Open-mid front unrounded vowel

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.

Features

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'
Cantonese		蛇/se4	[sɛː]	'snake'	See Standard Cantonese
Catalan		sec	[sɛk]	'dry'	See Catalan phonology
Czech		Amerika	[amɛrɪka]	'America'	See Czech phonology
Dutch		bed	[bɛt]	'bed'	See Dutch phonology
English	GA	bed	[bɛd]	'bed'	See English phonology
English	New Zealand	fat	[fɛ̝t]	'fat'	See English phonology
Faroese		elska	[ɛlska]	'love'
French		bête	[bɛt]	'animal'	Phonemically contrasts with nasalized form (/ɛ̃/). See French phonology
Georgian		გედი	[gɛdi]	'swan'
German		Bett	[bɛt]	'bed'	See German phonology
Hungarian		nem	[nɛm]	'no'	See Hungarian phonology
Icelandic		ég	[jɛɣ]	'I'
Italian		bene	[ˈbɛːne]	'good'	See Italian phonology
Kabardian		Iэ	[ʔɛ]	'to tell'
Mandarin		斜/xie2	[ɕjɛ]	'tilted'	See Standard Mandarin
Ngwe	Njoagwi dialect	[lɛ̀rɛ́]		'eye'
Norwegian		nett	[nɛt]	'net'	See Norwegian phonology
Polish		ten		'this one'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese		café	[kɐˈfɛ]	'coffee'	See Portuguese phonology
Russian		это	[ˈɛtə]	'this'	See Russian phonology
Scottish Gaelic		aig	[ɛk]	'at'
Seri		me	[mɛ]	'you'
Swedish		ät	[ɛːt]	'eat' (imperative)	See Swedish phonology
Vietnamese		e		'to fear'	See Vietnamese phonology
Yoruba		ẹsẹ̀	[ɛ̄sɛ]	'leg/foot'