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è

See also: Variations of "e"

è - Translingual

Letter

è (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 Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e, /ɛ/, at the end of a word.
  • 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).

è - 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.

Derived terms

è - Corsican

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛ/
  • Homophones: e, hè

Conjunction

è

  1. and

è - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛ/

Phrase

è

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

è - Italian

Alternative forms

  • e' (misspelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛ/
  • Hyphenation: è

Verb

è

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

Usage notes

The uppercase form (È) is often written as E', especially in print.

è - Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • e (nonstandard)

Romanization

è (e4, Zhuyin ㄜˋ)

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

è - Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 呃 (“to belch; to hiccup; to hiccough; etc.”). (This character, è, 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 character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 曳.)
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 穢 (“dirty; filthy; unclean; immoral; obscene; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 穢.)
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 翳 (“shade; screen; nebula; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翳.)
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 裔 (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This character, è, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.)

è - Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Verb

è

  1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere

è - Rawang

Adverb

è

  1. well, see.

è - Romagnol

Alternative forms

  • ē (Ville Unite)

Adverb

è

  1. yes

è - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /ɛ/
  • (letter name): IPA: /kràːtki èː/, /kràːtki éː/ kratki e

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].

Pronunciation

  • (sound): IPA: /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.
Meaning and Definition of è
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