θ

See also: Θ, θ', ө, ѳ, ꆪ, and ϑ

θ U+03B8, θ GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA ← η [U+03B7] Greek and Coptic ι → [U+03B9]

𝜃 U+1D703, 𝜃 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL THETA ← 𝜂 [U+1D702] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜄 → [U+1D704]

Translingual

Symbol

ᶿ U+1DBF, ᶿ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL THETA ← ᶾ [U+1DBE] Phonetic Extensions Supplement ◌᷀ → [U+1DC0]

θ

1. (geometry) A plane angle.
2. (IPA) voiceless dental fricative

   (superscript) [θ]-fricated release of a plosive, sometimes implying an affricate; [θ]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [θ].

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with ϐ (the curled beta).

See also

• θ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Θ.

Letter

θ • (th) (lowercase, uppercase Θ)

1. Lower-case theta (θῆτα), the 8th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiceless aspirated dental or alveolar plosive /tʰ/ and later the voiceless dental fricative /θ/. It is preceded by η and followed by ι.

Derived terms

See also theta

• θ΄, ͵θ
• ѳ, Ѳ (Cyrillic)
• թ (tʿ), Թ (Tʿ) (Armenian)
• ⲑ, Ⲑ (Coptic)

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

θ • (th) (lowercase, uppercase Θ)

1. The lower case letter theta (θήτα), the eighth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• θ΄
• ͵θ

Halkomelem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θ/

Letter

θ (upper case ϴ)

1. A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (after n) /d/, (after any other letter) /t/

Letter

θ (lower case, upper case ϴ)

1. (International Standard) Used to represent -θar and -θe.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “-θ-”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15