Unrounded, semi-closed front tongue vowel

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IPA mark e
IPA number 302
IPA character description Latin minuscule e
Unicode U + 0065 (e)
HTML (dec.) & # 101;
X-SAMPA e
Kirshenbaum e

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the unrounded semi-closed front tongue vowel in different languages:

  • French [⁠ e ⁠] : é; e, ai, ay sometimes (especially in the endings -et, -ez and -er as an infinitive ending)
    • Examples: e ss ayez [ eseje ], s é ch e r [ seʃe ]
  • German [⁠ e ⁠] :

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