEdit

Gungbe personal pronouns
Number Person Emphatic Pronoun Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner
Singular First nyɛ́, yẹ́n ùn, n mi cé, ṣié
Second jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ à wè tòwè
Third éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ é è étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
Plural First mílɛ́, mílẹ́ mí mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
Second mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ mì mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
Third yélɛ́, yélẹ́ yé yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ParticleEdit

e

  1. used to mark the following verb as an infinitive; to
  2. used before a name, a noun or a phrase to address someone or something

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. by (indicating the agent of a verb in the passive voice)

HungarianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Uralic *e-. Cognates include Finnish että and Estonian et.[1]

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

e (demonstrative)

  1. (chiefly archaic, except before consonant-initial words, as a counterpart of ez) this
    Synonyms: eme, (only determiners; both are archaic or formal) ezen
    az e heti hírek ― this week’s news
    e világi ― of this world, worldly, mundane
    E házban lakott Petőfi Sándor. ― Sándor Petőfi lived in this house.
    E mellett a ház mellett vártam rá. ― I waited for him/her next to this house.

PronounEdit

e

  1. (archaic, except before most consonant-initial postpositions) this
    Itt a mozi, e mellett lakunk mi. ― Here is the cinema; we live next to this.
    • 1836, Mihály Vörösmarty, Szózat[1] (Appeal)[2]
      A nagy világon e kivűl / Nincsen számodra hely;
      In the great world outside of here / There is no place for you
      (“E kívül” would be ezen kívül in present-day Hungarian, formed from ez.)
Usage notesEdit

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike ez, it does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used:

ezen a helyen ― e helyen ― at this place (literally, “on this place”)
ebben a házban ― e házban ― in this house

Most consonant-initial postpositions can take e, e.g. e nélkül, e helyett, see Pronominal adverbs from postpositions, in the column “that one, this one”. On the other hand, vowel-initial postpositions take ez (e.g. ez alatt, ez iránt).

InterjectionEdit

e

  1. (folksy) look!, hey! (expressing surprise or wanting to get attention)
    E! Hát Józsi meg hová tűnt? ― Hey! Where is Joe?
    Itt van, e! ― Here it is. (informal)

Etymology 2Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter or phoneme itself; identifier): IPA(key): [ˈɛː][2]
  • (musical note): IPA(key): [ˈeː] (in the names of minor scales; see also E)

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  2. The ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative e e-k
accusative e-t e-ket
dative e-nek e-knek
instrumental e-vel e-kkel
causal-final e-ért e-kért
translative e-vé e-kké
terminative e-ig e-kig
essive-formal e-ként e-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive e-ben e-kben
superessive e-n e-ken
adessive e-nél e-knél
illative e-be e-kbe
sublative e-re e-kre
allative e-hez e-khez
elative e-ből e-kből
delative e-ről e-kről
ablative e-től e-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		e-é e-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		e-éi e-kéi
Possessive forms of e
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. e-m e-im
2nd person sing. e-d e-id
3rd person sing. e-je e-i
1st person plural e-nk e-ink
2nd person plural e-tek e-itek
3rd person plural e-jük e-ik
Derived termsEdit
Compound words

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entry #125 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. ^ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 280

Further readingEdit

  • (sound, letter, abbreviation): e , (musical note, its symbol or key/position): e , (pronoun, alternative form of ez): e , (folksy interjection pointing at something nearby): e , (interjection, rare alternative form of eh): e in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • e in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

IauEdit

NounEdit

e

  1. water

Further readingEdit

  • Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. Apocopic form of ed

Related termsEdit

  • a (“to”)
  • o (“or”)

IgboEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E, lower case e)

  1. The fifth letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Alternative formsEdit

  • a (retracted tongue position)

PronounEdit

e

  1. (indefinite) somebody, one, they, people (an unspecified individual).

Usage notesEdit

  • Often gets translated into English with the passive voice.

See alsoEdit

Igbo personal pronouns
dependent independent object/possesive
Singular first m, a/e- ... -m m, mụ m, mụ
second ị, i ngị, gị gị
third ọ, o ya
Plural first anyị
second ụnụ
third ha, a/e- ... -ha ha
Indefinite a/e - -

Indo-PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese e (“and”).

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá
      Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on

IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

InterlinguaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

IstriotEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.
      Dear, with that little white and red face.

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ē (the name of the letter E).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈe/*
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: é

LetterEdit

e f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Italian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

e f (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.; e
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin et.[1]

Alternative formsEdit

  • ed (before a word starting with a vowel, especially /e ɛ/.)

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /e/*
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: e

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
  2. (archaic, literary) (e... e) both... and or just ... and (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: sia... che, sia... sia
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 4–6:
      Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa duraesta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte ¶ che nel pensier rinova la paura!
      Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say ¶ ⁠What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, ⁠¶ ⁠Which in the very thought renews the fear.
Usage notesEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further readingEdit

e in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

e

  1. Rōmaji transcription of え
  2. Rōmaji transcription of エ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of へ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヘ

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese e.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

KaingangEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

e

  1. there are many, there is much
  2. to be a lot (for someone); to displease; to surprise
    Ag mỹ tóg e tĩ.
    They were surprised.
    (literally, “it was a lot for them.”)

KosraeanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. Compare Malay api, Malagasy afo, Tsat pui³³, Palauan ngau, Chuukese ááf, Tongan afi, Samoan afi and Hawaiian ahi.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

e

  1. fire

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

LetterEdit

e

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter E.
Coordinate termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • e in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • e in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • e in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • e in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviated from ex.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ē (short form of ex)

  2. out of, from
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

LatvianEdit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

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.

Pronunciation 1Edit

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LetterEdit

 
E

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit

The letter E/e (like its long counterpart Ē/ē) 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

Pronunciation 2Edit

NounEdit

e m (invariable)

  1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter E/e.
See alsoEdit

LigurianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“beyond, over”).

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
Ligurian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine o i
feminine  a e

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin illae.

ArticleEdit

e f pl (singular a)

  1. the

LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

Lule SamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

e

  1. third-person plural present of ij

MalayEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/ (short phoneme)
  • IPA(key): /a/ (some speakers; when following għ in an unstressed final syllable)
  • IPA(key): /ɛː/ (long phoneme)
  • In inherited words, long e occurs only next to vowelised għ or h. In Romance words, it can be long on its own.

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

e (e5 / e0, Zhuyin ˙ㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呃

e

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of é.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of è.
  5. Nonstandard spelling of ê̄.
  6. Nonstandard spelling of ế.
  7. Nonstandard spelling of ê̌.
  8. Nonstandard spelling of ề.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

Mauritian CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e

  1. the fifth letter of the modern Latin alphabet

Etymology 2Edit

From French et.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

Mbyá GuaraníEdit

AdjectiveEdit

e

  1. tasty, delicious

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of æ

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of I (“I”)

Etymology 3Edit

PronounEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 4Edit

PronounEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Middle Low GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old Norse ei.

AdverbEdit

ê

  1. always

DescendantsEdit

  • German Low German: Ehe

NavajoEdit

LetterEdit

e

  1. The eighth letter of the Navajo alphabet:
    e = /ɛ˨/
    ę = /ɛ̃˨/
    é = /ɛ˥/
    ę́ = /ɛ̃˥/
    ee = /ɛː˨˨/
    ęę = /ɛ̃ː˨˨/
    ée = /ɛː˥˨/
    ę́ę = /ɛ̃ː˥˨/
    eé = /ɛː˨˥/
    ęę́ = /ɛ̃ː˨˥/
    éé = /ɛː˥˥/
    ę́ę́ = /ɛ̃ː˥˥/

NeapolitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin de.

Alternative formsEdit

'e

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. of (used to express ownership)

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

NorwegianEdit

EtymologyEdit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /eː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /eː/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /æ/

LetterEdit

e

  1. The fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notesEdit

  • /ə/ only appears in unstressed syllables.

InflectionEdit

Inflection of e
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m e e-en e-er e-ene
Nynorsk m e e-en e-ar e-ane

Norwegian BokmålEdit

ArticleEdit

e

  1. (non-standard since 1938) Alternative form of ei

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse er.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /eː/, /e/, /ɛ/, /ə/, /æ/

VerbEdit

e

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) Apocopic form of er, present of vera

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

e

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Western Norway) pronunciation spelling of eg (“I”).

NupeEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

è

  1. Marks the imperfective aspect, for actions that are not completed.

NzadiEdit

ParticleEdit

é

  1. Used to link a possessed noun to its possessor.

Usage notesEdit

This particle accompanies several tonal changes, as well as a simplification or elision of the coda of the possessed noun in some cases. Many nouns can be linked directly in possessive constructions without using this particle, chiefly those that denotes humans or animals when used in the singular, although it is impossible to predict exactly which nouns will follow which pattern based on semantics, ancestral noun class, or morphology.

Further readingEdit

  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

OccitanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Occitan e, from Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

e f (plural es)

  1. e (the letter e, E)

Old FrenchEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of et

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

DescendantsEdit

  • Occitan: e

Old PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)
DescendantsEdit
  • Fala: i
  • Galician: e
  • Portuguese: e
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
    • Indo-Portuguese: e
    • Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
    • Papiamentu: i, y

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative form of é

VerbEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of é

Old SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • é (alternative spelling)
  • ed, et (alternative forms)
  • i

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
    • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 64v.
      e el reẏ con ſana q́ auie mando que mataſen todos los ſabios de babilonna e demandaron a danel e aſos conpaneros por matar
      And the king, full of anger, ordered all the wise men of Babylon be put to death, and they sought Daniel and his companions to put them to death.

DescendantsEdit

  • Spanish: y, e

Ometepec NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

e

  1. bean.

PapiamentuEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Portuguese ele and Spanish él and Kabuverdianu el.

PronounEdit

e

  1. he, she, third person singular.

Etymology 2Edit

From Portuguese este and Spanish este and Kabuverdianu es.

ArticleEdit

e

  1. the (definite article)

PohnpeianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronounEdit

e

  1. he, she, it, third person pronoun

Etymology 2Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

DeterminerEdit

e

  1. his, her, hers, its, third person possessive pronoun
    Liho iang eh pwoud.
    The woman joined her husband.

Etymology 3Edit

Of Onomatopoeic origin.

InterjectionEdit

e

  1. what, in response to being called

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Polish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

InterjectionEdit

e

  1. (colloquial) hey! (used to call someone's attention)

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese e (“and”), from Latin et (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  2. and (connects two clauses indicating that the events occurred together, one after the other or without any special implication)
    Eu vim e eles saíram.
    I came and they left.
    Synonym: &
  4. and (connects the last and penultimate elements in a list)
    Eu e ele vamos embora.
    He and I are going away.
    Tenho quatro frutas: uma maçã, uma pera, uma laranja e uma uva.
    I have four fruits: an apple, a pear, an orange and a grape.
  6. (emphatic) and (connects every element of a list)
    Ela é baixa, e burra, e preguiçosa, e feia.
    She is short, and stupid, and lazy, and ugly.
  8. (logic) and (indicates a conjunction operation)
    Verdadeiro e falso dá falso.
    True and false yields false.
  10. (in the format “X e X”) and (indicates a great number of something)
    Esperei por anos e anos.
    I waited for years and years.
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:e.

DescendantsEdit
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: i, e
  • Indo-Portuguese: e
  • Kabuverdianu: y, i, e
  • Papiamentu: i, y

NounEdit

e m (uncountable)

  1. (logic) and, conjunction
QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:e.

Etymology 2Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: e

Letter:

Noun:

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviation of este

NounEdit

e m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of este (east)

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

e

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of é (“is”)

Rapa NuiEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈe/
  • Hyphenation: e

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Maori e.

ParticleEdit

e

  1. Used to mark the subject of a non-stative verb.
  2. Used to form a vocative of the following (proper) noun.
Usage notesEdit
  • The particle is only obligatory when used with verbs describing first-hand sensing:
    He tike'a koe e au. ― I see you.
  • With other verbs, e has an emphatic undertone.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Maori e.

ParticleEdit

e

  1. Used to indicate the imperfective aspect.
  2. Used to indicate the exhortative mood.
  3. Used before numerals to form cardinal numbers.

ReferencesEdit

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 67
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, pages 323, 381

RawangEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

e

  1. to exist.

SuffixEdit

e

  1. verbal suffix for marking non-past declarative clause.

RomagnolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From an earlier ei, from el.

ArticleEdit

e m

  1. Alternative form of e’ (“the”)

RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. (International Standard) The seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit

See E for pronunciation notes.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

e n (plural e-uri)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of e
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) e e-ul (niște) e-uri e-urile
genitive/dative (unui) e e-ului (unor) e-uri e-urilor
vocative e-ule e-urilor

Etymology 2Edit

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

InterjectionEdit

e

  1. expression of annoyance, irritation
  2. expression of boredom, indifference
  3. (when prolonged…eee) expression of surprise, satisfaction, admiration

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin est.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

e

  1. (informal) third-person singular present indicative of fi
    El e un copil.
    He is a child.
    Synonyms: este, (regional) îi, (familiar) -i

Etymology 4Edit

From Latin et.

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. (obsolete) and
    Synonym: și
  2. (obsolete) but
    Synonyms: dar, iar

SamoanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. by (a person or animate object)

SardinianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

SassareseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti or *h₁eti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish é. Cognates include Irish é and Manx eh.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

e

  1. he, him, it

See alsoEdit

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
simple emphatic
singular plural singular plural
First person mi sinn mise sinne
Second person thu, tu1) sibh thusa, tusa1) sibhse
Third person m e iad esan iadsan
Third person f i ise
*) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
**) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.
1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.

ReferencesEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase): E

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (Cyrillic spelling е)

  1. The 9th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by đ and followed by f.
Usage notesEdit

Its name is е /e/ and it has the sound of e in net.

Etymology 2Edit

Variant of ej or hej

InterjectionEdit

e (Cyrillic spelling е)

  1. (rare) well, now
  2. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) hey
  3. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to emphasize the sentence
    E, šta ima? ― Hey, what's up?
  4. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to express surprise
    E, otkud ti? ― Hey, where did you come from?
  5. (informal, at the beginning of the sentence) Used to get attention or change the topic of conversation, especially if followed by a (“and; but”)
    E, a vidi ovo. ― And look at this.

SicilianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The tenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.


SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Alternative formsEdit

  • є (Metelko alphabet)
  • ȩ (Ramovš transcription)

Etymology 1Edit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet e, from Czech alphabet e, from Latin e, which is a modification of capital letter E in uncial script, from Ancient Greek Ε (E, “Epsilon”).

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme, Standard Slovene): IPA(key): /éː/, /èː/, /ɛ́/, /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/, /ə́/, /ə̀/, /e/, /ɛ/, [ɪ́], [ɪ̀], [é̞], [è̞]
  • (phoneme, Resian): IPA(key): /ɛ/
  • (phoneme, Natisone Valley dialect): IPA(key): /ɛː/, /ɛ/, /ɛ̆/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /èː/, /éː/
  • (letter name, archaic): IPA(key): /ɛ̀ː/, /ɛ́ː/
  • Audio (letter name, non-tonal)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː, -ɛː
  • Homophones: e, E

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The eighth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The sixth letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Derived termsEdit

SymbolEdit

e

  1. (Logar transcription, transcription for standard Slovene) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛ].
    Synonyms: ȩ, ɛ

NounEdit

e m inan or n

  1. The name of the Latin script letter E / e.

Usage notesEdit

Nowadays, it is hardly ever neuter gender, so it is considered obsolete.[1]

InflectionEdit

  • Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. e
gen. sing. e-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		e e-ja e-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		e-ja e-jev e-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		e-ju e-jema e-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		e e-ja e-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		e-ju e-jih e-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		e-jem e-jema e-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. e
gen. sing. e
singular dual plural
nominative e e e
accusative e e e
genitive e e e
dative e e e
locative e e e
instrumental e e e
  • Obsolete
Neuter, no endings
nom. sing. e
gen. sing. e
singular dual plural
nominative e e e
accusative e e e
genitive e e e
dative e e e
locative e e e
instrumental e e e

Etymology 2Edit

Variant of ej or hej

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

e

  1. (informal, rare, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express happiness when saying something
    E, do smrti bom živel!
    Hey, I will live till I die!
  2. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express uneasyness
    E, da, seveda.
    Um, sure, of course
  3. (informal, rare, at the end of sentences) Used to form questions
    Kdo je to naredil, e?
    Who did that, huh?
    Synonym: a

Etymology 3Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

e

  1. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express indifference to what was said before
    E, ga bo že minilo!
    Whatever, he will get over it?
    Synonyms: eh, ah
  2. (informal, at the beginning of sentences) Used to express unhappiness
    E, pa kaj še!
    Yeah, sure!

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Obzorja, →ISBN
  • Krvina, Domen; Žele, Andreja (2017) O MEDMETIH, ZLASTI O NJIHOVIH RAZLOČEVALNIH LASTNOSTIH: POUDARJEN SLOVARSKI VIDIK‎[4] (in Slovene)
  • Kenda-Jež, Karmen (February 27, 2017) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎[5] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, retrieved March 19, 2022, pages 27–30

Further readingEdit

  • “e”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

e f (plural es)

  1. Name of the letter E

Etymology 2Edit

Latin et

Alternative formsEdit

  • y
  • é (obsolete)

ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and
    Yo hablo francés e inglés.
    I speak French and English.
Usage notesEdit

Used instead of y when the following word starts with the vowel sound /i/.

See alsoEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Reduced form of de (“to be”)

ParticleEdit

e

  1. Verbal marker for continuous aspect.

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

e

  1. Romanization of 𒂊 (e)

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

  • letter name: IPA(key): /eː/
  • phoneme: IPA(key): /eː/, /ɛ/, /ɛː/

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

e

  1. (colloquial, Internet slang, text messaging) Pronunciation spelling of är.
    • 2014 January 17, Veronica Maggio (lyrics and music), “Hela huset ft. Håkan Hellström”‎[6]:
      Går runt i t-shirt och e trött
      Walking tired around in a t-shirt
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse æ, ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwi (“forever”), *aiwaz.

AdverbEdit

e (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) forever, ever
    Synonym: alltid
Related termsEdit

TahitianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ParticleEdit

e

  1. indicates that an action is unfinished when inserted before the verb

TeopEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

e

  1. him, her, it (third-person pronoun, objective case, singular)

Further readingEdit

TokelauanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈe/
  • Hyphenation: e

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Samoan e.

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. Marks the subject of a transitive verb; by

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *e. Cognates include Hawaiian e and Samoan e.

ParticleEdit

e

  1. Indicates indefinite present tense.
    • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎[7], page 1:
      Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino
      We, the people of Tokelau, (do) speak openly
  2. Indicates future tense.

ReferencesEdit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 24

TonganEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. by

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The sixth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

e

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

See alsoEdit

TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

TuvaluanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ParticleEdit

e

  1. present tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Portuguese é.

NounEdit

e

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

Etymology 2Edit

Compare Pacoh e (“to guard, to watch over”).

VerbEdit

e • (衣, 㥋, 𢙬, 𠵱, 𠲖, 依)

  1. to fear; to be apprehensive, to be afraid
    Tôi e cô ta không đến.
    I am afraid she will not come.
  2. to be slightly ashamed
See alsoEdit
Derived terms

Etymology 3Edit

PronounEdit

e

  1. (slang, Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of em.

ReferencesEdit

VilamovianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

e n

  1. egg

VolapükEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (before a vowel) ed

EtymologyEdit

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ConjunctionEdit

e

  1. and

Related termsEdit

WelshEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): è
  • (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): é
  • (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel): ê
  • (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ë

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The seventh letter of the Welsh alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by dd and followed by f.
MutationEdit
  • e cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word eliffant (“elephant”):
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eliffant unchanged unchanged heliffant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

NounEdit

e f (plural eau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
e unchanged unchanged he
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.


Etymology 2Edit

Reduction of literary ef

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

e

  1. he, him
Usage notesEdit

E is used predominantly in the south of Wales, while o is used in the north, with fe and fo as variants of e and o respectively. In formal Welsh, the equivalent pronoun is ef.

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

e

  1. (transitive) to fetch
  2. (transitive) to take

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of e (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tee mee ae
2nd person nee fee
3rd person inanimate ie dee
animate
imperative nee, e fee, e

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[9], Pacific linguistics

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse æ (“ay, ever, always”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwi (“forever”).

AdverbEdit

e

  1. ay
    e värr å e värr
    ever worse and worse

Etymology 2Edit

ArticleEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of i

Etymology 3Edit

PrepositionEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of i

YolaEdit

ArticleEdit

e

  1. Alternative form of a (“one”)
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 11:
      Fan the loughraan itzel feight e big bawl,
      When the ghost itself gave a loud bawl,

ReferencesEdit

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

YorubaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called é and written in the Latin script.

NounEdit

é

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

e

  1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /e/)

PronounEdit

é

  1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /e/)

ZazakiEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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InterjectionEdit

e

  1. yes

ParticleEdit

e

  1. yes

AntonymsEdit

ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

e (lower case, upper case E)

  1. The fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

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