é

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éU+00E9,é
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
Composition:e[U+0065]+◌́[U+0301]
è
[U+00E8]
Latin-1 Supplement ê
[U+00EA]

English

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Letter

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é

  1. Found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that theeis not silent.
    café,resumé,animé
    For details and for less common usage, see the entry for the acute accent,◌́.

Blin

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(uppercaseÉ)

  1. Aletterof theBilenLatin alphabet.

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchel,contraction ofen+lou.This form is now archaic and replaced byaufromài+lou,but may still be encountered in fixed sentences and proverbs.

Preposition

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é

  1. (archaic)inthe,equivalent ofau.

Usage notes

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Now used mainly in fixed sentences and proverbs likelaissai ailai le chait é formaige.

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References

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  • Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne,by Thomas Mignard, 1870.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key):[ˈɛː]

Letter

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é(lower case,upper caseÉ)

  1. the ninth letter of the Czech alphabet, aftereand beforeě

Fala

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Verb

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é

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofsel

Galician

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinest,inflected form ofsum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:é

Verb

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é

  1. is;third-personsingularpresentindicativeofser
    Esta árboreédereita coma un fuso.
    This treeisstraight as a spindle.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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é

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofser

Further reading

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions ofé– seeẢi( “short;low;etc.” ).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jīform ofẢi).

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(lower case,upper caseÉ)

  1. The tenthletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledéand written in theLatin script.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative é é-k
accusative é-t é-ket
dative é-nek é-knek
instrumental é-vel é-kkel
causal-final é-ért é-kért
translative é-vé é-kké
terminative é-ig é-kig
essive-formal é-ként é-kként
essive-modal
inessive é-ben é-kben
superessive é-n é-ken
adessive é-nél é-knél
illative é-be é-kbe
sublative é-re é-kre
allative é-hez é-khez
elative é-ből é-kből
delative é-ről é-kről
ablative é-től é-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
é-é é-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
é-éi é-kéi
Possessive formsofé
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. é-m é-im
2nd person sing. é-d é-id
3rd person sing. é-je é-i
1st person plural é-nk é-ink
2nd person plural é-tek é-itek
3rd person plural é-jük é-ik

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Further reading

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  • éinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
  • éinNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára[A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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é(upper caseÉ)

  1. The seventhletterof the Icelandicalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Irishé,fromProto-Indo-European*éy.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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é(emphatic formeisean,disjunctive)

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

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Etymology 2

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FromLatinē.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper caseÉ)

  1. The letterewith anacute accent,calledéfada(literallylong e)

Noun

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é

  1. The name of theLatin-scriptlettere/E.

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis withh-prothesis witht-prothesis
é n-é not applicable
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper caseÉ)

  1. The letter⟨e⟩in a stressed final syllable when pronounced/e/.

Kashubian

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Etymology

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The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabetarticle on Wikipedia for more, andéfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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é(lower case,upper caseÉ)

  1. The eighthletterof the Kashubianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Ligurian

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Verb

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é

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofêse;“[​he/she/it​]is

Lote

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Numeral

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é

  1. one

Synonyms

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References

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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Romanization

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é(e2,Zhuyinㄜˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  2. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgoa
  3. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  4. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofHốt
  5. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  6. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  7. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  8. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  9. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  10. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  11. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  12. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  13. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgã
  14. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  15. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  16. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga
  17. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgoaNgoa
  18. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga𰵮
  19. Hanyu Pinyinreading of𰵑
  20. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgoa
  21. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  22. Hanyu Pinyinreading of𨱂
  23. Hanyu Pinyinreading of𰽢
  24. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofSừ
  25. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofChất
  26. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgạchNgạch
  27. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgạchNgạch
  28. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgạch
  29. Hanyu Pinyinreading of𱅗
  30. Hanyu Pinyinreading of
  31. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgaNga
  32. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNgaNga
  33. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofNga

Muong

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Etymology

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FromProto-Vietic*ʔɛh.Cognate withVietnameseỉa(to shit).

In Mường Bi (and pretty much all Muong lects, perNgữ âm tiếng Mường qua các phương ngôn), this word is both a verb and a noun, unlike the Vietnamese word, which is strictly verbal. The cognate of Vietnamesecứtin Mường Bi iskếch,whose meaning shifted to "rusted, rusty".

Pronunciation

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Verb

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é

  1. (Mường Bi)totake a shit

Noun

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é

  1. (Mường Bi)shit

References

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  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002)Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[1],Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Narua

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Pronoun

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é

  1. he,she

Declension

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NOM é
ACC alum
DAT ékégébé
ABL ékégélo
GEN ékégé
COM ékégélékobé

Noon

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper caseÉ)

  1. Aletterof the Noonalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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é

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofseer

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Celtic*esor*ēs,fromProto-Indo-European*éy.

Pronoun

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é(feminine,neutered,emphaticésom)

  1. he
    • c.800,Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.4c3
      Isas airchinnech inna n-uile.
      It ishewho is the chief of all.
  2. it(referring to a masculine noun)
    • c.800,Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.5b28
      Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht isnot·ail.
      It is not you that nourishes it, butitthat nourishes you.
Descendants
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  • Irish:,Irish:é
  • Scottish Gaelic:e
  • Manx:eh

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Celtic*eyes(nom. pl.)or*ens(acc. pl.)(compareMiddle Welshwy), fromProto-Indo-European*éy.

Pronoun

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é(emphaticésom)

  1. they
    • c.800,Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb.4a8
      Nitat pecthi collnidi híccatar and ind echt so cebtarriam.
      It is not fleshly sins that are paid for there now, though it wastheybefore.

Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinet.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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é

  1. and

Descendants

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  • Ladino:i
  • Spanish:y

Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Particle

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é

  1. own;oneself
  2. bymotu proprio;ownwill
  3. in fact;actually
  4. even
  5. really
  6. only
  7. but
  8. because
  9. again
  10. for thefirsttime
  11. another time; another day
  12. time will come[with'e(+gerund)]
  13. (men's speech)expresses doubt
    Coordinate term:(woman's speech)ri

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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é(noun formé)

  1. different
Declension
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Adverb

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é

  1. apart;separately

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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é(IIa class pluriform,R1,R2,noun formé)

  1. tasty
    Synonym:e'ẽ
Declension
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Noun

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é(possessable,IIa class pluriform,absolute,R1,R2)

  1. flavor;taste

References

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Picard

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchef,fromLatinapem.

Noun

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éf(pluralés)

  1. bee
    Ch’est unneé
    It’s abee

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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InheritedfromOld Galician-Portugueseé,fromLatinest.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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é

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofser

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ém(pluralés)

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

Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

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Interjection

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é

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

Rawang

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Verb

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é

  1. hey,hi, you knowǃ.
    Bøø̀ go mvshìé.
    The snake is still alive.

Prefix

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é

  1. marker of speech act participant involvement, but speaker is not actor.

Slovene

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SloveneWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediasl

Etymology 1

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Letterewith acute (◌́) to signify long close-mid stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper case,lower caseé)

  1. Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on close-mide.

Symbol

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é

  1. (non-tonal SNPT)Phonetictranscriptionof sound[].

Etymology 2

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Letterewith acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

Pronunciation

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Symbol

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é

  1. (tonal SNPT)Phonetictranscriptionof sound[ɛ̀ː].

Etymology 3

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Letterewith acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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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.

Etymology 4

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Letterewith acute (◌́) to signify stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper case,lower caseé)

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

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References

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  • Toporišič, Jože (2000)Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd.(in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja,→ISBN
  • Steenwijk, Han (1994)Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë(overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP
  • Špehonja, Nino (2012)Nediška gramatika[2](in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Spanish

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Conjunction

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é

  1. Obsoletespelling ofe.

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é

  1. Form ofe,used to mark that the letter is long and fully stressed.

Usage notes

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  • Although this is considered a variant ofeand is not an independent letter in the Swedish alphabet, it distinguishes a few words such asidé(idea)andide(place of hibernation).

Further reading

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Tlingit

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper caseÉ)

  1. Aletterof the Tlingitalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Vietnamese

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VietnameseWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediavi

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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(classifiercây,hạt,hột)é(Ý)

  1. lemon basil
    bé như hột évery small(literally, “as small as a lemon basil seed”)

Etymology 2

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Letter

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é(lower case,upper caseÉ)

  1. The letterewith theacute accent.

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é(upper caseÉ)

  1. The letter E, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

Yele

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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é

  1. A letter of theYelealphabet.

Derived terms

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  • The digraphéétranscribes the long vowel/eː/

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