In English, the name of the letter is the "long E" sound, pronounced /ˈiː/. In most other languages, its name matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. See more

English
Although Middle English spelling used ⟨e⟩ to represent long and short /e/, the Great Vowel Shift changed long /eː/ (as in me or bee) to /iː/ while short / See more

Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
• E with diacritics: Ĕ ĕ Ḝ ḝ Ȇ ȇ Ê ê Ê̄ ê̄ Ê̌ ê̌ Ề ề See more

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• The dictionary definition of E at Wiktionary
• The dictionary definition of e at Wiktionary See more

The Latin letter 'E' differs little from its source, the Greek letter epsilon, 'Ε'. This in turn comes from the Semitic letter hê, which has been suggested to have started as a praying or … See more

• In the hexadecimal (base 16) numbering system, "E" corresponds to the number 14 in decimal (base 10) counting.
• "e" is also commonly used to denote Euler's number See more

• E notation is used by scientific calculators to indicate a power of ten multiplier.
• E-number – Codes for food additives See more