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Webster 1913 Edition

E

E

(ē)
.
1.
The fifth letter of the English alphabet.
It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Phœnician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara.
See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 74-97.
2.
(Mus.)
E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E♭ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

Webster 1828 Edition

E

DESCRIPTIV

,E,
Adj.
Containing description; tending to describe; having the quality of representing; as a descriptive figure; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.

Definition 2024

Ē

Ē

Ē U+0112, Ē
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON
Composition: E [U+0045] + ̄ [U+0304]
← đ
[U+0111] 		Latin Extended-A ē →
[U+0113]

Translingual

Letter

Ē upper case (lower case ē)

  1. The letter E with a macron.

See also

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛː], IPA(key): [æː]

Letter

Ē

Ē ‎(upper case, lower case ē)

  1. The eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ē and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ē/ē, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple E/e in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).
  • The letter Ē/ē (like its short counterpart E/e) represent two sounds, [ɛ] — šaurais e ‎(“narrow e”) — and [æ] — platais e ‎(“broad e”). In principle, [ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, [æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e — [ɛ] or [æ] — must be memorized.

See also

ē

ē

ē U+0113, ē
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON
Composition: e [U+0065] + ̄ [U+0304]
← Ē
[U+0112] 		Latin Extended-A Ĕ →
[U+0114]
See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Letter

ē lower case (upper case Ē)

  1. The letter e with a macron.

See also

Japanese

Romanization

ē

  1. rōmaji reading of ええ

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛː], IPA(key): [æː]

Letter

Ē

ē ‎(lower case, upper case Ē)

  1. The eighth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais ē and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ē/ē, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple E/e in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).
  • The letter Ē/ē (like its short counterpart E/e) represent two sounds, [ɛ] — šaurais e ‎(“narrow e”) — and [æ] — platais e ‎(“broad e”). In principle, [ɛ] is used when there is a palatal element (the vowels i, ī, e, ē, the diphthongs ie, ei, and the palatal consonants j, ķ, ģ, ļ, ņ, š, ž, č, dž, and, in the old spelling, ŗ) either in the same or in the following syllable; otherwise, [æ] is used. Unfortunately, some historical changes have obscured this pattern by removing some previously existing palatal elements; as a result of that, for a number of words the actual pronunciation of the letter e — [ɛ] or [æ] — must be memorized.

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /eː/

Letter

ē ‎(upper case Ē)

  1. The ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

ē (Zhuyin ㄜ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 妸
  2. Pinyin transcription of 妿
  3. Pinyin transcription of 娿
  4. Pinyin transcription of 婀
  5. Pinyin transcription of 婐
  6. Pinyin transcription of 屙
  7. Pinyin transcription of 峉
  8. Pinyin transcription of 猔
  9. Pinyin transcription of 疤
  10. Pinyin transcription of 痾
  11. Pinyin transcription of 鈳
  12. Pinyin transcription of 钶
  13. Pinyin transcription of 阾

Maori

Letter

ē

  1. a lengthened form of the letter e

Samoan

Pronoun

ē (singular lē)

  1. (plural only) who; that; which

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