eta

See also ETA, éta, etä-, età, and êta

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← zeta		→ theta
Η η Ancient Greek: ἦτα
Wikipedia article on eta

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (ēta).

Pronunciation

• (UK, Commonwealth) enPR: ēʹtə, IPA: /ˈiːtə/, X-SAMPA: /"i:t@/
• (US) enPR: āʹtə, IPA: /ˈeɪtə/, X-SAMPA: /"eIt@/
• Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə

Noun

eta (plural etas)

1. The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
2. (physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

Translations

Greek letter

• Arabic: إتا (ar) ('ítaa) f
• Catalan: eta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾塔 (cmn) (àitǎ), 伊塔 (cmn) (yītǎ)

• Czech: éta (cs) n
• Dutch: èta (nl) m and f
• French: êta (fr) m
• German: Eta (de) n

• Greek: ήτα (el) (íta) n
• Interlingua: eta (ia)
• Japanese: エータ (ja) (ēta), イタ (ja) (ita)
• Korean: 에타 (ko) (eta)
• Malay: eta (ms)
• Portuguese: eta (pt) m
• Russian: эта (ru) (éta) f
• Swedish: eta (sv) n

Etymology 2

From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan).

Pronunciation

• enPR: āʹtə, IPA: /ˈeɪtə/, X-SAMPA: /"eIt@/

Noun

eta (plural etas or eta)

1. A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

Anagrams

• a.e.t., ate, eat, TEA, tea

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Basque

Conjunction

eta

1. and

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Catalan

Noun

eta f (plural etes)

1. Eta; the Greek letter Η (lowercase η).

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Esperanto

Adjective

eta (plural etaj, accusative singular etan, accusative plural etajn)

1. small, little, tiny, minuscule, slight (see -et-)

   Vere, la primo estas eta honoro, sed Mikaelo ege fieras pri ĝi.

   True, the award is a small honor, but Michael is immensely proud of it.

   Etaj manoj povas fari egajn malordorojn.

   Little hands can make huge messes.

   Se ĉi tio domo estas fakte domego, ĝi estas la plej eta domego mi jam vidis!

   If that house is in fact a mansion, it is the tiniest mansion I ever saw!

   Ŝia parto en la teatraĵo ne estas nur malgranda rolo, estas eta rolo sen sola vorto de dialogo.

   Her part in the the play is not only a small role, it is a minuscule role without a single word of dialog.

   Mi nur havas etan kapdoloron.

   I only have a slight headache.

Antonyms

• ega

Derived terms

• ete

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

eta (third person singular past indicative át, third person plural past indicative ótu, supine etið)

1. to eat

Conjugation

   Conjugation of eta

eta, v-72
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	eti	etur	etur	eta
Past	át	átst	át	ótu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	et !	—	etið !
Infinitive	eta
Pres. part.	etandi
Past part. a26	etin
Supine	etið

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French état

Noun

eta

1. state

Related terms

• Etazini
• Ozetazini

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛːta/

  Rhymes: -ɛːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Alternative forms

• éta (more common)

Verb

eta strong verb (third person singular past indicative át, third person plural past indicative átu, supine etið)

1. to eat

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun

eta f (genitive singular etu, plural etur) or eta n (genitive singular eta, plural etu)

1. eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension

declension of eta

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etan	etur	eturnar
accusative	etu	etuna	etur	eturnar
dative	etu	etunni	etum	etunum
genitive	etu	etunnar	eta	etanna

or

declension of eta

n-w	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etað	etu	etun
accusative	eta	etað	etu	etun
dative	eta	etanu	etum	etunum
genitive	eta	etans	eta	etanna

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Italian

Noun

Wikipedia ^it

eta m and f (invariable)

1. eta (Greek letter)

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Japanese

Romanization

eta

1. See えた

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ete

Etymology

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

eta (present tense et; past tense åt; past participle ete; passive infinitive etast; present participle etande; imperative et)

1. to eat

   Dei åt for mykje.

   They ate too much.

References

• “eta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, akin to Old English etan ( > English eat), Old Saxon etan, Old High German ezzan (> German essen), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Lithuanian ėsti, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi).

Verb

eta (strong conjugation: át – átu – etið)

1. to eat

Descendants

Danish: æde Faroese: eta Icelandic: eta, éta

Norwegian (nynorsk): eta/ete Swedish: äta

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Spanish

Noun

eta f (plural etas)

1. eta; the Greek letter Η, η