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é U+00E9, é
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
Composition:e [U+0065] + ́ [U+0301]
è
[U+00E8]
Latin-1 Supplement ê
[U+00EA]
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English

Letter

é

  1. Found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that the e is not silent.
    café, resumé, animé
    For details and for less common usage, see the entry for the acute accent, ◌́.

Blin

Pronunciation

Letter

é (uppercase É)

  1. A letter of the Bilen Latin alphabet.

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French el, contraction of en + lou. This form is now archaic and replaced by au from ài + lou, but may still be encountered in fixed sentences and proverbs.

Preposition

é

  1. (archaic) in the, equivalent of au.

Usage notes

Now used mainly in fixed sentences and proverbs like laissai ailai le chait é formaige.

References

  • Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne, by Thomas Mignard, 1870.

Catalan

Letter

é (upper case É, lower case)

  1. the letter e with acute accent, used to indicate that a vowel is stressed close /e/. Usually written only where stress cannot be predicted from orthography or for disambiguation, for example, és (he/she/it is) vs es (it).

See also

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Czech

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈɛː]

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

  1. the ninth letter of the Czech alphabet, after e and before ě

Fala

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sel

Galician

Etymology

From Latin est, inflected form of sum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ/ [ˈɛ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: é

Verb

é

  1. is; third-person singular present indicative of ser
    Esta árbore é dereita coma un fuso.
    This tree is straight as a spindle.

Further reading

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Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of é – see (“short; low; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈeː]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈeː]

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

  1. The tenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called é and written in the Latin script.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

See also

Further reading

  • é in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • é in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /jɛː/
  • Rhymes: -jɛː

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. The seventh letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eː/, /ə/; (after ba) /jeː/

Pronoun

é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)

  1. he, him
  2. (referring to a masculine noun) it

See also

More information person, conjunctive (emphatic) ...

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun.
For instance, "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Etymology 2

From Latin ē.

Pronunciation

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. The letter e with an acute accent, called é fada (literally long e)

Noun

é

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

See also

Mutation

More information radical, eclipsis ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Italian

Etymology

The addition of an acute accent to the letter E is derived from Latin, where it was used—as a less common alternative to the grave accent—with disambiguation purposes, e.g. in a word-final syllable to mark the word as an adverb (cōnstanterconstantér).

Pronunciation

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. The letter e when pronounced /e/.

Usage notes

  • The letter is usually only found in word-final position, unless one wants to make the pronunciation of a word-initial or -medial stressed /e/ explicit (e.g. spesso /ˈspesso/spésso).

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 é for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

See also

Ligurian

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of êse; “[​he/she/it​] is

Lote

Numeral

é

  1. one

Synonyms

References

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Romanization

é (e2, Zhuyin ㄜˊ)

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Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛh. Cognate with Vietnamese ỉa (to shit).

In Mường Bi (and pretty much all Muong lects, per Ngữ âm tiếng Mường qua các phương ngôn), this word is both a verb and a noun, unlike the Vietnamese word, which is strictly verbal. The cognate of Vietnamese cứt in Mường Bi is kếch, whose meaning shifted to "rusted, rusty".

Pronunciation

Verb

é

  1. (Mường Bi) to take a shit

Noun

é

  1. (Mường Bi) shit

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002), Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Narua

Pronoun

é

  1. he, she

Declension

More information NOM, ACC ...

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. A variant of e representing an /e/ with a high tone (/e˥/)

See also

Noon

Pronunciation

Letter

é (upper case É)

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of seer

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *es or *ēs, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronoun

é (feminine , neuter ed, emphatic ésom)

  1. he
  2. it (referring to a masculine noun)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:é.

Descendants
  • Irish: , Irish: é
  • Scottish Gaelic: e
  • Manx: eh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *eyes (nominative plural) and *ens (accusative plural) (compare Middle Welsh wy), from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronoun

é (emphatic ésom)

  1. they

For quotations using this term, see Citations:é.

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin et.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

é

  1. and

Descendants

  • Ladino: i
  • Spanish: y, e

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Particle

é

  1. own; oneself
  2. by motu proprio; own will
  3. in fact; actually
  4. even
  5. really
  6. only
  7. but
  8. because
  9. again
  10. for the first time
  11. another time; another day
  12. time will come [with 'e (+ gerund)]
  13. (men's speech) expresses doubt
    Coordinate term: (woman's speech) ri

Etymology 2

Adjective

é (noun form é)

  1. different
Declension

Adverb

é

  1. apart; separately

Etymology 3

Adjective

é (IIa class pluriform, R1 , R2 , noun form é)

  1. tasty
    Synonym: e'ẽ
Declension

Noun

é (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute , R1 , R2 )

  1. flavor; taste

References

Picard

Etymology

From Old French ef, from Latin apem.

Pronunciation

Noun

é f (plural és)

  1. bee
    Ch’est unne é
    It’s a bee

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese é, from Latin est.

Alternative forms

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ser

Etymology 2

Noun

é m (plural és)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
    Synonym: ê

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Interjection

é

  1. Indicates agreement; that's right; yes; yeah.
    É, eu fiz isso.Yeah, I did that.
  2. Used in hesitant speech; erm; um.
    Synonyms: , hum
    É... você... quer sair comigo?Um... do you... wanna go out with me?

See also

Rawang

Verb

é

  1. hey, hi, you knowǃ.
    Bøø̀ go mvshìé.
    The snake is still alive.

Prefix

é

  1. marker of speech act participant involvement, but speaker is not actor.

Slovak

Pronunciation

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology 1

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify long close-mid stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

  • (sound): IPA(key): /éː/, /èː/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /òːski èː/, /òːski éː/ (ozki e)
  • Rhymes: -eː

Letter

é (upper case, lower case é)

  1. Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on close-mid e.

Symbol

é

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

Etymology 2

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

  • (sound): IPA(key): /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /akutìːrani ʃirɔ̀ːki èː/, /akutìːrani ʃirɔ̀ːki éː/ (akutirani široki e)
  • Rhymes: -eː

Symbol

é

  1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛ̀ː].

Etymology 3

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

Pronunciation

Letter

é (lower case, usually not in upper case)

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

Etymology 4

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

  • (Resian, sound): IPA(key): /ɛ/

Letter

é (upper case, lower case é)

  1. (Resian) Additional letter, used to denote stress on e.

See also

References

  • Toporišič, Jože (2000), Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
  • Steenwijk, Han (1994), Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP
  • Špehonja, Nino (2012), Nediška gramatika (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Spanish

Conjunction

é

  1. obsolete spelling of e

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter

é

  1. Form of e, used to mark that the letter is long and fully stressed.

Usage notes

  • Although this is considered a variant of e and is not an independent letter in the Swedish alphabet, it distinguishes a few words such as idé (idea) and ide (place of hibernation).

Further reading

Tlingit

Pronunciation

Letter

é (upper case É)

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

See also

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây, hạt, hột) é ()

  1. lemon basil
    bé như hột évery small (literally, “as small as a lemon basil seed”)

Etymology 2

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

  1. The letter e with the acute accent.

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. The letter E, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

Yele

Pronunciation

Letter

é

  1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

  • The digraph éé transcribes the long vowel /eː/

See also

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