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e

character
/ˈiː//ɛ//ʌ/

Etymology

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).

  1. derived from ɛ⁵⁵
  2. borrowed from 誒

Definitions

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

  2. The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin…

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

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

  4. ›+ 15 more definitions

    1. A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they…

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

      • E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves^([sic]), and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.

    2. The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.

      • The sax comes in on the e of one.

    3. Abbreviation of everyone.

    4. East.

    5. The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.

      • Sick Boy brings oot some E. White doves; ah think. It's mental gear. Most Ecstasy hasnae any MDMA in it, it's just likesay, ken, part speed, part acid in its effects . . .
      • And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
      • You mentioned you were taking stuff. Did you mean ecstasy? / What else? It’s excellent. I’m not an addict or nothing, and I steer clear of crack and that. People say E is for losers but, hey, I’d never be without some eccy in my bag.

    6. Abbreviation of estrogen or estradiol.

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

      • 1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, →ISBN, page 25, In line with this, he is marketed not only as a mental innocent, but as a class primitive, someone who only got an E in A-level art […]

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

      • The pilot episode is S01E01.

    9. Abbreviation of Elohist.

    10. Abbreviation of Eni.

      • Magnus said that companies such as Italy’s Eni (E) and ConocoPhillips (COP) that already operate in Alaska could be interested in drilling in ANWR.

    11. A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.

      • The discovery suggests also that the center of the state of E was located in the Suizao corridor in Hubei, not far from the location of E as suggested by ancient geographical works.

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

    13. A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

    14. A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County,…

      A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.

    15. A river in Highland council area, Scotland.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for e. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA