LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE

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The character U+00E9, or é, is the Latin small letter e with an acute accent, a vowel found in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Czech, among others. It typically signals a distinct pronunciation, often a close-mid front unrounded vowel, and can alter meaning, as in French *élève* versus *elevé*. Historically, it derives from medieval scribes placing a small *e* above the letter to indicate a following /e/ sound, which evolved into the modern acute diacritic. In computing, it is encoded in Unicode and accessible via HTML entities like `é`; in typography and design, it demands careful kerning and diacritic placement to preserve legibility.

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