è

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

è U+00E8, è LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌̀ [U+0300] ← ç [U+00E7] Latin-1 Supplement é → [U+00E9]

Translingual

Letter

è (upper case È)

1. In French, Italian, Occitan and Catalan the è is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to é which is pronounced /e/.
2. In Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e, /ɛ/, at the end of a word.
3. In older writings on Old Icelandic or Old (West) Norse (e.g. A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue) è is used instead of the modern é to denote that the phoneme is different in character (a rising diphthong) compared to á, í, ó, ú and ý (falling diphthongs or monophthongs).

English

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È, plural ès or è's)

1. Found in words borrowed from other languages.
2. Used poetically instead of e in order to indicate that it is pronounced, as opposed to mute.
   • (Can we date this quote?)

     My wingèd helmet and my wingèd heel

Derived terms

• -èd

See also

• é

Corsican

Alternative forms

• ed

Etymology

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti. Cognates include Italian e and Portuguese e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Homophones: e, hè

Conjunction

è

1. and

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

French

Etymology

From a, a distinctly Quebec contracted form of elle + est.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Phrase

è

1. (Quebec) she's, it's: contraction of elle est.

See also

• a
• yé

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 呃 (“to belch; to hiccup; to hiccough; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 呃).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 曳 (“to drag; to pull; to float in the wind; to sway; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 曳).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 穢 (“dirty; filthy; unclean; immoral; obscene; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 穢).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 翳 (“shade; screen; nebula; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翳).

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 裔 (“descendant; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔).

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

è (upper case È)

1. The letter ⟨e⟩ in a stressed final syllable when pronounced /ɛ/.

Etymology 2

From Latin est, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Alternative forms

• e' (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: è

Verb

è

1. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is

   Se non è vero, è ben trovato

   If it is not true, it is a good story.

Usage notes

The uppercase form (È) is often written as E', especially in print.

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• e — nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

è (e⁴, Zhuyin ㄜˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 偔
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僫／𱏀
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卾
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厄
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呃
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呝
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咢
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咹
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哐
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啛
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噩
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圔
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堊／垩
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堨
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堮
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岋
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峈
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崿
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶭
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惡／恶, 悪
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愕
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戹
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扼
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搤
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搹
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫮
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歹
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湂
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琧
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砐
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硆
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胺
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腭
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苊
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萼
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕚／萼
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘀／萚
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚅
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝁／𰲸
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覨
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詻／𰵤
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誒／诶
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諤／谔
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讍
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豟
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貖
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軛／轭
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軶
50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軛／轭
51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遌
52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遏
53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遻
54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄂
55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍔／锷
56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑩
57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閼／阏
58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阨
59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阸
60. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隘
61. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頞／𱂨
62. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顎／颚
63. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餓／饿
64. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餩／𱃽
65. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬬
66. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魥／𩽹
67. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰐／鳄, 鱷／鳄, 鳄
68. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶚／鹗
69. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齂
70. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齶／腭
71. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㓵
72. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屵

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• èje
• ène (rare)

Etymology

From Latin est (“[it] is”). Cognate with Italian and Sicilian è.

Verb

è

1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere

Rawang

Adverb

è

1. well, see.

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• ē (Ville Unite)

Adverb

è

1. yes

   Synonym: sē

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• jè, je (diphthongized, dialectal)
• ghiè (palatalized)
• -gghiè (geminated, enclitic)
• èni, è-ni, eni, e-ni (paragogic)
• esti, eti (dialectal)

Etymology

From Latin est (“[it] is”). Cognate with Italian and Neapolitan è.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /jɛ/ (diphthongized)
• IPA^(key): /ɟɛ/ (geminated)
• Hyphenation: è

Verb

è

1. third-person singular present indicative of èssiri

Usage notes

• The diacritic stress on è is apted to differentiate it with e (“and”) as a conjunction.

Derived terms

• com'è-è
• cu'è-è
• qual'è-è
• socc'è-è
• unn'è-è

 

Related terms

• semu
• si'
• siti
• su'
• sugnu

 

See also

• aviri
• siri
• stari
• tèniri

 

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letter e with grave (◌̀) to signify short stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kràːtki èː/, /kràːtki éː/ kratki e
• Rhymes: -eː

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)

1. Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on e.

Symbol

è

1. (non-tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛ].

Etymology 2

Letter e with grave (◌̀) to signify long stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)

1. (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the long stress on e.

See also

• ë
• ē
• é
• e
• ê
• ȩ
• ɛ
• ḙ
• ė
• ẹ
• ə

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
• Špehonja, Nino (2012) Nediška gramatika‎^[1] (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

è (upper case È)

1. (Canada) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: ei

See also

• Canada: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US: (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩]

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)

1. The letter e with the grave accent.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

è (upper case È)

1. The letter E, marked for its short pronunciation in monosyllabic words.