é

é

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.

   café, resumé, animé

   For details and for less common usage, see the entry for the acute accent, ⟨◌́⟩.

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

é (uppercase É)

1. A letter of the Bilen Latin alphabet.

From Old French el, contraction of en + lou. This form is now archaic and replaced by au from ài + lou, but may still be encountered in fixed sentences and proverbs.

é

1. (archaic) in the, equivalent of au.

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

• és

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

IPA^(key): [ˈɛː]

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of sel

From Latin est, inflected form of sum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

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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

1. third-person singular present indicative of ser

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

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. The tenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called é and written in the Latin script.

• (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, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• é 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
• é in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

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

é (upper case É)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

From Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

• IPA^(key): /eː/, /ə/; (after ba) /jeː/

é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)

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

• IPA^(key): /eː/

é (upper case É)

1. The letter e with an acute accent, called é fada (literally “long e”)

é

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

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

• IPA^(key): /e/

é (upper case É)

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

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and é for development of the glyph itself.

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

é

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

é

1. one

• éllé

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

• e — nonstandard

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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／讹
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誐／𰵮
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譌／𰵑
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 讹
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迗
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈋／𨱂
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋧／𰽢
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锄
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隲
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頟／额
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 額／额
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 额
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騀／𱅗
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魤
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵝／鹅
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵞／鹅
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹅

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛh. Cognate with Vietnamese ỉa (“to shit”).

In Mường Bi (and pretty much all Muong lects, per Ngữ 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 Vietnamese cứt seems to be lost in all Muong lects.

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛ⁵/

é

1. (Mường Bi) to take a shit

é

1. (Mường Bi) shit

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

é

1. he, she

• IPA^(key): /e̘/

é (upper case É)

1. A letter of the Noon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of seer
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):

     Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.

     This 19th is about how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer through the great pains she underwent.

• hé, hǽ

• IPA^(key): /eː/

From Proto-Celtic *es or *ēs, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

é (feminine sí, neuter ed, emphatic ésom)

1. he
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^c3

     Is hé as airchinnech inna n-uile.

     It is he who is the chief of all.

2. it (referring to a masculine noun)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b28

     Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.

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

From Proto-Celtic *eyes (nom. pl.) or *ens (acc. pl.) (compare Middle Welsh wy), from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

é (emphatic ésom)

1. they
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^a8

     Nitat pecthi collnidi híccatar and ind echt so cebtar hé riam.

     It is not fleshly sins that are paid for there now, though it was they before.

• e

From Latin et.

• IPA^(key): /e/

é

1. and

• Ladino: i
• Spanish: y

From Old French ef, from Latin apem.

é f (plural és)

1. bee

   Ch’est unne é

   It’s a bee

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: é

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From Latin est.

• he (obsolete)

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of ser

é m (plural és)

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

• ê

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: hã, hum

   É... você... quer sair comigo?

   Um... do you... wanna go out with me?

• eh, he, éé, ééé, éééé, etc.

é

1. hey, hi, you knowǃ.

   Bøø̀ go mvshìé.

   The snake is still alive.

é

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

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify long close-mid stressed vowel.

• (sound): IPA^(key): /éː/, /èː/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /òːski èː/, /òːski éː/ (ozki e)
• Rhymes: -eː

é (upper case, lower case é)

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

é

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

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify long low-pitched vowel.

• (sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ́ː/, /ɛ̀ː/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /akutìːrani ʃirɔ̀ːki èː/, /akutìːrani ʃirɔ̀ːki éː/ (akutirani široki e)
• Rhymes: -eː

é

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

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify short vowel.

• (sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

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.

Letter e with acute (◌́) to signify stressed vowel.

• (Resian, sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

é (upper case, lower case é)

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

• ë
• ē
• è
• e
• ê
• ȩ
• ɛ
• ḙ
• ė
• ẹ
• ə

• 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 (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

é

1. Obsolete spelling of e

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/

é

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

• 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 on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˦˥]

(classifier cây, hạt, hột) é • (薏)

1. (botany) lemon basil

   bé như hột é ― very small (literally, “as small as a lemon basil seed”)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

é (upper case É)

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