Ë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Ë U+00CB, Ë LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS Composition: E [U+0045] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← Ê [U+00CA] Latin-1 Supplement Ì → [U+00CC]

Albanian

Letter

Ë (lower case ë)

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

Usage notes

• Although Ë is the standard upper case counterpart to ë, it's not uncommon to find it substituted by a simple E even in formal contextes such as logos or mass media like television news.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

Ë (lower case ë)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɛ/

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Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. the letter “E” in words when it must be pronounced separately and not associated with preceding letter. E.g. “-gue” is normally pronounced /ɡ/ but “-guë” is pronounce /ɡy/ (like in aiguë, ciguë); “œ” is normally pronounced /e/ or /ɛ/ but “oë” is pronounced /o.ɛ/ (like in troëne, Noël)

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and Ë for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Ladin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɜ/

Letter

Ë (lower case ë)

1. The open-mid central unrounded vowel as used in the Gherdëina variant of Ladin.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (À à, Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (Ë ë, É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ò ò, Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (Ś ś), T t, U u (Ù ù, Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, Z z

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

Ë (lower case ë)

1. A letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• The letter Ë is generally restricted to stressed syllables, while simple E represents unstressed /ə/. However, Ë is used under certain circumstances to separate strings of vowel letters (e.g. leeën) or, in French-derived words, to show that the E is not silent (e.g. Enseignantë).
• Under certain circumstances, the phoneme /ə/ is represented by the letter É, which see.

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a̘/

Letter

Ë (lower case ë)

1. A letter of the Noon alphabet, written in the Latin script.