e

Alternative forms

• edhe, dhe (conjunction)

Etymology

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• Conjunction e (“and, also”): according to Orel from Proto-Albanian *ō(d), from Proto-Indo-European *ēd ~ *ōd (ablative sg. stem of Proto-Indo-European *ē- ~ *ō-).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ]

Conjunction

e

1. and
2. also

Pronoun

e m or f or n

1. Third-person singular accusative-case pronominal clitic (him, her, it)

   E di. / S'e di.

   I know it. / I don't know it.

   E bleva.

   I bought it.

Preposition

e

1. (of)

   Besa e shqiptarit nuk shitet pazarit.

   The honor of an Albanian can not be sold or bought in a bazaar.

Article

e

1. adjectival article for:
   1. definite masculine singular adjectives in all accusative case
   2. indefinite feminine singular adjectives in the nominative case
   3. definite plural and feminine singular adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases

See also

References

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Article

e f

1. (indefinite) a/an

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

e

1. he

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

1. and
2. but
3. or

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

e lower case (upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/, [e̞]

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Basque alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Noun

e (indeclinable)

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

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨn, from Proto-Celtic *eni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈe]
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

e f (plural es)

1. the Latin letter E (lowercase e)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 2

From clipping of English email.

Etymology

From the earlier le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Homophones: è, hè

Article

e f pl (masculine singular u, feminine singular a, masculine plural i)

1. the (feminine plural)

Pronoun

e f pl

1. them (feminine direct object)

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

1. and

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. the fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet

Etymology

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Conjunction

e

1. and

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /e/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /e/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Noun

e (accusative singular e-on, plural e-oj, accusative plural e-ojn)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/, [ˈeː]

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ee and written in the Latin script.

Conjunction

e

1. Abbreviation of ehk; or, a.k.a.

Conjunction

e

1. Alternative form of i

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Letter

e (upper case E)

1. The sixth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 1

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and e for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/, (also) /ø/, /œ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

e m (plural e)

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

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

1. and

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 1

From Latin et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/ [ˈe]
• Rhymes: -e

Conjunction

e

1. and

   Túa irmá e eu fomos cear e despois ao cine.

   Your sister and I went to have dinner and then to the cinema.

Etymology 2

See Translingual section.

Further reading

• “e”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “e”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “e”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Romanization

e

1. Romanization of 𐌴

Etymology

From Portuguese e. Cognate with Kabuverdianu e.

Conjunction

e

1. and

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Particle

e

1. used to mark the following verb as an infinitive; to
2. used before a name, a noun or a phrase to address someone or something

Preposition

e

1. by (indicating the agent of a verb in the passive voice)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *e-. Cognates include Finnish että and Estonian et.^[1]

Etymology 2

See Translingual section.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs
• -e (suffix)

References

Further reading

• (sound, letter, abbreviation): e , (musical note, its symbol or key/position): e , (pronoun, alternative form of ez): e , (folksy interjection pointing at something nearby): e , (interjection, rare alternative form of eh): e in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• e 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).

Noun

e

1. water

Further reading

• Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

Letter

e (upper case E)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

e (upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Conjunction

e

1. Apocopic form of ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

e (upper case E, lower case e)

1. The fifth letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronoun

e

1. (indefinite) somebody, one, they, people (an unspecified individual).

Etymology

From Portuguese e (“and”).

Conjunction

e

1. and (expresses two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /e/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

• (rare) et

Conjunction

e

1. and

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

e

1. and
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Etymology 1

From Latin ē (the name of the letter E).

Etymology 2

From Latin et.^[1]

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἱ (hai).

Article

e

1. feminine nominative plural of o

Romanization

e

1. The hiragana syllable え (e) or the katakana syllable エ (e) in Hepburn romanization.
2. The hiragana syllable へ (e) or the katakana syllable ヘ (e) in Hepburn romanization. (as particle)

Etymology

From Portuguese e.

Conjunction

e

1. and

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Verb

e

1. there are many, there is much
2. to be a lot (for someone); to displease; to surprise

   Ag mỹ tóg e tĩ.

   They were surprised.

   (literally, “it was a lot for them.”)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog e. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English e.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈʔi/ [ˈʔi̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phoneme)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔə/ [ˈʔɨ]
    • Rhymes: -ə
  • IPA^(key): (uncommon) /ʔe/ [ʔe]
    • Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: e

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

1. The fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Etymology

From ali or Proto-Philippine *diq (“particle of negation”).

Prefix

e

1. un-, non-, in-

   Iyang emakapunta

   S/he's Unable to go

   Taung eyakakit

   Invisible man

   Lugud a ekalinguwan

   Unforgettable love

   Ekakabieng bage

   Nonliving things

   Emakasulung

   Unable to proceed

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 e for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

e (lower case, upper case E)

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

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. Compare Malay api, Malagasy afo, Tsat pui³³, Palauan ngau, Chuukese ááf, Tongan afi, Samoan afi and Hawaiian ahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Noun

e

1. fire

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

Abbreviated from ex.