
Used poetically instead of e in order to indicate that it is pronounced, as opposed to mute.Found in words borrowed from other languages.È ( lower case, upper case È, plural ès or è's)
( Latin script ): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z. A grammar of the Icelandic or Old Norse tongue) è is used instead of the modern é to denote that the phoneme is different in character (a rising diphthong) compared to á, í, ó, ú and ý (falling diphthongs or monophthongs). In older writings on Old Icelandic or Old (West) Norse (e.g. In Italian it is used to indicate a stressed e, /ɛ/, at the end of a word. In French, Italian, Occitan and Catalan the è is pronounced /ɛ/ as opposed to é which is pronounced /e/.