"ë" meaning in French

See ë in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /ə/, /ɛ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-ë.wav Forms: Ë [lowercase]
Head templates: {{head|fr|letter|lower case|Ë}} ë (lower case Ë)
  1. the letter “e” in words when it must be pronounced separately and not associated with preceding letter. E.g. “-gue” is normally pronounced /ɡ/ but “-guë” is pronounce /ɡy/ (like in aiguë, ciguë); “œ” is normally pronounced /e/ or /ɛ/ but “oë” is pronounced /o.ɛ/ (like in troëne, Noël) Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ë-fr-character-9hJBKmPJ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for ë meaning in French (1.4kB)

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        "the letter “e” in words when it must be pronounced separately and not associated with preceding letter. E.g. “-gue” is normally pronounced /ɡ/ but “-guë” is pronounce /ɡy/ (like in aiguë, ciguë); “œ” is normally pronounced /e/ or /ɛ/ but “oë” is pronounced /o.ɛ/ (like in troëne, Noël)"
      ],
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          "aiguë",
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        ],
        [
          "ciguë",
          "ciguë#French"
        ],
        [
          "troëne",
          "troëne#French"
        ],
        [
          "Noël",
          "Noël#French"
        ]
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    }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɛ/"
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      ],
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          "ciguë",
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          "Noël",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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