English

Alternative forms

• ef-
• ex-

Prefix

e-

1. out, out of

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of electronic

Prefix

e-

1. in an electronic form, usually in association with the internet

Usage notes

This practice began with e-mail perhaps as far back as 1971. Many terms beginning with e- can be seen in both hyphenated (e.g. e-card) and unhyphenated (e.g., ecard) form, and sometimes — particularly in a business context — the letter following the e- will be capitalized (e.g., eBusiness or e-Business). In the present day, e- is generally used to indicate association with or transmission over the Internet. In proper names beginning with e-, the convention is generally to leave the e- lower-case, and to capitalize the second letter of the name (e.g., eBay). The e remains then lower-case when the name is used at the beginning of a sentence.

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of emergency

Prefix

e-

1. for emergency purposes

   e-stop, e-brake

Derived terms

Chuukese

Prefix

e-

1. Third-person singular subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.
2. one

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eː/

Prefix

ē-

1. Alternative form of ex- (combining with b-, d-, g-, j-, l-, m-, n-, r-, and v-initial words).

Derived terms

Portuguese

Prefix

e-

1. Alternative form of em- used before M and N
2. Alternative form of ex- (outward motion)

Swedish

Prefix

e-

1. electronic; including the hyphen
2. prefix that may be used on certain pronouns and adverbs to create "-ever" constructions, all of which are considered archaic or heavily archaic.

huru ("how"); ehuru ("however", "although")

vad ("what"); evad ("whatever")

ho ("who" (obsolete)), eho ("whoever")

Derived terms

Zulu

Prefix

e- ‎(relative concord)

1. Class 4 and 9 relative concord.

See also