è

letter

1. Used to disambiguate words ending in a stressed ⟨-e⟩, regardless of its pronunciation .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   “è (“is”) , as opposed to e (“and”)”

2. Used to indicate a stressed word-final ⟨-e⟩, regardless of its pronunciation

   “perchè /perˈke/, (modern spelling: perché)”

3. Used to indicate the letter ⟨e⟩ when pronounced as open /ɛ/

verb

1. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is

   “Se non è vero, è ben trovato”