E

See also: 𰀄, 𰀂, , and Appendix:Variations of "e"

E U+0045, E
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
D
[U+0044]
Basic Latin F
[U+0046]
U+FF25, E
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E

[U+FF24]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF26]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌄 (e, e), from the Ancient Greek letter Ε (E, epsilon), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, he), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓀠.

Letter

E (lower case e)

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

See also

Symbol

E

  1. (sciences, computing) Symbol separating mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation.
    2E5 = 2 × 105
  2. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 14.
  3. (physics) Energy.
    E=mc2
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamic acid
  5. (mathematics) expectation function
  6. Abbreviation of exa-.
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a front vowel
    synonyms: I
  8. (clothing) Bra cup size.

Synonyms

  • (scientific notation): e

See also

Other representations of E:


English

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme, usually): IPA(key): /ɛ/, /iː/, or silent
  • (file)
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /iː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • (Chinese state): IPA(key): /ʌ/
  • Rhymes:

Etymology 1

From Middle English and Old English upper 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 letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (e).
  • Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (æ).
  • Old English digraph EA, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (ea).
  • Old English digraph EO from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc (eo).
  • Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (œ).

Letter

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

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

Number

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Symbol

E

  1. (ESRB rating) Abbreviation of everyone.
  2. East.
Translations

Noun

E (plural Es)

  1. (slang) The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.
    • 1995, Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Different Class, performed by Pulp:
      And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
  2. (especially in LGBT contexts) The hormone estrogen/estradiol. (Contrast T, testosterone.)
  3. The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
    • 1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, →ISBN, page 25,
      In line with this, he is marketed not only as a mental innocent, but as a class primitive, someone who only got an E in A-level art […]
    • a2003, Rick, quoted in Linda MacDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth, Blackwell Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 198,
      My results weren’t that great, to be honest. I weren’t right happy with them; I got an E in Maths and that were a surprise, but I did get a B in Technology that were all right.
    • 2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 125,
      Not really, but perhaps I’d have got an ‘E’ in Tech Drawing no matter how much I’d asserted myself. Maybe Mr. Pinkerton would have seen to it that my exam paper was tampered with. A spot of teacher to student revenge.
    • 2005, Craig Taylor, Light, Reverb, →ISBN, page 103,
      But she didn’t get the bit about my accidental artistic career, “But you can’t draw love. You got an E in your exam. I remember that. You drew that onion that looked like a boil.”
  4. Abbreviation of episode. (installment of a series)
    The pilot episode is S01E01.
Translations

Proper noun

E

  1. (religion) Abbreviation of Elohist.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin (È).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

E

  1. (historical) A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.
    • 2002, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, ISSN 0081-5691, OCLC 1761032, page 229:
      The discovery suggests also that the center of the state of E was located in the Suizao corridor in Hubei, not far from the location of E as suggested by ancient geographical works.
    • 2006, Li Feng, Landscape and Power in Early China, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 667886620, pages 330-331:
      These three bronzes, though clearly modeled on Zhou types, are quite distinctive from the Zhou tradition. They suggest that, although the state of E served as an ally and agent of the Western Zhou state, it probably had a distinctive cultural origin of its own.
    • 2014, Liu Yang, Cast for Eternity, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, →ISBN, OCLC 881612508, OL 26882136M, page 15:
      A six-character inscription cast inside the bowl records that this gui was made for a nobleman of the E state. Due to gaps in Chinese historical records, the exact history of the state of E is uncertain. Since the E Shu Gui was salvaged from a pile of scrap copper shipped to the Shanghai Foundry from Hubei province, some scholars have inferred that the gui was excavated from Hubei, therefore proving that the E state during the Western Zhou was located in today's Hubei province.
  2. (historical) Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.
  3. A surname from Chinese.
Translations

Etymology 4

From E ɛ⁵⁵.

Proper noun

E

  1. A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.
See also
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of E terms
  • Appendix:E Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in E

Etymology 5

Unknown.

Proper noun

E

  1. A river in Highland council area, Scotland.

Afar

Letter

E

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

See also


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɪə/

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

Noun

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

  1. E

Angami

Letter

E

  1. The ninth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also


Azerbaijani

Letter

E upper case (lower case e)

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

See also


Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e/, [e̞]

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also


Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /ɛ/ is from Middle High German e (both ë and ) in most closed syllables, in some dialects also in open syllables; in Moselle Franconian from ö in the same positions.
  • /e/ is from i in most closed syllables; in Moselle Franconian from ü in the same positions.
  • /eː/ is from ei in Ripuarian and western Moselle Franconian (latter also öu); from ie in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian (latter also üe); from ē, œ in southern Moselle Franconian; in some Moselle Franconian dialects from e, ö in open syllables.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (short open) /ɛ/, (short closed) /e/, (long) /eː/, (reduced) /ə/

Letter

E

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

  • In the German-based spelling, short open /ɛ/ may also be represented by Ä (see there).
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, short closed /e/, which ranges phonetically between [e] and [ɪ], is represented by I (see there).

Chinese

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Onomatopoeic?”)

Pronunciation

Verb

E

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    E [Cantonese]   ji1 hei2 paang4 ngaa4 [Jyutping]   to show one's teeth

Pronunciation 1


Letter

E

  1. The fifth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2


Letter

E

  1. The fifth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /eː/
  • (file)

Letter

E (capital, lowercase e)

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

See also


Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /e/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /e/
  • (file)

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

Noun

E

  1. Abbreviation of eosto (east).

Estonian

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also


Finnish

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

Noun

E

  1. Abbreviation of eximia cum laude approbatur.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə/
  • (file)

Adjective

E

  1. Abbreviation of est; east

Noun

E m

  1. Abbreviation of est; east

Letter

E

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

See also


Galician

Noun

E

  1. leste (east)

Synonyms

  • (east): L

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔeː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Homophones: Ä (one pronunciation), eh

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (letter or phoneme itself; identifier): IPA(key): [ˈɛː][1]
  • (musical note): IPA(key): [ˈeː] (in the names of major scales; see also e)

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

  1. The ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Declension

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 terms

See also

References

  1. Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 280

Ido

Letter

E (lower case e)

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

See also


Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈe/*
    • Rhymes: -e
    • Hyphenation: É
    • Homophone: e
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /e/, /ɛ/
    • Homophones: e, è

Letter

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

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

Noun

E m

  1. Abbreviation of est; east

See also


Latvian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ɛ]
(file)
  • IPA(key): [æ]
(file)

Letter

E

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

Usage notes

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, , 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 also


Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [i]
  • (Phoneme 1) IPA(key): [e], [ɛ]
  • (Phoneme 2) IPA(key): [ə]

Letter

E

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

See also


Norwegian Bokmål

Letter

E (lowercase e)

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

See also


Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /e/

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also


Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

E (upper case, lower 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 also


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e/, /je/

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

Usage notes

At the beginnings of some common words, this letter takes on the sound of /je/ as in este (/ˈje.ste/).

The digraph ea represents the diphthong /e̯a/, as in prea (/pre̯a/).

See also


Saanich

Pronunciation

Letter

E

  1. The ninth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also


Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /e/, /ɛ/

Letter

E (lower case e)

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

See also


Slovene

Alternative forms

  • Є (Metelko alphabet)

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet E, from Czech alphabet E, from Latin E, from the Etruscan letter 𐌄 (e, e), from the Ancient Greek letter Ε (E, epsilon), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, he), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓀠.

Pronunciation

  • (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): /ɛ́/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Homophone: e

Letter

E (upper case, lower 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.

Noun

E m inan or n

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

Usage notes

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

Inflection

  • 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

See also

References

  1. Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Obzorja, →ISBN

Further reading

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

Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ/, /e/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʔɛ/

Letter

E upper case (lower case e)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Somali alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by A and followed by I.

See also


Spanish

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

Noun

E m

  1. Abbreviation of este; east

Turkish

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also


Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also


Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eː/

Letter

E (upper case, lower 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.

Mutation

  • E cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word eliffant (elephant):
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
eliffant unchanged unchanged heliffant
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), E”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /e/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /é/

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also


Zulu

Letter

E (upper case, lower case e)

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

See also

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