ē

See also: Variations of "e"

ē - Translingual

Letter

ē (upper case Ē)

The letter e with a macron.

Usage notes

It is usually used to denote long "e" or the middle tone of "e".

ē - Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA: [ə]

Letter

ē (lower case, upper case Ē)

(obsolete) The fourth letter of the 1901-1947 orthography, written in Latin script.

ē - Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of ええ
Rōmaji transcription of エー

ē - Latvian

Pronunciation

IPA: [ɛː], IPA: [æː]

Letter

ē (lower case, upper case Ē)

The eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ē and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ē/ē, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple E/e in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).
The letter Ē/ē (like its short counterpart E/e) represent two sounds, [ɛ] — šaurais e (“narrow e”) — and [æ] — platais e (“broad e”). In principle, [ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, [æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e — [ɛ] or [æ] — must be memorized.

ē - Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /eː/

Letter

ē (upper case Ē)

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

ē - Mandarin

Alternative forms

e – nonstandard

Romanization

ē (e¹, Zhuyin ㄜ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妸
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 娿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婀
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婐
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屙
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峉
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猔
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疤
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痾／疴
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈳／钶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钶
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阾

ē - Maori

Letter

a lengthened form of the letter e

ē - Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 會 (“to be possible; can”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 會.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 裔 (“descendent; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 解 (“skill of acrobatics”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 解.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 廈 (“Only used in 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén); also used as its short form.”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 廈.)

For pronunciation and definitions of ē – see 禍 (“disaster; misfortune; calamity; to bring disaster upon”). (This character, ē, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 禍.)

ē - Niuean

Particle

ē (vocative particle)

o, oh, behold

ē - Samoan

Pronoun

ē (singular lē)

(plural only) who; that; which

ē - Slovene

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: /ɛ́ː/, IPA: /ɛ̀ː/

Symbol

(tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɛː] when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

Pronunciation

(sound): IPA: /eː/
(sound, educated): IPA: /ɛː/

Letter

ē (lower case, upper case Ē)

(linguistics) Letter used for transcription of Ancient Greek letter Η / η.