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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈbiːtə/
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə
- Homophone: beater (non-rhotic accents)
- Homophone: baiter (non-rhotic accents)
Noun
beta (plural betas)
- The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
- (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
- (computing, video games, uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
- The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.
- (computing, video games, countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
- 2007, Michael Lopp, Managing Humans (page 107)
- He quickly deduced our goal—ship a quality beta—but he also quickly discerned that we had no idea about the quality of the product because of our pile of untriaged bugs.
- 2015 February 14, Steven Strom, “Evolve Review: Middle of the food chain”, in Ars Technica[1]:
- Before Evolve had even seen its first beta, the game's publisher dipped its toe into presenting it as an eSport.
- 2007, Michael Lopp, Managing Humans (page 107)
- (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
- (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
- (zoology) Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”)
- (slang, manosphere) Ellipsis of beta male., a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
- 2006, Catherine Mann, Blaze of Glory, Harlequin (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- “I guess in your psychological language of alpha males and beta males, I would be firmly in the camp that prefers the more laid-back betas,” she took a deep breath, “like your father.”
- 2010, L. A. Banks, "Dog Tired (of the Drama!)", in Blood Lite II: Overbite (ed. Kevin J. Anderson), Gallery Books (2010), →ISBN, page 121:
- “They want sexy, virile alpha males, yes? But that doesn't come with sensitive and loyal and all of that. That's a beta. A frickin' collie, Lola. […]
- 2010, Terry Spear, Wolf Fever, Sourcebooks Casablanca (2010), →ISBN, page 24:
- She'd always had a thing for alpha males. Not that she had any intention of being bossed around, even if one had her best interests at heart. Her fascination with alphas was that they were a challenge. Betas didn't hold much of an appeal.
- 2015, Stephen Jarosek, Tyrants of Matriarchy:
- When they ride the cock carousel in preference to the responsible betas that they find so boring, well, we guess that they pay.
- 2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die[2]:
- News of Harper-Mercer's murder spree, which killed ten, prompted speculation on neoreactionary forums that the long-awaited “beta uprising” of virginal shut-ins had begun. Not quite. But in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, a large audience of Americans finally saw the real beta uprising in the violent Nazi rally that shut the city down
- 2006, Catherine Mann, Blaze of Glory, Harlequin (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fan fiction, a person of a (usually secondary) gender/sex that mirrors the biology of a normal human, being free from the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 317:
- Many A/B/O stories posit societies where biological imperatives divide people based on wolf pack hierarchies into sexual dominants (alphas), sexual submissives (omegas), and everyone else (betas).
- 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
- In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.
- 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, "When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom", in The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction (ed. Ashton Spacey), page 119:
- Betas are usually second in command to the reigning alpha, and omegas belong to the lowest caste of the social hierarchy.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 317:
Derived terms
(beta radiation, beta ray or beta particle):
Translations
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Adjective
beta (not comparable)
- Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
- Designates the second in an order of precedence.
- (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
- (of a person, object or action) associated with the beta male/female archetype.
Derived terms
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Verb
beta (third-person singular simple present betas, present participle betaing, simple past and past participle betaed)
- (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
- (chiefly Internet) To beta-read a text.
- 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative [3]
- My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.
- 2000, Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, McFarland (2006), →ISBN, page 180,
- Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.
- 2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative [4]
- The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but <shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.
- 2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated [5]
- I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.
- 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative [3]
Anagrams
Ambonese Malay
Pronoun
beta
- I first-person singular pronoun
Asturian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (plural betes)
- beta (Greek letter)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (plural betes)
Etymology 2
Noun
beta f (plural betes)
Further reading
- “beta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta n
- beta (Greek letter)
Faroese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).
Noun
beta n (genitive singular beta, plural betu)
- beta (Greek letter)
Declension
Declension of beta | ||||
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n1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | beta | betað | betu, betur | betuni |
accusative | beta | betað | betu, betur | betuni |
dative | beta | betanum | betum | betunum |
genitive | beta | betans | betna | betnanna |
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta m (plural betas)
- beta (Greek letter)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin bēta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (uncountable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin bēta (“beet”), from Celtic.
Noun
beta f (plural bete)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
beta
Latin
Etymology 1
Said to be from the Goidelic word for red (Proto-Celtic *bett (“red, red beet”), modern Irish biatas), but Baxter rejects this, citing that Strabo's use of the word predated frequent Roman contact with the British Isles by at least a century. Also compared are blitum (“spinach”), meta (“conic heap of stones”) (compared to the root's spindle form), and less likely, sense 2, with the seed vessel resembling the letter.
Noun
bēta f (genitive bētae); first declension
- A beet.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bēta | bētae |
Genitive | bētae | bētārum |
Dative | bētae | bētīs |
Accusative | bētam | bētās |
Ablative | bētā | bētīs |
Vocative | bēta | bētae |
Descendants
- Catalan: bleda (partially), bleda-rave
- Danish: bede
- Estonian: peet
- Middle Dutch: bete
- Dutch: biete
- Old English: bete
- English: beet
- Sicilian: jiti (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
bēta n (indeclinable)
- The Greek letter beta.
References
- “beta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- Berti-Pichat (1866)
- Baxter (1837)
- Poiret (1827)
- von Lippmann (1925)
- Geschwind & Sellier (1902)
- Pabst (1887)
- Becker-Dillengen (1928)
- Biancardi, Panella & Lewellen (2011): Beta maritima: The Origin of Beets
Malay
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Johor-Selangor" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /betə/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Riau-Lingga" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /beta/
- Rhymes: -etə, -tə, -ə
Etymology 1
From Court Malay, Beta.
Pronoun
beta (Jawi spelling بيت)
See also
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta (Jawi spelling بيتا, plural beta-beta, informal 1st possessive betaku, 2nd possessive betamu, 3rd possessive betanya)
- beta (second letter of the Greek alphabet)
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Verb
beta
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Latin beta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (plural betas)
- beta (all senses)
Etymology 2
Noun
beta f (plural betas)
- beet (plant)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Pronunciation
Noun
bȅta f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏та)
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Pronunciation
Noun
beta f OR
beta n
- beta (Greek letter)
Usage notes
When used in the neuter gender, the word is not declined.
Declension
References
- “beta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta) ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).
Pronunciation
Noun
beta f (plural betas)
Swedish
Etymology
Latin beta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta n or c
- beta; the Greek letter Β, β
- beetroot
- (computing) a beta version of a program
- (slang) short for minnesbeta
Declension
Declension of beta Greek letter | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | beta | betat | beta | betan |
Genitive | betas | betats | betas | betans |
Declension of beta | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | beta | betan | betor | betorna |
Genitive | betas | betans | betors | betornas |
Verb
beta
- to graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.
- to test software prior to release.
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | beta | betas | ||
Supine | betat | betats | ||
Imperative | beta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | beten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | betar | betade | betas | betades |
Ind. plural1 | beta | betade | betas | betades |
Subjunctive2 | bete | betade | betes | betades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | betande | |||
Past participle | betad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
See also
Verb
beta
- to steal
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | beta | betas | ||
Supine | betagit | betagits | ||
Imperative | beta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | betan | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | betar | betog | betas | betogs |
Ind. plural1 | beta | betogo | betas | betogos |
Subjunctive2 | beta | betoge | betas | betoges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | betagande | |||
Past participle | betagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | betaga | betagas | ||
Supine | betagit | betagits | ||
Imperative | betag | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | betagen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | betager | betog | betages | betogs |
Ind. plural1 | betaga | betogo | betagas | betogos |
Subjunctive2 | betage | betoge | betages | betoges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | betagande | |||
Past participle | betagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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