é

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

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

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Translingual

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. In French, Italian, Occitan, and Catalan the é is pronounced /e/ as opposed to è which is pronounced /ɛ/.

English

Letter

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, ⟨◌́⟩.

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French et.

Conjunction

é

1. and

   Synonyms: épi, èvè

Preposition

é

1. with

   Synonyms: épi, èvè

   Antonym: san

References

• Frank, David B., editor (2020), “é”, in Kwéyòl Dictionary‎^[1], Dallas: SIL International
• Tourneux, Henry; Barbotin, Maurice (1990), Dictionnaire pratique du créole de Guadeloupe [Practical Dictionary of Guadeloupean Creole], Paris: Karthala and A.C.C.T., →ISBN, page 116
• Pinalie, Pierre (2009), Dictionnaire élémentaire français-créole [Elementary French-Creole Dictionary], Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 129
• Barbotin, Maurice (1995), Dictionnaire du créole de Marie-Galante [Dictionary of Marie-Galante Creole], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 83

Blin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Bourguignon

Etymology

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.

Preposition

é

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

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• és

References

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

Catalan

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. the letter e with acute accent, used to indicate that a vowel is stressed close /e/. Usually written only where stress cannot be predicted from orthography or for disambiguation, for example, és (“he/she/it is”) vs es (“it”).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛː]

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. The ninth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by e and followed by ě.

Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe/

Verb

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of èser

Fala

Verb

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of sel

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin est, inflected form of sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/ [ˈɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ

• Hyphenation: é

Verb

é

1. is; third-person singular present indicative of ser

   Esta árbore é dereita coma un fuso. ― This tree is straight as a spindle.

Further reading

• “ser”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “ser”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ser”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “é”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of é – see 矮 (“short; low; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 矮).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Declension

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 forms of é

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

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, 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: ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ and others.

Further reading

• é in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• é 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 2026).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛː] (letter name)
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

See also

• (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

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)

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

See also

Irish personal pronouns

	person		conjunctive (emphatic)	disjunctive (emphatic)	possessive determiner
singular	first		mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	second		tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	third	m	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
		f	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
		n	—	ea	—
plural	first		muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	second		sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	third		siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition   ^E Triggers eclipsis   ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun.
For instance, "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Etymology 2

From Latin ē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Noun

é

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

See also

• (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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of é

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
é	n-é	hé	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology

The addition of an acute accent to the letter ⟨E⟩ is derived from Latin, where it was used—as a less common alternative to the grave accent—with disambiguation purposes, e.g. in a word-final syllable to mark the word as an adverb (cōnstanter → constantér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

é f or m (lower case, upper case É, invariable)

1. The letter ⟨e⟩ when pronounced /e/.

Usage notes

• The letter is usually only found in word-final position, unless one wants to make the pronunciation of a word-initial or -medial stressed /e/ explicit (e.g. spesso /ˈspesso/ → spésso).

Kashubian

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 é for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

See also

• (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

Ligurian

Verb

é

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

Lote

Numeral

é

1. one

Synonyms

• éllé

References

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

Luxembourgish

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Buschtaf; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (Ë ë, É é), F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• e — nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Romanization

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

Muong

Etymology

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 in Mường Bi is kếch, whose meaning shifted to "rusted, rusty".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛ⁵/

Verb

é

1. (Mường Bi) to take a shit

Noun

é

1. (Mường Bi) shit

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002), Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[2], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Narua

Pronoun

é

1. he, she

Declension

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

Navajo

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. A variant of e representing an /e/ with a high tone (/e˥/)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e̘/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hé, hǽ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

é (feminine sí, neuter ed, emphatic ésom)

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:é.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *eyes (nominative plural) and *ens (accusative plural) (compare Middle Welsh wy), from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronoun

é (emphatic ésom)

1. they

For quotations using this term, see Citations:é.

Mutation

Mutation of é

radical	lenition	nasalization
é (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	é	n-é

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Spanish

Conjunction

é

1. alternative spelling of e

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
Anchieta (1555)	ê
Araújo (1618)	e / ê
VLB (1622)	e / ê

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛ]
• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Particle

é

1. own; oneself
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter III, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 23r:

     Na tûbi, onhemonhãgê, Ocî yatõibi reîma tiguèpe.

     [Na túbi, onhemonhang é, O sy i atõîmbyre'yma rygepe.]

     He didn't have a father, he grew by himself, inside the womb of his untouched mother.

2. by motu proprio; own will
   • 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XV, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 53v:

     aiurê

     [aîur é]

     I came by my own will.

3. in fact; actually
   • 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, “Dialogo I”, in Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian doctrine in the Portuguese and Brazilian language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 46, column 2; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:

     Oipotarépe Judeos oiúca ixüí oiepycyrõëŷma?

     [Oîpotar épe judeus o îuká i xuí oîepysyrõe'yma?]

     Did he actually want to be killed by the Jews, not wanting to free himself?

4. expletive particle used as an intensifier
   • 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XV, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 54r:

     coriê

     [kori é]

     Today, indeed.

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 71v, lines 519–525; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 134:

     Jrũbuera acoeimebe / caõy repirama ri / aimeeng aba çupe / caõyaya uçeya e, / opacatu amboapi.

     [Irũmbuera, akûeîme bé / kaûĩ repyrama ri / aîme'eng abá supé / kaûĩaîa 'useîa é, / opakatu amboapy.]

     I gave away your former comrades in exchange for cauim. So thisty for wine, I've depleted it all.

5. only
   • 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, “Dialogo II”, in Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian doctrine in the Portuguese and Brazilian language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 69, column 2; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:

     Ereçauçûpe Tupã opacatú mbäe tetiruã çoçé iangaturã eté recé é.

     [Eresaûsupe Tupã opakatu mba'e tetiruã sosé i angaturameté resé é?]

     Do you love God above all things only because of His great kindness?

6. but; on the contrary; adversative particle
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter 6, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 170, line 15:

     M Tupã Espírito Santo añé aé tatá?

     D Nda Tupã Espírito Santo ruã, túra jekuapábaé.

     [M[estre:] Tupã Espírito Santo anhẽ a'e tatá?

     D[iscípulo:] Nda Tupã Espírito Santo ruã, tura îekuapaba é.]

     Master: Was God the Holy Ghost actually that fire?

     Disciple: It wasn't God the Holy Ghost, but a sign of His arrival.

7. because; since
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Extrema-unção”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 220, line 11:

     M Ogoerobiápe asé ebouînga?

     D Ndogoerobiári, moéma é.

     [M[estre:] Ogûerobîarype asé eboûinga?

     D[iscípulo:] Nd'ogûerobîari, mo'ema é.]

     Master: Do people believe this?

     Disciple: They don't, because it's a lie.

9. again

   Synonym: ramõ

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Nouamente [Again]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 51; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Angê.

     [Ang é.]

     This again.

11. first time

    Synonym: ramõ

    • 1622, anonymous author, “Nouamente [Again]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 51; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

      Angê.

      [Ang é.]

      This is the first time.

13. another time; another day
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Outro dia, e não já agora [Another day, not now]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 61; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

      Taimõbeuene […]

      [T'aîmombe'u éne […] ]

      I'll tell them another time.

15. time will come [with 'e (+ gerund)]
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Tempo uira q. s. irei, farey, etc.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 126; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

      Eie ahẽ ycuguapane […]

      [E'i é ahẽ i kugûapane […] ]

      Time will come that they will know it.

17. (men's speech) expresses doubt

    Coordinate term: (women's speech) ri

    • 1622, anonymous author, “Ora, como do q. duuida”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 58; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

      Abapacoê.

      [Abáp'akó é.]

      Uh, who's that?

Adjective

é (noun form é)

2. different
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Cada hum por si ser, ou sobre si”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 62; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Tube.

     [Tubé.]

     They have a different father.

     As in, they aren't child of the same father.

4. exclusive; one's own
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Cada hum por si ser, ou sobre si”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 62; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Xecoe.

     [Xe koé.]

     I have my own farm.

Declension

    Declension of é (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moé
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i eba'e
-sab(a)	eaba / esaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe é	nde é	i é	oré é	îandé é	pe é
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe é	ta nde é	t'i é	t'oré é	t'îandé é	ta pe é
Negative indicative	na xe éî	na nde éî	n'i éî	n'oré éî	n'îandé éî	na pe éî
Negative imperative		nde é umẽ				pe é umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe é umẽ	ta nde é umẽ	t'i é umẽ	t'oré é umẽ	t'îandé é umẽ	ta pe é umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe éramo	nde éramo	o éramo	oré éramo	îandé éramo	pe éramo
Negative	xe ee'ymamo	nde ee'ymamo	o ee'ymamo	oré ee'ymamo	îandé ee'ymamo	pe ee'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	é
Negative	ee'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe éû2		i éû2	oré éû2	îandé éû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe ee'ymi2		i ee'ymi2	oré ee'ymi2	îandé ee'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Adverb

é

2. apart; separately
   • 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XVI, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 58:

     Aindê

     [Aindé]

     I stand apart.

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Diferente ser, ou difirir do outro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 103; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Xecoe.

     [Aîkoé.]

     I'm [located] apart.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Cognate with Mbya Guarani e, ee.

Adjective

é (IIa class pluriform, R1 ré, R2 sé, noun form é)

2. tasty

   Synonym: e'ẽ

Declension

    Declension of é (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moé
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	seba'e
-sab(a)	eaba / esaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe ré	nde ré	sé	oré ré	îandé ré	pe ré
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe ré	ta nde ré	ta sé	t'oré ré	t'îandé ré	ta pe ré
Negative indicative	na xe réî	na nde réî	na séî	n'oré réî	n'îandé réî	na pe réî
Negative imperative		nde ré umẽ				pe ré umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe ré umẽ	ta nde ré umẽ	ta sé umẽ	t'oré ré umẽ	t'îandé ré umẽ	ta pe ré umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe réramo	nde réramo	o éramo	oré réramo	îandé réramo	pe réramo
Negative	xe ree'ymamo	nde ree'ymamo	o ee'ymamo	oré ree'ymamo	îandé ree'ymamo	pe ree'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	é
Negative	ee'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe réû2		séû2	oré réû2	îandé réû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe ree'ymi2		see'ymi2	oré ree'ymi2	îandé ree'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: sé

Noun

é (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute té, R1 ré, R2 sé)

2. taste; flavor
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Gosto, ou sabor”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 149; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Çoô re.

     [So'o ré.]

     Taste of meat.

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 88v:

     ABámo, Xeraîretâ, baécatu ûagoera noicoãbixoê, cepiacaûbeîma? Cecätú agoêra recé goêçá rayâmo […]

     [Abámo, xe ra'yretá, mba'ekatu 'uagûera n'oîkuabi xûé, sepîaka'ube'yma? Sé katûagûera resé ogûesaraîamo […] ]

     Who, my sons, wouldn't know nor have a memory of eating something good, forgeting the excelence of its flavor?

References

Etymology 1

• Anchieta (1555), §Chapter XV pages 53v–54r

Etymology 1, particle sense 8, sense 9

• VLB, volume 2, page 51: “Nouamente […] esta he a pra. uez, ou de nouo, etc.”

Etymology 1, particle sense 10

• VLB, volume 2, page 61: “Outro dia, e não já agora”

Etymology 1, particle sense 11

• VLB, volume 2, page 126: “Tempo uira q. s. irei, farey, etc.”

Etymology 1, particle sense 12

• VLB, volume 2, page 58: “Ora, como do q. duuida”

Etymology 1, adjective sense 1

• VLB, volume 1, page 62: “Cada hum por si ser, ou sobre si”

Etymology 1, adverb sense 1

• VLB, volume 1, page 103: “Diferente ser, ou difirir do outro”

Etymology 2, adjective sense 1

• VLB, volume 1, page 149: “Gostozo ser”

Etymology 2, noun sense 1

• VLB, volume 1, page 149: “Gosto, ou sabor”

Further reading

• DTA, pages 87–88: “é”

Picard

Etymology

From Old French ef, from Latin apem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Noun

é f (plural és)

1. bee

   Ch’est unne é

   It’s a bee

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

• Audio (São Paulo):

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: é

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin est

Old Galician-Portuguese é

Portuguese é

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese é, from Latin est.

Alternative forms

• eh (text messaging)
• he (obsolete)

Verb

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of ser

Etymology 2

Noun

é m (plural és)

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

   Synonym: (also common) ê

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• eh (text messaging)
• éé, ééé (elongated)

Interjection

é

1. Indicates agreement; that's right; yes; yeah.

   É, eu fiz isso. ― Yeah, I did that.

2. Used in hesitant speech; erm; um.

   Synonyms: hã, hum

   É... você... quer sair comigo? ― Um... do you... wanna go out with me?

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Further reading

• “é”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Potawatomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Particle

é

1. present tense of

Usage notes

Must be used with a verb in the conjunct form

Derived terms

• nije é zhnekasyen

See also

• -de

Rawang

Verb

é

1. hey, hi, you knowǃ.

   Bøø̀ go mvshìé.

   The snake is still alive.

Prefix

é

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/, [eː]
• Rhymes: -eː

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. The twelfth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Symbol

é

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Symbol

é

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

é (lower case, usually no upper case, upper case É)

1. (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on e.

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

• (Resian, sound): IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

See also

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

References

• 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^[3] (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco

Spanish

Conjunction

é

1. obsolete spelling of e

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Usage notes

• 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”).

Further reading

• é on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

See also

• Canada:
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à,  â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
• US:
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˦˥]

Etymology 1

Noun

é • (薏) (classifier cây, hạt, hột)

1. lemon basil

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

Etymology 2

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

1. The letter e with the acute accent.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Yele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

é (lower case, upper case É)

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

Derived terms

• The digraph ⟨éé⟩ transcribes the long vowel /eː/

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉