Ë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

Ë U+00CB, Ë LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS Composition: E [U+0045] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← Ê [U+00CA] Latin-1 Supplement Ì → [U+00CC]

Albanian

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. The eighth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Although Ë is the standard upper case counterpart to ë, it's not uncommon to find it substituted by a simple E even in formal contextes such as logos or mass media like television news.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Calamian Tagbanwa

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. The sixth letter of the Calamian Tagbanwa alphabet, called i patumbuk and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, G̓ g̓, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, S̃ s̃, T t, T̃ t̃, U u, V v, W w, W̓ w̓, X x, Y y, Z z

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɛ/

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Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. the letter “E” in words when it must be pronounced separately and not associated with preceding letter. E.g. “-gue” is normally pronounced /ɡ/ but “-guë” is pronounce /ɡy/ (like in aiguë, ciguë); “œ” is normally pronounced /e/ or /ɛ/ but “oë” is pronounced /o.ɛ/ (like in troëne, Noël)

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and Ë for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. The ninth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, 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

Ladin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɜ/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. The open-mid central unrounded vowel as used in the Gherdëina variant of Ladin.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (À à, Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (Ë ë, É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ò ò, Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (Ś ś), T t, U u (Ù ù, Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, Z z

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. A letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, written in the Latin script, an umlauted version of E.

Usage notes

• The letter Ë is generally restricted to stressed syllables, while simple E represents unstressed /ə/. However, Ë is used under certain circumstances to separate strings of vowel letters (e.g. leeën) or, in French-derived words, to show that the E is not silent (e.g. Enseignantë).
• Under certain circumstances, the phoneme /ə/ is represented by the letter É, which see.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Buschtaf; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (Ë ë, É é), F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Middle High German

Etymology

See ë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈɛ/ (phoneme)

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. A letter sometimes used in normalised Middle High German spelling. It is optional in editions and never found in actual manuscripts.

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a̘/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. A letter of the Noon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. (International Standard) The letter E with the umlaut.

Usage notes

Although it is pronounced the same as Ä, it indicates a dialectal pronunciation of E.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Further reading

• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “DECISION : "THE ROMANI ALPHABET"”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 499
• “Introduction 3. How to read Rromani”, in R.E.D-RROM‎^[1], 2 October 2021 (last accessed)

Slovene

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /joː/
• (sound, educated): IPA^(key): /jɔ/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. (linguistics) Letter used for transcription of Russian Ё / ё.

Etymology 2

Letter E with diaeresis (¨) to signify centralization.

Pronunciation

• (Resian, phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. The ninth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

See also

• E
• Ē
• È
• É
• Ê

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2001), “Slovaropisna pravila”, in Slovenski pravopis (in Slovene), Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 178
• Steenwijk, Han (1994), Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ə/ [ə]
• Rhymes: -ə

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. the letter E with a diaeresis representing a schwa

Usage notes

• In Tagalog and its standardized form Filipino, Ë is used to represent the schwa, particularly in words originating from other Philippine languages, for instance Maranao (Mëranaw), Pangasinan, Ilocano, and Ibaloi. Before introduction of this letter, the schwa was ambiguously represented by A or E.
• Writing the diaeresis is recommended but not required as long as the reader is aware that the unaccented form is supposed to sound like a schwa (/ə/).
• The use of the diaeresis to represent the central vowel schwa is possibly inspired by the use of the diaeresis in the IPA to represent centralization.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈeː/, /ˌɛ/

Letter

Ë (upper case, lower case ë)

1. The letter E, marked for its syllabic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.