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E.

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

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Meaning & usage

character/ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters: * Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e). * Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ). * Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea). * Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo). * Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

num/ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

    uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters: * Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e). * Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ). * Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea). * Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo). * Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

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  1. Abbreviation of everyone.

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  2. East.

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noun/ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.

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  2. Abbreviation of estrogen or estradiol.

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  3. The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.

  4. Abbreviation of episode (“installment of a series”).

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    The pilot episode is S01E01.
  5. Initialism of execution.

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name/ʌ//ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.

  2. Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.

  3. A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

Where this word comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂 (È).

name/ɛ//ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.

Where this word comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 誒 /诶 (ê̄), from E ɛ⁵⁵.

name/ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. A river in Highland council area, Scotland.

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Unknown.

name/ɛ/phoneme, usually/iː/phoneme, usually/iː/letter, name
  1. Abbreviation of Elohist.

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  2. Abbreviation of Eni.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.