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Webster 1913 Edition

E

E

(ē)
.
1.
The fifth letter of the English alphabet.
It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Phœnician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara.
See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 74-97.
2.
(Mus.)
E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E♭ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

Webster 1828 Edition

E

DESCRIPTIV

,E,
Adj.
Containing description; tending to describe; having the quality of representing; as a descriptive figure; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.

Definition 2024

È

È

È U+00C8, È
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
Composition: E [U+0045] + ̀ [U+0300]
← Ç
[U+00C7] 		Latin-1 Supplement É →
[U+00C9]

Translingual

Letter

È upper case (lower case è)

  1. The letter E with a grave accent.

See also

è

è

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]
See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Letter

è lower case (upper case È)

  1. The letter e with a grave accent.

Usage notes

  • In French, Italian, Occitan and Catalan the è is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to é which is pronounced /e/.
  • In English the è is used only poetically in order to indicate that it is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to mute. In other words, it indicates a departure, for poetic purposes, from the usual pronunciation of the so-modified e.
  • In Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e, /ɛ/, at the end of a word.

See also

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

è

  1. and

French

Etymology

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

Phrase

è

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

See also

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

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 incorrectly written as E', especially in print.

Mandarin

Pronunciation

Romanization

è (Zhuyin ㄜˋ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 偔
  2. Pinyin transcription of 僫
  3. Pinyin transcription of 儍
  4. Pinyin transcription of 卾
  5. Pinyin transcription of 厄
  6. Pinyin transcription of 呃
  7. Pinyin transcription of 呝
  8. Pinyin transcription of 咢
  9. Pinyin transcription of 咹
  10. Pinyin transcription of 哐
  11. Pinyin transcription of 啛
  12. Pinyin transcription of 噩
  13. Pinyin transcription of 圔
  14. Pinyin transcription of 垩
  15. Pinyin transcription of 堊
  16. Pinyin transcription of 堨
  17. Pinyin transcription of 堮
  18. Pinyin transcription of 岋
  19. Pinyin transcription of 峈
  20. Pinyin transcription of 崿
  21. Pinyin transcription of 嶭
  22. Pinyin transcription of 恶
  23. Pinyin transcription of 悪
  24. Pinyin transcription of 惡
  25. Pinyin transcription of 愕
  26. Pinyin transcription of 戹
  27. Pinyin transcription of 扼
  28. Pinyin transcription of 搤
  29. Pinyin transcription of 戹
  30. Pinyin transcription of 櫮
  31. Pinyin transcription of 歹
  32. Pinyin transcription of 湂
  33. Pinyin transcription of 琧
  34. Pinyin transcription of 砐
  35. Pinyin transcription of 硆
  36. Pinyin transcription of 胺
  37. Pinyin transcription of 腭
  38. Pinyin transcription of 苊
  39. Pinyin transcription of 萼
  40. Pinyin transcription of 蕚
  41. Pinyin transcription of 蘀
  42. Pinyin transcription of 蚅
  43. Pinyin transcription of 蛤
  44. Pinyin transcription of 蝁
  45. Pinyin transcription of 覨
  46. Pinyin transcription of 詻
  47. Pinyin transcription of 誒
  48. Pinyin transcription of 蛤
  49. Pinyin transcription of 讍
  50. Pinyin transcription of 圔
  51. Pinyin transcription of 豟
  52. Pinyin transcription of 貖
  53. Pinyin transcription of 軛
  54. Pinyin transcription of 軶
  55. Pinyin transcription of 腭
  56. Pinyin transcription of 遌
  57. Pinyin transcription of 遏
  58. Pinyin transcription of 詻
  59. Pinyin transcription of 邐
  60. Pinyin transcription of 鄂
  61. Pinyin transcription of 偔
  62. Pinyin transcription of 噩
  63. Pinyin transcription of 锷
  64. Pinyin transcription of 閼
  65. Pinyin transcription of 阏
  66. Pinyin transcription of 堨
  67. Pinyin transcription of 阸
  68. Pinyin transcription of 隘
  69. Pinyin transcription of 頞
  70. Pinyin transcription of 顎
  71. Pinyin transcription of 颚
  72. Pinyin transcription of 餓
  73. Pinyin transcription of 餩
  74. Pinyin transcription of 饿
  75. Pinyin transcription of 鬬
  76. Pinyin transcription of 魥
  77. Pinyin transcription of 砐
  78. Pinyin transcription of 鱷
  79. Pinyin transcription of 鳄
  80. Pinyin transcription of 颚
  81. Pinyin transcription of 鹗
  82. Pinyin transcription of 湂
  83. Pinyin transcription of 恶
  84. Pinyin transcription of 㓵

References

Neapolitan

Verb

è

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

Alternative forms

  • èje
  • ène (rare)

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