e in Norwegian

IPA: /eː/ [letter, name], /eː/ [phoneme], /e/ [phoneme], /ɛ/ [phoneme], /ə/ [phoneme], /æ/ [phoneme] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: See Translingual section. Head templates: {{head|no|letters}} e Inflection templates: {{no-noun-infl|nb-class=m1|nn-class=m1|stem=e-}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], e [Bokmål, indefinite, masculine, singular], e-en [Bokmål, definite, masculine, singular], e-er [Bokmål, indefinite, masculine, plural], e-ene [Bokmål, definite, masculine, plural], e [Nynorsk, indefinite, masculine, singular], e-en [Nynorsk, definite, masculine, singular], e-ar [Nynorsk, indefinite, masculine, plural], e-ane [Nynorsk, definite, masculine, plural]

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{
  "etymology_text": "See Translingual section.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-noun-infl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-en",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-er",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-ene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-en",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-ar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-ane",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "letters"
      },
      "expansion": "e",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "nb-class": "m1",
        "nn-class": "m1",
        "stem": "e-"
      },
      "name": "no-noun-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian",
  "lang_code": "no",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 128 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with raw sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet"
      ],
      "id": "en-e-no-character-Cf-5ySMU",
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "e"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "See Translingual section.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-noun-infl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-en",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-er",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-ene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Bokmål",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-en",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-ar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e-ane",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "letters"
      },
      "expansion": "e",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "nb-class": "m1",
        "nn-class": "m1",
        "stem": "e-"
      },
      "name": "no-noun-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian",
  "lang_code": "no",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian lemmas",
        "Norwegian letters",
        "Pages with 128 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with raw sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "e"
}

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"e" meaning in Norwegian

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