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é

é letter: found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that the e is not silent.

Letter

é

  1. (letter) Found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that the e is not silent.
    • café, resumé, animé
    • For details and for less common usage, see the entry for the acute accent, ⟨◌́⟩.

Questions about é

What does é mean?
É means found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that the e is not silent.
What part of speech is é?
É is a letter.

Words near é in the dictionary

  1. Çoruh
  2. Çorum
  3. Çärjew
  4. è
  5. Èze
  6. é
  7. ébauche
  8. ébauches
  9. éboulement
  10. éboulements
  11. ébéniste

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