é 
Found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that thee  is not silent. café  resumé  animé  For details and for less common usage, see the entry for the acute accent,⟨ ◌́ ⟩ . é  (uppercase É 
Aletter  of theBilen  Latin alphabet. FromOld French el en lou au ài lou 
é 
( archaic ) in the , equivalent ofau Now used mainly in fixed sentences and proverbs likelaissai ailai le chait é formaige 
Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne , by Thomas Mignard, 1870.é  (upper case É lower case )
the lettere acute accent , used to indicate that a vowel is stressed close /e/. Usually written only where stress cannot be predicted from orthography or for disambiguation, for example,és ( “ he/she/it is ” )  vses ( “ it ” ) . ( Latin-script  letters) lletres A  a  (À  à ),B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,È  è ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ,Ï  ï ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l  (L·L  l·l ),M  m ,N  n ,O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ò  ò ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ú  ú ,Ü  ü ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z IPA (key ) : [ˈɛː] 
é  (lower case ,upper case É 
the ninth letter of the Czech alphabet, aftere ě  é 
third-person singular present indicative  ofsel FromLatin est sum 
IPA (key ) : /ˈɛ/ [ˈɛ] Rhymes:-ɛ  Hyphenation:é  é 
is ;third-person singular present indicative  ofser Esta árboreé  dereita coma un fuso. This treeis  straight as a spindle. “ser ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2025  Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “ser ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega  [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón  (2006–2022 ), “ser ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval  [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “é ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval  [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega  For pronunciation and definitions of é  – see矮 short ;low ; etc.”). This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī  form of 矮 
é  (lower case ,upper case É 
The tenthletter  of the Hungarianalphabet , calledé Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) betű A a Á á B b C c Cs cs D d Dz dz Dzs dzs E e É é F f G g Gy gy H h I i Í í J j K k L l Ly ly M m N n Ny ny O o Ó ó Ö ö Ő ő P p R r S s Sz sz T t Ty ty U u Ú ú Ü ü Ű ű V v Z z Zs zs Only in the extended alphabet: Q  q W  w X  x Y  y Commonly used:  ch Also defined:  à  ë In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts  ÿ é  in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára  [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . é  in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára  [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language  (work in progress; publisheda–ez  as of 2024) .é  (upper case É 
The seventhletter  of the Icelandicalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) bókstafur A a Á á B b D d Ð ð 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 Old Irish é Proto-Indo-European *ís 
é  (emphatic form eisean disjunctive )
he ,him ( referring to a masculine noun ) it Latin ē 
é  (upper case É 
The lettere acute accent , calledé fada ( literally“ long e ” )  é 
The name of theLatin-script  lettere E  ( Latin-script  letters) litir A  a  (Á  á ),B  b  (Bh  bh ,bhF  bhf ,bP  bp ),C  c  (Ch  ch ),D  d  (Dh  dh ,dT  dt ),E  e  (É  é ),F  f  (Fh  fh ),G  g  (gC  gc ,Gh  gh ),H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ),L  l ,M  m  (mB  mb ,Mh  mh ),N  n  (nD  nd ,nG  ng ),O  o  (Ó  ó ),P  p  (Ph  ph ),R  r ,S  s  (Sh  sh ),T  t  (Th  th ,tS  ts ),U  u  (Ú  ú ),V  v ( diacritics ) ◌́ ◌̇ ( dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type  ) Ḃ ḃ ,Ċ ċ ,Ḋ ḋ ,Ḟ ḟ ,Ġ ġ ,Ṁ ṁ ,Ṗ ṗ ,Ṡ ẛ ṡ ,Ṫ ṫ ( Latin-script letter names ) litir á bé cé dé é eif gé héis í jé cá eil eim ein ó pé cú ear eas té ú vé wae ex yé zae Note:  The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.Note:  Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
The addition of an acute accent to the letter⟨ E ⟩  is derived from Latin, where it was used—as a less common alternative to the grave accent—with disambiguation purposes, e.g. in a word-final syllable to mark the word as an adverb (cōnstanter constanté r ).
é  (upper case É 
The letter⟨ e ⟩  when pronounced/e/ . The letter is usually only found in word-final position, unless one wants to make the pronunciation of a word-initial or -medial stressed/e/  explicit (e.g.spesso /ˈspesso/  →spésso ). The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet  article on Wikipedia for more, andé 
é  (lower case ,upper case É 
The eighthletter  of the Kashubianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Ą  ą ,Ã  ã ,B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,E  e ,É  é ,Ë  ë ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,Ò  ò ,Ó  ó ,Ô  ô ,P  p ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u ,Ù  ù ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Ż  ż é 
third-person singular present indicative  ofêse he /she /it ]is ”é 
one é  (e2  Zhuyin ㄜˊ )
Hanyu Pinyin  reading of俄 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of吪 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of哦 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of囫 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of娥 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of峨 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of峩 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of枙 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of涐 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of珴 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of皒 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of睋 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of硪 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of磀 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of莪 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of蛾 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of訛  / 讹 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of誐  / 𰵮 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of譌  / 𰵑 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of讹 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of迗 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of鈋  / 𨱂 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of鋧  / 𰽢 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of锄 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of隲 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of頟  / 额 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of額  / 额 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of额 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of騀  / 𱅗 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of魤 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of鵝  / 鹅 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of鵞  / 鹅 Hanyu Pinyin  reading of鹅 FromProto-Vietic *ʔɛh Vietnamese ỉa ( “ to shit ” ) .
In Mường Bi (and pretty much all Muong lects, perNgữ âm tiếng Mường qua các phương ngôn ), this word is both a verb and a noun, unlike the Vietnamese word, which is strictly verbal. The cognate of Vietnamesecứt kếch 
é 
( Mường Bi ) take a shit é 
( Mường Bi ) shit Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002 ),Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary) [1]  é 
he ,she é  (upper case É 
A variant ofe  ( Latin-script  letters) A  a  (Á  á ,Ą  ą ,Ą́  ą́ ),B  b ,Ch  ch ,Chʼ  chʼ ,D  d ,Dl  dl ,Dz  dz ,E  e  (É  é ,Ę  ę ,Ę́  ę́ ),G  g ,Gh  gh ,H  h ,Hw  hw ,X  x ,I  i  (Í  í ,Į  į ,Į́  į́ ),J  j ,K  k ,Kʼ  kʼ ,Kw  kw ,ʼ ,L  l ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,N  n  (Ń  ń ),O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ǫ  ǫ ,Ǫ́  ǫ́ ),S  s ,Sh  sh ,T  t ,Tʼ  tʼ ,Tł  tł ,Tłʼ  tłʼ ,Ts  ts ,Tsʼ  tsʼ ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Zh  zh é  (upper case É 
Aletter  of the Noonalphabet , written in theLatin script . Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] é 
third-person singular present indicative  ofseer Eſta ·xviiii·é  como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.This 19this  about how Holy Mary helped the empress of Rome suffer through the great pains she underwent.  FromProto-Celtic *es *ēs Proto-Indo-European *ís 
é  (feminine sí neuter ed emphatic ésom 
he it ( referring to a masculine noun ) For quotations using this term, seeCitations:é . 
Irish:sé é  Scottish Gaelic:e  Manx:eh  FromProto-Celtic *eyes ( nominative plural )  and*ens ( accusative plural )  (compareMiddle Welsh wy Proto-Indo-European *éy 
é  (emphatic ésom 
they For quotations using this term, seeCitations:é . 
Mutation ofé  radical lenition nasalization é ( pronounced with/h/  inh -prothesis environments ) é n-é 
Note:  Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
é 
alternative spelling ofe  é 
own ;oneself bymotu proprio ; ownwill  in fact ;actually even really only but because again for thefirst time  another time; another day time will come [with 'e ( +gerund  ) ] ( men's speech ) expresses doubt Coordinate term: ( woman's speech ) ri é  (noun form é 
different Note:  not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
é 
apart ;separately é  (IIa class pluriform R1 ré R2 sé noun form é 
tasty Synonym: e'ẽ Note:  not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
é  (possessable IIa class pluriform absolute té R1 ré R2 sé 
flavor ;taste FromOld French ef Latin apem 
é  f plural és 
bee 
Inherited  fromOld Galician-Portuguese é Latin est 
é 
third-person singular present indicative  ofser é  m plural és 
The name of theLatin-script  letterE e  Synonym: ê é 
Indicates agreement ;that's right ;yes ;yeah .É , eu fiz isso.Yeah , I did that.Used in hesitant speech ;erm ;um .Synonyms: hã hum É ... você... quer sair comigo?Um ... do you... wanna go out with me?( Latin-script letter names ) letra á bê cê dê é ê efe fê gê guê agá i jota ji cá capa ele lê eme mê ene nê ó ô pê quê erre rê esse tê u vê dáblio dâblio duplo vê xis ípsilon i grego zê é 
hey , hi, you knowǃ.Bøø̀ go mvshìé. The snake is still alive. é 
marker of speech act participant involvement, but speaker is not actor. é  (upper case É 
The twelfthletter  of the Slovakalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) písmeno A a Á á Ä ä B b C c Č č D d Ď ď Dz dz Dž dž E e É é F f G g H h Ch ch I i Í í J j K k L l Ĺ ĺ Ľ ľ M m N n Ň ň O o Ó ó Ô ô P p Q q R r Ŕ ŕ S s Š š T t Ť ť U u Ú ú V v W w X x Y y Ý ý Z z Ž ž Lettere ◌́ 
é  (upper case ,lower case é 
Additional letter, used to denote the long stress on close-mide  é 
( non-tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription  of soundeː Lettere ◌́ 
é 
( tonal SNPT ) Phonetic transcription  of soundɛ̀ː Lettere ◌́ 
é  (lower case ,usually not in upper case )
( Natisone Valley dialect ) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress on e. Lettere ◌́ 
é  (upper case ,lower case é 
( Resian ) Additional letter, used to denote stress one  Toporišič, Jože (2000 ),Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd.  (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja,→ISBN  Steenwijk, Han (1994 ),Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë  (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP Špehonja, Nino (2012 ),Nediška gramatika [2]  é 
obsolete  spelling ofe é 
Form ofe  Although this is considered a variant ofe  and is not an independent letter in the Swedish alphabet, it distinguishes a few words such asidé ( “ idea ” )  andide ( “ place of hibernation ” ) . é  (upper case É 
Aletter  of the Tlingitalphabet , written in theLatin script . Canada: ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Á  á ,À  à ,  â ,Ch  ch ,Chʼ  chʼ ,D  d ,Dł  dł ,Dz  dz ,E  e ,É  é ,È  è ,Ê  ê ,G  g ,Gw  gw ,Gh  gh ,Ghw  ghw ,H  h ,I  i ,Í  í ,Ì  ì ,Î  î ,J  j ,K  k ,Kw  kw ,Kʼ  kʼ ,Kʼw  kʼw ,Kh  kh ,Khw  khw ,Khʼ  khʼ ,Khʼw  khʼw  (L  l ),Ł  ł ,Łʼ  łʼ  (M  m ),N  n  (O  o ),S  s ,Sʼ  sʼ ,Sh  sh ,T  t ,Tʼ  tʼ ,Tl  tl ,Tlʼ  tlʼ ,Ts  ts ,Tsʼ  tsʼ ,U  u ,Ú  ú ,Ù  ù ,Û  û ,W  w ,X  x ,Xw  xw ,Xʼ  xʼ ,Xʼw  xʼw ,Xh  xh ,Xhw  xhw ,Xhʼ  xhʼ ,Xhʼw  xhʼw ,Y  y  (Ÿ  ÿ ),․ US: ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Á  á ,Aa  aa ,Áa  áa ,Ch  ch ,Chʼ  chʼ ,D  d ,Dl  dl ,Dz  dz ,E  e ,É  é ,Ee  ee ,Ée  ée ,Ei  ei ,Éi  éi ,G  g ,Gw  gw ,G̱  g̱ ,G̱w  g̱w ,H  h ,I  i ,Í  í ,J  j ,K  k ,Kw  kw ,Kʼ  kʼ ,Kʼw  kʼw ,Ḵ  ḵ ,Ḵw  ḵw ,Ḵʼ  ḵʼ ,Ḵʼw  ḵʼw ,L  l ,Lʼ  lʼ  (Ḻ  ḻ ,M  m ),N  n  (O  o ),Oo  oo ,Óo  óo ,S  s ,Sʼ  sʼ ,Sh  sh ,T  t ,Tʼ  tʼ ,Tl  tl ,Tlʼ  tlʼ ,Ts  ts ,Tsʼ  tsʼ ,U  u ,Ú  ú ,W  w ,X  x ,Xw  xw ,Xʼ  xʼ ,Xʼw  xʼw ,X̱  x̱ ,X̱w  x̱w ,X̱ʼ  x̱ʼ ,X̱ʼw  x̱ʼw ,Y  y  (Ÿ  ÿ ,Y̱  y̱ ),․ (classifier cây ,hạt ,hột é •  (薏 
lemon basil bé như hột é  ―very small  (literally, “as small as a lemon basil seed ”)é  (lower case ,upper case É 
The lettere acute accent . ( Quốc ngữ ) chữ cái A  a  (À  à ,Ả  ả ,à  ã ,Á  á ,Ạ  ạ ),Ă  ă  (Ằ  ằ ,Ẳ  ẳ ,Ẵ  ẵ ,Ắ  ắ ,Ặ  ặ ),  â  (Ầ  ầ ,Ẩ  ẩ ,Ẫ  ẫ ,Ấ  ấ ,Ậ  ậ ),B  b ,C  c  (Ch  ch ),D  d ,Đ  đ ,E  e  (È  è ,Ẻ  ẻ ,Ẽ  ẽ ,É  é ,Ẹ  ẹ ),Ê  ê  (Ề  ề ,Ể  ể ,Ễ  ễ ,Ế  ế ,Ệ  ệ ),G  g  (Gh  gh ,Gi  gi ),H  h ,I  i  (Ì  ì ,Ỉ  ỉ ,Ĩ  ĩ ,Í  í ,Ị  ị ),K  k  (Kh  kh ),L  l ,M  m ,N  n  (Ng  ng ,Ngh  ngh ,Nh  nh ),O  o  (Ò  ò ,Ỏ  ỏ ,Õ  õ ,Ó  ó ,Ọ  ọ ),Ô  ô  (Ồ  ồ ,Ổ  ổ ,Ỗ  ỗ ,Ố  ố ,Ộ  ộ ),Ơ  ơ  (Ờ  ờ ,Ở  ở ,Ỡ  ỡ ,Ớ  ớ ,Ợ  ợ ),P  p  (Ph  ph ),Q  q  (Qu  qu ),R  r ,S  s ,T  t  (Th  th ,Tr  tr ),U  u  (Ù  ù ,Ủ  ủ ,Ũ  ũ ,Ú  ú ,Ụ  ụ ),Ư  ư  (Ừ  ừ ,Ử  ử ,Ữ  ữ ,Ứ  ứ ,Ự  ự ),V  v ,X  x ,Y  y  (Ỳ  ỳ ,Ỷ  ỷ ,Ỹ  ỹ ,Ý  ý ,Ỵ  ỵ )é  (upper case É 
The letter E, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word. é 
A letter of theYele  alphabet. The digraph⟨ éé ⟩  transcribes the long vowel/eː/  ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,â ,b ,Ch  ch ,D  d ,e ,é ,ê ,Gh  gh ,i ,î ,j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,Ń  ń ,o ,ó ,P  p ,T  t ,U  u ,V  v ,W  w ,Y  y ,꞉