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A reversed epsilon, for the English nurse vowel.
Also known as: Reversed epsilon, Backwards epsilon
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a reversed epsilon denotes an open-mid central unrounded vowel. With a rhoticity mark it transcribes the vowel of English nurse in many accents.
Denotes an open-mid central unrounded vowel, at the centre of the chart between the front and back open-mid positions.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Transcribes the vowel of English nurse in non-rhotic accents, and carries a rhoticity mark in rhotic ones.
Contexts: Language and transcription
An epsilon mirrored left to right, two stacked curves opening to the left and joined at a point on the right.