Э

Letter

Э (lower case э)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɪ̞/; (in Russian borrowings) IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

Э • (E) (lower case э)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, used only at the start of the word

See also

• Е (Ye)

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

Letter

Э • (e) (upper case, lower case э)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

Э • (É) (upper case, lower case э)

1. The fortieth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e~i/

Letter

Э • (E) (upper case, lower case э) (italics: Э, э)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called э (e), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Letter

Э • (E) (upper case, lower case э)

1. Alternative letter-case form of э (e).
   • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “IX”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:

     Зинаи́да Фёдоровна, что́бы не ви́деть По́ли, обе́дала и пила́ чай у себя́ в ко́мнате, тут же и спала́ на коро́тком дива́не, похо́жем на бу́кву Э, и сама́ убира́ла за собо́й посте́ль.

     Zinaída Fjódorovna, štóby ne vídetʹ Póli, obédala i pilá čaj u sebjá v kómnate, tut že i spalá na korótkom diváne, poxóžem na búkvu E, i samá ubirála za sobój postélʹ.

     To avoid seeing Polya, Zinaida Fyodorovna dined and had tea in her own room; it was here that she slept, too, on a short sofa like a half-moon, and she made her own bed.

Letter

Э • (E) (upper case, lower case э)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Tajik Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ъ (ʾ) and is followed by the letter Ю (Yu).