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é

See also: Variations of "e"

é - Translingual

Letter

é (upper case É)

  1. The letter e with an acute accent.

é - English

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É, plural és or é's)

  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.

é - Bourguignon

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.

é - Czech

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈɛː]

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

é - Fala

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sel

é - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛ/

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.

é - Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
Possessive forms of é

é - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA: /jɛː/

Letter

é (upper case É)

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

é - Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eː/, /ə/

Pronoun

é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
é n-é hé not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

é - Ligurian

Verb

é

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

é - Lote

Numeral

é

  1. one

Synonyms

é - Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • e (nonstandard)

Romanization

é (e2, Zhuyin ㄜˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俄.
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吪.
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哦.
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囫.
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 娥.
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峨.
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峩.
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 枙.
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涐.
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 珴.
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皒.
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睋.
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硪.
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磀.
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莪.
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛾.
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訛.
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誐.
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譌.
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讹.
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迗.
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈋.
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋧.
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锄.
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隲.
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頟.
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 額.
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 额.
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騀.
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魤.
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵝.
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵞.
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹅.

é - Min Nan

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

é - Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /eː/

Pronoun

é (feminine sí, neuter ed, emphatic ésom)

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

Descendants

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

Pronoun

é (emphatic ésom)

  1. they

é - Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛ/

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of seer

é - Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /e/

Conjunction

é

  1. and

Descendants

  • Ladino: i
  • Spanish: y

é - Picard

Noun

é f (plural és)

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

é - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ/
  • Hyphenation: é

Verb

é

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ser

Noun

é m (plural és)

  1. e (name of the letter E, e)

Alternative forms

Interjection

é

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

Alternative forms

é - 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.

é - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • (sound): IPA: /éː/, /èː/
  • (letter name): IPA: /òːski èː/, /òːski éː/ (ozki e)

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 [eː].

Pronunciation

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

Symbol

é

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

Pronunciation

  • (sound): IPA: /ɛ/

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Resian, sound): IPA: /ɛ/

Letter

é (upper case, lower case é)

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

é - Spanish

Conjunction

é

  1. Obsolete spelling of e

é - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈeː/

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”).

é - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây, hạt, hột) é • (薏)

  1. (botany) lemon basil
Meaning and Definition of é
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