zeta
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Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
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Noun
zeta (plural zetas)
- The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w))
- (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.
- Zeta of 3 is irrational
Translations
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Anagrams
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
zeta f (plural zetes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
- zeta (Greek letter)
Basque
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
zeta ?
Catalan
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
Noun
zeta f (plural zetes)
Further reading
- “zeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “zeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “zeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “zeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
Noun
zeta
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
Declension
Inflection of zeta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | zeta | zetat | |
genitive | zetan | zetojen | |
partitive | zetaa | zetoja | |
illative | zetaan | zetoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | zeta | zetat | |
accusative | nom. | zeta | zetat |
gen. | zetan | ||
genitive | zetan | zetojen zetain rare | |
partitive | zetaa | zetoja | |
inessive | zetassa | zetoissa | |
elative | zetasta | zetoista | |
illative | zetaan | zetoihin | |
adessive | zetalla | zetoilla | |
ablative | zetalta | zetoilta | |
allative | zetalle | zetoille | |
essive | zetana | zetoina | |
translative | zetaksi | zetoiksi | |
abessive | zetatta | zetoitta | |
instructive | — | zetoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
zeta m (plural zetas)
Hawaiian
Noun
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
zeta f (genitive singular zetu, nominative plural zetur)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
Declension
Declension of zeta | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | zeta | zetan | zetur | zeturnar |
accusative | zetu | zetuna | zetur | zeturnar |
dative | zetu | zetunni | zetum | zetunum |
genitive | zetu | zetunnar | zeta | zetanna |
Italian
Etymology
From the Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew זין (zayin).
Pronunciation
Noun
zeta m or f (uncountable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.; zed, zee
- The name of the Greek script letter Ζ/ζ; zeta
Derived terms
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.ta/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.ta/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːt̪ä]
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
zēta f (indeclinable)
Coordinate terms
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References
- “zeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zeta 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)
- zeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), 1:
- The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (zēta).
Etymology 2
In third- and fourth-century writings of the Late Latin period, Z often represented word-initial prevocalic di.
Noun
zēta f (genitive zētae); first declension
- (Late Latin) manuscript variant of diaeta
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | zēta | zētae |
Genitive | zētae | zētārum |
Dative | zētae | zētīs |
Accusative | zētam | zētās |
Ablative | zētā | zētīs |
Vocative | zēta | zētae |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- dzeta (uncommon)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
zeta m (plural s)
- zeta (name of the Greek letter Ζ, ζ)
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
zȇta n (Cyrillic spelling зе̑та)
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeta/ [ˈθe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈseta/ [ˈse.t̪a]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Homophone: seta (non-Castilian)
Etymology 1
From Latin zēta or its etymon, Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
zeta f (plural zetas)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).
Noun
zeta f (plural zetas)
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