see|E|Appendix:Variations of "e"
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Translingual
Image:Latin E.png|thumb|The letter e

Etymology
Image:Uncial e.png|Approximate form of upper case letter E that was the source for lower case e
Modification of capital letter term|E, from Gk. letter term|scGrek|�|trE||Epsilon.
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Letter
infl|mul|letter|lower case||upper case|E

1. A lower case letter of the Latin script, the fifth in many alphabets, including English.

See also
qualifier|select forms with diacritics è é ê ë � � � � �
qualifier|select similar letters and symbols � � � � � �
qualifier|other scripts term|scGrek|ε|tre||epsilon term|scCyrl|е|trje
See Appendix:Variations of "e"

Symbol
infl|mul|symbol

1. mathematics The base of natural logarithms, an irrational number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459

English
Etymology
From ME. and OE. lower case letter term|e and split of term|æ, term|ea, term|eo, and term|�, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:
Image:Runic letter ehwaz.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc � (e) OE. lower case letter term|e, from replacement by Latin letter term|e of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|tr=e.
Image:Rune-�sc.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter � (æ) OE. lower case letter term|æ|langenm from replacement by Latin ligature term|æ|langla of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|tr=æ.
Image:Rune-Ear.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc � (ea) OE. lower case digraph term|ea, from replacement by Latin digraph term|ea of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|tr=ea.
Image:Runic letter iwaz.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc � (�o) OE. lower case digraph term|eo|langang from replacement by Latin digraph term|eo|langenm of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc term|�|tr=�o.
Image:Rune-Eðel.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc � (�) OE. lower case letter term|�|langenm from replacement by Latin ligature term|�|langla of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|tr=�.

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme IPA|/E/|/i�/|silent
sense|letter name IPA|/i�/
rfap

Letter
infl|en|letter|lower case||upper case|E

1. The fifth and most common letter of the Appendix:Roman script|English alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: d
Next letter: f

Breton

Pronoun
e

1. his

Category:Breton pronouns

Hungarian

Determiner
infl|hu|determiner|demonstrative

1. context|before a noun|without an article this

#* 1836: Vörösmarty Mihály, Szózat
#*: A nagy világon e kivűl
#*: Nincsen számodra hely;

Usage notes
A rarer substitute of term|ez|lang=hu and its inflected forms (term|ezt, term|ezen etc.).

See also
-e#Hungarian|-e (suffix)

Interlingua

Alternative forms
qualifier|rare et

Conjunction
e

1. and

Italian

Alternative forms
qualifier|before a vowel ed

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=it|[e]

Conjunction
infl|it|conjunction

1. and

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=�

1. �: bait, lure
2. �: handle, shaft, gripe, helve
3. 絵, �: picture, painting, drawing, illustration, tableau
4. �: hiragana letter e
5. �: katakana letter e

Particle
ja-pos|r|particle|hira=�

1. �: particle indicating direction

Latin

Preposition
infl|la|preposition|head=�|short form of|ex

1. out of, from

#*w:Lucretius|Lucretius, w:De Rerum Natura|De Rerum Natura
#*: ..et ignis semen#Latin|semina convolvunt e nubibus.
#*:: �..and the seeds of fire roll from the clouds.�

Derived terms
e pluribus unum

Category:Latin letters|E

Lojban

Conjunction
infl|jbo|conjunction

1. and; logically joins two sumti

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
e

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, �, é, �, or è.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Portuguese

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=pt|/i/

Conjunction
infl|pt|conjunction

1. and

Romanian

Pronunciation 1
qualifier|letter name IPA|/e/|lang=ro
qualifier|phoneme|generally IPA|/e/|lang=ro

Letter
rfc-level|Letter at L4+ not in L3 POS section
infl|ro|letter|cat=alphabet|lower case||upper case|E

1. The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: d
Next letter: f

Usage notes
See term|E|lang=ro for pronunciation notes and details.

Interjection
infl|ro|interjection

1. expression of annoyance, irritation
2. expression of boredom, indifference
3. (when prolonged...eee) surprise, satisfaction, admiration

Pronunciation 2
IPA|/je/|lang=ro

Verb
ro-verbform|fi|person3s|timepres|tense=ind

1. (he/she) is

#:El e un copil. - �He is a child.�

Synonyms
este

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun
e

1. he
2. him
3. context|referring to a masculine noun it

Related terms
esan i|emphatic

Category:Scottish Gaelic pronouns

Serbian
Etymology
Variant of term|ej or term|hej

Interjection
infl|sr|interjection|variant of|ej or hej

1. informal|at the beginning of the sentence hey
2. informal|at the beginning of the sentence Used to emphasize the sentence

#: E, šta ima? � �Hey, what's up?�

1. informal|at the beginning of the sentence Used to express surprise

#: E, otkud ti? � �Hey, where did you come from?�

1. informal|at the beginning of the sentence Used to get attention or change the topic of conversation, especially if followed by a (and, but)

#: E, a vidi ovo. � �And look at this.�

Spanish

Alternative spellings
y#Spanish|y

Conjunction
infl|es|conjunction

1. and

Usage notes
Used instead of term|y|lang=es when the following word starts with the vowel sound IPAchar|/i/.

See also
u#Spanish|u

Welsh

Pronoun
infl|cy|pronoun

1. he, him.

Usage notes
term|e|E is used predominantly in the south of Wales, while term|o|langcy is used in the north. term|fe|langcy and term|fo|langcy are variants of term|e and term|o|langcy respectively.

Category:Mathematical symbols
Category:Welsh pronouns

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st:e
tn:e
sq:e
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sk:e
sl:e
fi:e
sv:e
vi:e
tr:e
uk:e
vo:e
zh:e

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