e

US /i/ UK /iː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the fifth letter of the English alphabet

The word "bee" ends with a silent letter e.

Etymology

The fifth letter of the English alphabet, descended from Latin 'E', from Greek 'epsilon', from Phoenician 'he', originally a consonant denoting a breath or window-like figure.

epsilon Ancient Greek

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# e

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /i/
**IPA (UK):** /iː/

## Meanings
1. the fifth letter of the English alphabet

## Examples
- The word "bee" ends with a silent letter e.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: epsilon

## Etymology
The fifth letter of the English alphabet, descended from Latin 'E', from Greek 'epsilon', from Phoenician 'he', originally a consonant denoting a breath or window-like figure.

## AI Etymology
For e, the fifth letter of the English alphabet, descended from Latin 'E', from Greek 'epsilon', from Phoenician 'he', originally a consonant denoting a breath or window-like figure. The immediate etymological form is Ancient Greek epsilon. In present use as a noun, it means "the fifth letter of the English alphabet", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. The modern form is therefore best understood through the stated historical form and present sense, without adding an unsupported chain of cognates or intermediate stages.

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- General Vocabulary

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