non-silent trailing '-e'

Welcome to EnglishForward, Kajjo! I don't know the answer to your question -- all I can think of is "calliope," which is also Greek -- but I think it's an interesting question. I'm sure someone will come up with an answer for you.

How about 1. suffix 'ee' (originated from the French past participle form)? interviewee, escapee...? 2. Latin words used in English passages? eg. principe (prin,k[schwa],pe)

Hi Randy_Tam,
sure, I am aware of -ee as suffix with standard i: pronunciation (and not only as suffix, but also as part of syllables/words such as in "bee"). What I am looking for are single -e that are pronounced as rhyme to -ee or most ending -y.
"principe" supposedly does not rhyme with recipe, does it? However, even if not, it is interesting to note that there are more sorts of non-s

Or some French origin words like "cliche" that can be written without that small sign above the character in British English (which unfortunately I do not remember its name!), or mole in chicken mole that is also French, I think.

Kajjo

'"principe" supposedly does not rhyme with recipe, does it?'

sure it doesn't. the 'e' thing sounds like an [e] or probably [ei], but never an

'small sign above the character in British English (which unfortunately I do not remember its name!), '

do you mean accenté e? though strictly speaking that little stroke is necessary, it is now omissible (without distorting the meaning whatever).

Yes, I meant accent, but I think it had a specific name in phonology. I have to check my books!

Randy_Tam
sure it doesn't. the 'e' thing sounds like an [e] or probably [ei], but never an

Hi Randy,

Your [-e] turned out to be an envelope, unfortunately. (We use [] for emoticons in this forum.)

Perhaps try (e). Hope it helps!

I wonder if there are any English words that end in e-e, but have the long e sound at the end?

The word simile is of Latin origin and has a non-silent e pronounced as e in me.

JosephK