è

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è U+00E8, è
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
Composition:e [U+0065] + ◌̀ [U+0300] Category:Character boxes with compositions
← ç
[U+00E7] 		Latin-1 SupplementCategory:Latin-1 Supplement block#*0000000232 é →
[U+00E9]
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Languages (17)
Translingual • English
Catalan • Corsican • Emilian • French • Hokkien • Italian • Mandarin • Neapolitan • Rawang • Romagnol • Sicilian • Slovene • Tlingit • Vietnamese • Welsh
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Translingual

Letter

è (upper case È)Category:Translingual lemmas#ÈCategory:Translingual letters#ÈCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#ÈCategory:Translingual terms spelled with ◌̀#ÈCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#ÈCategory:Latin script characters#È

  1. In French, Italian, Occitan and Catalan the è is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to é which is pronounced /e/.
  2. In Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e, /ɛ/, at the end of a word.
  3. 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).

English

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È, plural ès or è's)Category:English lemmas#ECategory:English letters#ECategory:English nouns#ECategory:Latin script characters#ECategory:English terms spelled with ◌̀#ECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  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

See also

Catalan

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)Category:Catalan lemmas#ECategory:Catalan letters#ECategory:Catalan nouns#ECategory:Latin script characters#ECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. the letter e with grave accent, used to indicate that a vowel is stressed open /ɛ/. Usually written only where stress cannot be predicted from orthography or for disambiguation.

See also

Corsican

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Corsican terms inherited from Latin#ÈCategory:Corsican terms derived from Latin#È et, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Corsican terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ÈCategory:Corsican terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#È *éti. Cognates include Italian e and Portuguese e.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

èCategory:Corsican lemmas#ÈCategory:Corsican conjunctions#ÈCategory:Corsican entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. and

References

Emilian

Pronunciation

Verb

èCategory:Emilian non-lemma forms#ÈCategory:Emilian verb forms#ÈCategory:Emilian entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. second-person singular present indicative of avair

French

Etymology

From a, a distinctly Quebec contracted form of elle + est.

Pronunciation

Phrase

èCategory:French lemmas#ECategory:French phrases#ECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. (QuebecCategory:Quebec French#E) she's, it's: contraction of elle +‎ estCategory:French contractions#E

See also

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 呃 (“to belch; to hiccup; to hiccough; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 呃).
Category:Chinese lemmas#èCategory:Hokkien lemmas#èCategory:Chinese verbs#èCategory:Hokkien verbs#èCategory:Chinese interjections#èCategory:Hokkien interjections#èCategory:Hokkien pe̍h-ōe-jī forms#ÈCategory:Hokkien entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 曳 (“to drag; to pull; to float in the wind; to sway; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 曳).
Category:Chinese lemmas#èCategory:Hokkien lemmas#èCategory:Chinese verbs#èCategory:Hokkien verbs#èCategory:Chinese adjectives#èCategory:Hokkien adjectives#èCategory:Hokkien pe̍h-ōe-jī forms#ÈCategory:Hokkien entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 穢 (“dirty; filthy; unclean; immoral; obscene; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 穢).
Category:Chinese lemmas#èCategory:Hokkien lemmas#èCategory:Chinese adjectives#èCategory:Hokkien adjectives#èCategory:Hokkien pe̍h-ōe-jī forms#ÈCategory:Hokkien entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 翳 (“shade; screen; nebula; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 翳).
Category:Chinese lemmas#èCategory:Hokkien lemmas#èCategory:Chinese nouns#èCategory:Hokkien nouns#èCategory:Chinese verbs#èCategory:Hokkien verbs#èCategory:Hokkien pe̍h-ōe-jī forms#ÈCategory:Hokkien entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È
For pronunciation and definitions of è – see 裔 (“descendant; posterity; edge; brim; margin; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 裔).
Category:Chinese lemmas#èCategory:Hokkien lemmas#èCategory:Hokkien pe̍h-ōe-jī forms#ÈCategory:Hokkien entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

Italian

Etymology 1

The addition of a grave accent to the letter ⟨E⟩ is derived from Latin, where it was used with disambiguation purposes, e.g. in a word-final syllable to mark the word as an adverb (cōnstanter → constantèr).

Pronunciation

Letter

è f or m (lower case, upper case È, invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#ECategory:Italian letters#ECategory:Italian nouns#ECategory:Latin script characters#ECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. (obsoleteCategory:Italian terms with obsolete senses#E) Used to disambiguate words ending in a stressed ⟨-e⟩, regardless of its pronunciation [12th–20th century]
    è (“is”) (see Etymology 2 below), as opposed to e (“and”)
    nè (“nor; neither”) (modern spelling: né), as opposed to ne (“from there; from/about/of this/these/that/those”)
  2. (archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#E, now proscribedCategory:Italian proscribed terms#E) Used to indicate a stressed word-final ⟨-e⟩, regardless of its pronunciation
    perchè /perˈke/, (modern spelling: perché)
  3. Used to indicate the letter ⟨e⟩ when pronounced as open /ɛ/
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 /ɛ/ explicit (e.g. bello /ˈbɛllo/ → bèllo).

Etymology 2

From LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#ECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#E est, ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#E *h₁ésti.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

èCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#ECategory:Italian verb forms#ECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

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

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

Category:Italian letters#ECategory:Italian terms with redundant sortkeys#E

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Romanization

è (e4, Zhuyin ㄜˋ)Category:Hanyu Pinyin#E4Category:Mandarin non-lemma forms#E4Category:Mandarin terms with redundant script codes#E4Category:Mandarin entries with incorrect language header#E4Category:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 偔
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僫 / 𱏀
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 卾
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厄
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呃
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呝
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咢
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咹
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哐
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啛
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噩
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圔
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堊 / 垩
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堨
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堮
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 岋
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峈
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崿
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶭
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惡 / 恶, 悪
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愕
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 戹
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扼
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搤
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搹
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫮
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歹
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湂
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琧
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砐
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硆
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胺
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腭
  34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苊
  35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萼
  36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蕚 / 萼
  37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘀 / 萚
  38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚅
  39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
  40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝁 / 𰲸
  41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覨
  42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詻 / 𰵤
  43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誒 / 诶
  44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諤 / 谔
  45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讍
  46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豟
  47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貖
  48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軛 / 轭
  49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軶
  50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軛 / 轭
  51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遌
  52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遏
  53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遻
  54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄂
  55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍔 / 锷
  56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑩
  57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閼 / 阏
  58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阨
  59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阸
  60. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隘
  61. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頞 / 𱂨
  62. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顎 / 颚
  63. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餓 / 饿
  64. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餩 / 𱃽
  65. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬬
  66. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魥 / 𩽹
  67. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰐 / 鳄, 鱷 / 鳄, 鳄Category:Requests for cleanup in Hanyu Pinyin entries#E4
  68. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶚 / 鹗
  69. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齂
  70. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齶 / 腭
  71. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㓵
  72. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屵

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Neapolitan terms derived from Latin#È est (“[it] is”). Cognate with Italian and Sicilian è.

Verb

èCategory:Neapolitan non-lemma forms#ÈCategory:Neapolitan verb forms#ÈCategory:Neapolitan entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere

Rawang

Adverb

èCategory:Rawang lemmas#ECategory:Rawang adverbs#ECategory:Rawang entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. well, see.
Category:Rawang 1-letter words#E

Romagnol

Alternative forms

Adverb

èCategory:Romagnol lemmas#ÈCategory:Romagnol adverbs#ÈCategory:Romagnol entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. yes
    Synonym: sē

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Sicilian terms derived from Latin#È est (“[it] is”). Cognate with Italian and Neapolitan è.

Pronunciation

Verb

èCategory:Sicilian non-lemma forms#ÈCategory:Sicilian verb forms#ÈCategory:Sicilian entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. third-person singular present indicative of èssiri

Usage notes

  • The diacritic stress on è is apted to differentiate it with e (“and”) as a conjunction.

Derived terms

See also

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letter e with grave (◌̀Category:Slovene terms in nonstandard scripts#È) to signify short stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)Category:Slovene lemmas#ECategory:Slovene letters#ECategory:Slovene nouns#ECategory:Latin script characters#ECategory:Slovene terms spelled with ◌̀#ECategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on e.

Symbol

èCategory:Slovene lemmas#ECategory:Slovene symbols#ECategory:Slovene terms spelled with ◌̀#ECategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

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

Etymology 2

Letter e with grave (◌̀Category:Slovene terms in nonstandard scripts#È) to signify long stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)Category:Slovene lemmas#ECategory:Slovene letters#ECategory:Slovene nouns#ECategory:Latin script characters#ECategory:Slovene terms spelled with ◌̀#ECategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

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

See also

References

  • Toporišič, Jože (2000), Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN
  • Špehonja, Nino (2012), Nediška gramatika‎ (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Tlingit

Pronunciation

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)Category:Tlingit lemmas#ÈCategory:Tlingit letters#ÈCategory:Tlingit nouns#ÈCategory:Latin script characters#ÈCategory:Tlingit entries with incorrect language header#ÈCategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. (CanadaCategory:Canadian Tlingit#È) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: ei

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Vietnamese entries#E!

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#E!Category:Vietnamese letters#E!Category:Vietnamese nouns#E!Category:Latin script characters#E!Category:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#E!Category:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. The letter e with the grave accent.
See also

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to ì? Possibly imitative?”)Category:Requests for etymologies in Vietnamese entries#E!

Verb

èCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#E!Category:Vietnamese verbs#E!Category:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#E!Category:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. (colloquialCategory:Vietnamese colloquialisms#E!) to exert oneself; to strain a body part doing something physical; to haul
    È lưng kéo thuyền đi ngược dòng.
    To strain one's back rowing the boat against the current.
    Category:Vietnamese terms with usage examples#E!

Welsh

Pronunciation

Letter

è (lower case, upper case È)Category:Welsh lemmas#ECategory:Welsh letters#ECategory:Welsh nouns#ECategory:Latin script characters#ECategory:Welsh terms spelled with ◌̀#ECategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#ECategory:Pages with entries#ÈCategory:Pages with 17 entries#È

  1. The letter E, marked for its short pronunciation in monosyllabic words.
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