E

E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is e (pronounced /ˈiː/); plural es, Es or E's. It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Not to be confused with the Cyrillic letter Ҽ.

This article is about the letter. For Euler's number, see e (mathematical constant). For other uses of the symbol e or E, see E (disambiguation).
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Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originLatin language
Phonetic usage
Unicode codepointU+0045, U+0065
Alphabetical position5
History
Development
Time periodc. 700 BC to present
Descendants
Sisters
Other
Other letters commonly used withee, e(x), e(x)(y)
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
ISO basic
Latin alphabet
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