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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

Ê

Ê

Ê U+00CA, Ê
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Composition: E [U+0045] + ̂ [U+0302]
← É
[U+00C9] 		Latin-1 Supplement Ë →
[U+00CB]

Translingual

Letter

Ê upper case (lower case ê)

  1. The letter E with a circumflex.

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

Ê ‎(upper case, lower case ê)

  1. The ninth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ê and written in the Latin script.

See also

ê

ê

ê U+00EA, ê
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Composition: e [U+0065] + ̂ [U+0302]
← é
[U+00E9] 		Latin-1 Supplement ë →
[U+00EB]
See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Letter

ê lower case (upper case Ê)

  1. The letter e with a circumflex.

See also

Afrikaans

Noun

ê

  1. plural of eg

Noun

ê ‎(plural êe or êens)

  1. (regional, agriculture) harrow

Verb

ê ‎(present ê, present participle êende, past participle geê)

  1. Alternative form of eg

Min Nan

trad. and simpl.
的

Alternative forms

Particle

ê ‎(POJ, traditional and simplified 的)

  1. Possessive particle, used after an attribute

Synonyms

  • (Mandarin) 的 (dì)

Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare French aux, Italian ai, agli, alle.

Contraction

ê ‎(used with plural nouns)

  1. Contraction of a 'e ‎(“to the”).

Related terms

Portuguese

Noun

ê m (plural ês)

  1. Alternative form of é

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Portuguese ê.

Noun

ê

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ê/ê.

Etymology 2

Interjection

ê

  1. hey (exclamation to get attention)
  2. hey (protest or reprimand)

Etymology 3

Adjective

ê

  1. sore (causing pain)
Derived terms
  • ê ẩm

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