E, or, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is (pronounced ˈiː /); plural es, Es or E's.

e, fifth letter of the alphabet, derived from a Semitic consonant that represented a sound similar to the English h, Greek ε, and Latin E. The original Semitic character may have derived from an earlier pictograph representing a lattice window or a fence. From the 4th century ce both the uncial and cursive forms were rounded.

There are four ways to pro­nounce it: / e / (as “e” in “hey”, called “closed e”), / ɛ&] / (as “e” in “bet”, called “open e”), / ə / (as “a” in the name “Tina”, called “schwa”), or it can re­main silent; how­ever, it may also form part of a larger group of let­ters where the pro­nun­ci­a­tion may be dif­fer­ent.