e

Other forms of e

plural

es·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about e

What does e mean?

e means "a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in e?

e has 1 syllable: e. In IPA it is /ˈi/.

What is another word for e?

Close synonyms include vitamin E, tocopherol, einsteinium, Es, atomic number 99. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is e a common word?

e is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with e?

9 words rhyme with e. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.