| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|
| Akan (Twi) | ɛyɛ | [ɛjɛ] | 'it is good/fine' | SeeAkan phonology |
| Arabic | | | | | SeeImāla |
| Armenian | Eastern[2] | էջ/ēj | [ɛd͡ʒ] | 'page' | |
| Bavarian | Amstetten dialect[3] | [example needed] | Typically transcribed in IPA with ⟨æ⟩. |
| Bengali[4] | কে/ke | [kɛ] | 'who' | SeeBengali phonology |
| Breton[5] | gwenn | [ˈɡwɛnː] | 'white' | |
| Bulgarian[6] | пет/pet | [pɛt̪] | 'five' | SeeBulgarian phonology |
| Catalan[7] | set | [ˈsɛt] | 'seven' | SeeCatalan phonology |
| Chinese | Mandarin[8] | 天 /tiān | [tʰi̯ɛn˥]ⓘ | 'sky' | Height varies between mid and open depending on the speaker. SeeStandard Chinese phonology |
| Chuvash | ҫепĕҫ | ['ɕɛp̬ɘɕ] | 'gentle, tender' | |
| Czech[9][10] | led | [lɛt] | 'ice' | In Bohemian Czech, this vowel varies between open-mid front[ɛ], open-mid near-front[ɛ̠] and mid near-front[ɛ̝̈].[9] SeeCzech phonology |
| Danish | Standard[11][12] | frisk | [ˈfʁɛsk] | 'fresh' | Most often transcribed in IPA with ⟨æ⟩. SeeDanish phonology |
| Dutch | Standard[13] | bed | [bɛt]ⓘ | 'bed' | SeeDutch phonology |
| The Hague[14] | jij | [jɛ̞ː]ⓘ | 'you' | Corresponds to[ɛi] in standard Dutch. |
| English | General American[15] | bed | [bɛd]ⓘ | 'bed' | |
| Northern England[16] | May be somewhat lowered.[16] |
| Received Pronunciation[17][18] | Older RP speakers pronounce a closer vowel[e̞]. SeeEnglish phonology |
| YoungerGeneral Australian speakers | Realization of /e/ due to an ongoing short-front vowel chain shift. SeeAustralian English phonology |
| Scottish[19] | |
| Cockney[20] | fat | [fɛt] | 'fat' | |
| Singaporean[21] | |
| New Zealand[22] | SeeNew Zealand English phonology |
| Broad Australian | Realization of /æ/. General Australian speakers realize this vowel as[æ] or[a]. SeeAustralian English phonology |
Some Broad South African speakers[23] | Other speakers realize this vowel as[æ] or[a]. SeeSouth African English phonology |
| Belfast[24] | days | [dɛːz] | 'days' | Pronounced[iə] in closed syllables; corresponds to[eɪ] in RP. |
| Zulu[25] | mate | [mɛt] | 'mate' | Speakers exhibit amet-mate merger. |
| Faroese[26] | frekt | [fɹɛʰkt] | 'greedy' | SeeFaroese phonology |
| French[27][28] | bête | [bɛt̪]ⓘ | 'beast' | SeeFrench phonology |
| Galician | ferro | [ˈfɛro̝] | 'iron' | SeeGalician phonology |
| Georgian[29] | გედი/gedi | [ɡɛdi] | 'swan' | |
| German | Standard[30][31] | Bett | [b̥ɛt]ⓘ | 'bed' | Also described as mid[ɛ̝].[32] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Franconian accent[33] | oder | [ˈoːdɛ] | 'or' | Used instead of[ɐ].[33] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Coastal Northern accents[33] |
| Swabian accent[34] | fett | [fɛt] | 'fat' | Contrasts with the close-mid[e].[34] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Western Swiss accents[35] | See | [z̥ɛː] | 'lake' | Close-mid[eː] in other accents; contrasts with the near-open[æː].[36] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Hindustani | Hindi | रहना | [ˈɾɛɦna] | 'to stay' | SeeHindustani phonology |
| Urdu | رہنا |
| Hungarian | lesz | [ˈlɛsː] | 'will be' | Allophone of [æ]. |
| Italian[37] | bene | [ˈbɛːne]ⓘ | 'good' | SeeItalian phonology |
| Kaingang[38] | mbre | [ˈᵐbɾɛ] | 'with' | |
| Korean | 매미 /maemi | [mɛːmi] | 'cicada' | Merged with /e/ for many speakers. SeeKorean phonology |
| Kurdish | Kurmanji (Northern) | hevde | [hɛvdɛ] | 'seventeen' | SeeKurdish phonology |
| Sorani (Central) | ههڤده/hevde | [hɛvdæ] |
| Pehlewî (Southern) | [hɛvdæ] |
| Limburgish[39][40][41] | crème | [kʀ̝ɛːm] | 'cream' | The example word is from theMaastrichtian dialect. |
| Lithuanian | mesti | [mɛs̪t̪ɪ] | 'throw' | SeeLithuanian phonology |
| Lower Sorbian[42] | serp | [s̪ɛrp] | 'sickle' | |
| Luxembourgish[43] | Stär | [ʃtɛːɐ̯] | 'star' | Allophone of/eː/ before/ʀ/.[43] SeeLuxembourgish phonology |
| Macedonian[44][45] | Standard | мед/med | [ˈmɛd̪] | 'honey' | SeeMacedonian language § Vowels |
| Malay | Standard | paling | [pälɛŋ] | 'most' | Possible realisation of/i/ and/e/ in closed final syllables. SeeMalay phonology |
| Negeri Sembilan | cepat | [cɔpɛɁ] | 'quick' | SeeNegeri Sembilan Malay |
| Kelatan-Pattani | ayam | [äjɛː] | 'chicken' | SeeKelatan-Pattani |
| Terengganu | biasa | [bɛsə] | 'normal' | SeeTerengganu Malay |
| Perak | mata | [matɛ] | 'eye' | SeePerak Malay |
| Norman | Jersey | affaûrder | [afɔrˈdɛ] | 'to afford' | |
| Norwegian | Sognamål[46] | pest | [pʰɛst] | 'plague' | SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Occitan | grèga | [ˈɣɾɛɣɔ] | 'Greek' | SeeOccitan phonology |
| Polish[47] | ten | [t̪ɛn̪]ⓘ | 'this one' (nom. m.) | SeePolish phonology |
| Portuguese | Most dialects[48][49] | pé | [ˈpɛ] | 'foot' | Stressed vowel might be lower[æ]. The presence and use of other unstressed ⟨e⟩ allophones, such as[e̞eɪiɨ], varies according to dialect. |
| Some speakers[50] | tempo | [ˈt̪ɛ̃mpu] | 'time' | Timbre differences for nasalized vowels are mainly kept in European Portuguese. SeePortuguese phonology |
| Romanian | Transylvanian dialects[51] | vede | [ˈvɛɟe] | '(he) sees' | Corresponds to mid[e̞] in standard Romanian. SeeRomanian phonology |
| Russian[52] | это/eto | [ˈɛt̪ə]ⓘ | 'this' | SeeRussian phonology |
| Shiwiar[53] | [example needed] | | | Allophone of/a/. |
| Slovene | met | [mɛ́t] | 'throw' (n.) | SeeSlovene phonology |
| Spanish | Eastern Andalusian[54] | las madres | [læ̞ːˈmæ̞ːð̞ɾɛː] | 'the mothers' | Corresponds to[e̞] in other dialects, but in these dialects they are distinct. SeeSpanish phonology |
| Murcian[54] |
| Swahili | shule | [ʃulɛ] | 'school' | |
| Swedish | Central Standard[55] | ät | [ɛ̠ːt̪] | 'eat' (imp.) | Somewhat retracted.[55] SeeSwedish phonology |
| Tagalog | peke | [ˈpɛxɛʔ] | 'fake' | SeeTagalog phonology |
| Telugu | చేప | [tʃɛːa] | 'Fish' |
| మేక | [mɛːka] | 'Goat' |
| Thai | แตร /trae | [trɛː˧] | 'horn (instrument)' | |
| Turkish[56][57] | ülke | [y̠l̠ˈkɛ] | 'country' | Allophone of/e/ described variously as "word-final"[56] and "occurring in final open syllable of a phrase".[57] SeeTurkish phonology |
| Ukrainian[58] | день/den' | [dɛnʲ] | 'day' | SeeUkrainian phonology |
| Upper Sorbian[42][59] | čelo | [ˈt͡ʃɛlɔ] | 'calf' | |
| Welsh | nesaf | [nɛsav] | 'next' | SeeWelsh phonology |
| West Frisian[60] | beppe | [ˈbɛpə] | 'grandma' | SeeWest Frisian phonology |
| Yoruba[61] | ẹsẹ̀ | [ɛ̄sɛ] | 'leg' | |