é

é (upper case É)

1. The letter e with an acute accent.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letters using acute accent or double acute accent):  Áá  Ắắ  Ấấ  Ǻǻ  Ćć  Ḉḉ  Éé  Ếế  Ǵǵ  Íí  Ḯḯ  Ḱḱ  Ĺĺ  Ḿḿ  Ńń  Óó  Őő  Ớớ  Ṍṍ  Ǿǿ  Ṕṕ  Ŕŕ  Śś  Úú  Űű  Ứứ  Ẃẃ  Ýý  Źź  Ǽǽ

é (lower case, upper case É, plural é's)

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

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.

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/

é

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

The standard Latin letter e with the addition of the acute accent which indicates both modified sound and extended length.

é

1. A letter of the Hungarian alphabet, long e.

• 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/

é (emphatic form eisean, disjunctive)

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

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)

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é (Zhuyin ㄜˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 俄
2. Pinyin transcription of 吪
3. Pinyin transcription of 哦
4. Pinyin transcription of 囫
5. Pinyin transcription of 娥
6. Pinyin transcription of 峨
7. Pinyin transcription of 峩
8. Pinyin transcription of 枙
9. Pinyin transcription of 涐
10. Pinyin transcription of 珴
11. Pinyin transcription of 皒
12. Pinyin transcription of 睋
13. Pinyin transcription of 硪
14. Pinyin transcription of 磀
15. Pinyin transcription of 莪
16. Pinyin transcription of 蛾
17. Pinyin transcription of 訛
18. Pinyin transcription of 誐
19. Pinyin transcription of 譌
20. Pinyin transcription of 讹
21. Pinyin transcription of 迗
22. Pinyin transcription of 鈋
23. Pinyin transcription of 鋧
24. Pinyin transcription of 锄
25. Pinyin transcription of 隲
26. Pinyin transcription of 頟
27. Pinyin transcription of 額
28. Pinyin transcription of 额
29. Pinyin transcription of 騀
30. Pinyin transcription of 魤
31. Pinyin transcription of 鵝
32. Pinyin transcription of 鵞
33. Pinyin transcription of 鹅

• Wenlin

• hé, hǽ

• IPA^(key): /eː/

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

é (feminine sí, neuter ed)

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. 4c3

     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. 5b28

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

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

• ésom (emphatic)

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

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

é

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. 4a8

     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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/

é

1. third-person singular present indicative of seer
   • 13th century, attributed to 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.

• e

From Latin et.

• IPA^(key): /e/

é

1. and

• Ladino: i
• Spanish: y

From Latin apis.

é f (plural és)

1. bee

   Ch’est unne é

   It’s a bee

Verb and interjection:

• he (obsolete)
• eh (Internet)

Noun:

• ê

Interjection used in hesitant speech:

• éé, ééé, éééé, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

é

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ser

é m (plural és)

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

é

1. that’s right; yes; yeah; indicates agreement
2. erm; um; used in hesitant speech

é

1. Obsolete spelling of e