e

Meaning

Character

The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Num

The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Noun

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

Pron

A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

Symbol

1. a word-initial letter ⟨e⟩
2. the long vowel /iː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɪɚ] counts as /iːr/.)
3. the words he, me

Noun

The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.

Synonyms

E

I

×10^

friendly person

void ratio

electron

close relations

Translations

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Porenziffer

Porenindex

Porenzahl

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈiː/

Etymology

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).