[e]

 

[ˌpæˈse]     passé
[bet]     bait
[hed]     hayed
[mek]     make
[stek] steak, stake

 

You'll often find a more complicated transcription for this sound in dictionaries and other books. The following are fairly popular: [ej], [ei], [eɪ], [eɪ̯], and [eː].

 

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