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e en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /eɪ/ (phoneme)
  • (UK) audio
  • /iː/ (letter, name)
  • /ə/ (phoneme)
  • /ɛ/ (phoneme)
  • /iː/ (phoneme)
  • /ɪ/ (phoneme)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ees Number=Plur lexicographic
ee alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

ess · ar · gee · double-u · jay · vee · bee · kay · en · wye · cue · a · o · ef · tee · el · cee · i · dee · u · em · zee · pee · zed · aitch · ex · letter

Descendants

ìika

Translations (37)

th อี (name of the letter E, e) · es e (name of the letter E, e) · ms i (name of the letter E, e) · ca e (name of the letter E, e) · la ē (name of the letter E, e) · ar إِيه (name of the letter E, e) · fr e (name of the letter E, e) · de e (name of the letter E, e) · ga é (name of the letter E, e) · pt ê (name of the letter E, e) · ga eabhadh (name of the letter E, e) · ga edad (name of the letter E, e) · fa ای (name of the letter E, e) · vi e (name of the letter E, e) · ko(name of the letter E, e) · haw ʻē (name of the letter E, e) · fa ئی (name of the letter E, e) · ru э (name of the letter E, e) · ru е (name of the letter E, e) · ast e (name of the letter E, e) · bn(name of the letter E, e) · tr e (name of the letter E, e) · ja イー (name of the letter E, e) · mr(name of the letter E, e) · ru и (name of the letter E, e) · el ι (name of the letter E, e) · hi(name of the letter E, e) · gl e (name of the letter E, e) · fi ee (name of the letter E, e) · ar إِي (name of the letter E, e) · io e (name of the letter E, e) · oc e (name of the letter E, e) · bg е (name of the letter E, e) · cy e (name of the letter E, e) · pt é (name of the letter E, e) · akz ìika (name of the letter E, e) · eo e (name of the letter E, e)

Source: en.wiktionary, “e” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

e en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /eɪ/ (phoneme)
  • (UK) audio
  • /iː/ (letter, name)
  • /ə/ (phoneme)
  • /ɛ/ (phoneme)
  • /iː/ (phoneme)
  • /ɪ/ (phoneme)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

Meanings

  1. (lowercase, number) The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
es Number=Plur lexicographic
E uppercase lexicographic
e's Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “e” (num), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

e en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /eɪ/ (phoneme)
  • (UK) audio
  • /iː/ (letter, name)
  • /ə/ (phoneme)
  • /ɛ/ (phoneme)
  • /iː/ (phoneme)
  • /ɪ/ (phoneme)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

Meanings

  1. (letter, lowercase) The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
es Number=Plur lexicographic
E uppercase lexicographic
e's Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

a · d · u · G · m · z · k · s · o · h · S · r · F · c · W · E · M · t · y · g · I · J · v · b · f · C · j · Y · l · R · T · Z · n · A · P · O · X · H · w · N · B · p · x · L · K · i · q · letter · Q · e · D · U · V

Deriveds

efold · e-folding · closed e · silent e · open e · e-form

Source: en.wiktionary, “e” (character), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

e en · PRON · etymology 2

Etymology

From a deliberate apheresis of both he and she.

Meanings

  1. (epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
    • Empre waded out to help them cross the last stretch. More people, a few hundred, perhaps, had gathered along the shore. One of them came running at Melu with a cry—she threw up her arms in defense. But it was Aeran, only Aeran. E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief. 2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202
    • E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves^([sic]), and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible. 2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in James A. Inman, Donna N. Sewell, editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OL, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eirs Poss=Yes noun lexicographic
em Case=Acc lexicographic
eir Poss=Yes adjective lexicographic
emself Reflex=Yes lexicographic

Synonyms

ey

Source: en.wiktionary, “e” (pron), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

e en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈiː/

Etymology

From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.

Meanings

  1. (informal) The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.
    • The sax comes in on the e of one.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ee alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

a · and