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Open-mid front unrounded vowel
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See also: IPA, Consonants
| Edit - 2× | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near‑close | |||||
| Close‑mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open‑mid | |||||
| Near‑open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 303 |
| IPA – text | ɛ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɛ |
| X-SAMPA | E |
| Kirshenbaum | E |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
The open-mid front unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is <ɛ>, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is E.
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is unrounded, which means that the lips are not rounded.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | tre | [tɾɛ] | 'three' | ||
| Catalan | cafè | [kəˈfɛ] | 'coffee' | See Catalan phonology | |
| Dutch | bed | [bɛt] | 'bed' | See Dutch phonology | |
| Eng lish |
GA | bed | [bɛd] | 'bed' | See English phonology |
| NZE | fat | [fɛ̝t] | 'fat' | ||
| Faroese | elska | [ɛlska] | 'love' | ||
| French | bête | [bɛt] | 'animal' | Phonemically contrasts with nasalized form (/ɛ̃/). See French phonology | |
| German | Bett | [bɛt] | 'bed' | See German phonology | |
| Hungarian | nem | [nɛm] | 'no' | See Hungarian phonology | |
| Icelandic | ég | [jɛɣ] | 'I' | ||
| Italian | sette | [ˈsɛtte] | 'seven; sects' | See Italian phonology | |
| Kabardian | Iэ | [ʔɛ] | 'to tell' | ||
| Norwegian | nett | [nɛt] | 'net' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Polish | lek | [lɛk] | 'medicine' | See Polish phonology | |
| Portuguese | café | [kɐfɛ] | 'coffee' | See Portuguese phonology | |
| Russian | это | [ˈɛtə] | 'this' | See Russian phonology | |
| Scottish Gaelic | aig | [ɛk] | 'at' | ||
| Seri | me | [mɛ] | 'you' | ||
| Vietnamese | té | [tɛ́] | 'to fall' | ||
| Yoruba | ẹsẹ̀ | [ɛ̄sɛ] | 'leg/foot' | ||