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.
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Derived terms

See also

Corsican

Alternative forms

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

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

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

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

  • (file)

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

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

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

References

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ/

Letter

è (upper case È)

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