zeta

See also ZETA, and Zeta

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← epsilon		→ eta
Ζ ζ Ancient Greek: ζῆτα
Wikipedia article on zeta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈziː.tə/, X-SAMPA: /"zi:t.@/
• Rhymes: -iːtə

Noun

zeta (plural zetas)

1. The name of the sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)
2. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

   Zeta of 3 is irrational

Translations

Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)

• Arabic: زيتا (ar) (ziitaa) f
• Catalan: zeta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澤塔 (cmn), 泽塔 (cmn) (zétǎ), 截塔 (cmn) (jiétǎ)

• Czech: zéta (cs)
• Dutch: zèta (nl) m and f
• Finnish: tseta (fi), tset (fi) zeta (fi), zet (fi)
• French: zéta (fr) m
• German: Zeta (de) n
• Greek: ζήτα (el) (zíta) n 

• Hungarian: dzéta (hu)
• Interlingua: zeta (ia)
• Italian: zeta (it) f
• Japanese: ゼータ (ja) (zēta)
• Korean: 제타 (ko) (jeta)
• Malay: zeta (ms)
• Persian: زتا (fa) (zetâ)
• Portuguese: zeta (pt) m, dzeta (pt) m
• Russian: дзета (ru) (dzéta) f 
• Spanish: zeta (es) f

Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet

• Catalan: zeta (ca) f
• Dutch: zèta (nl) m and f
• Finnish: zeeta (fi)
• Greek: ζήτα (el) (zíta) n 
• Hungarian: dzéta (hu)
• Interlingua: zeta (ia)

• Italian: zeta (it) f
• Latin: zēta (la)
• Malay: zeta (ms)
• Portuguese: zeta (pt) m, dzeta (pt) m
• Russian: дзета (ru) (dzéta) f 
• Spanish: zeta (es) f

Mathematics: Function formally known as the Riemann Zeta Function

• Russian: дзета-функция (ru) (dzéta-fúnkcija) f 

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• Interlingua: zeta

• Portuguese: zeta m, dzeta m

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Basque

Etymology

Noun

zeta

1. stain

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Catalan

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetes)

1. The Latin letter Z (lowercase z).
2. The Greek letter Ζ (lowercase ζ).

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Finnish

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Noun

zeta

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

Declension

Declension of zeta (type kala) singular plural nominative zeta zetat genitive zetan zetojen zetain1 partitive zetaa zetoja accusative zeta zetan zetat inessive zetassa zetoissa elative zetasta zetoista illative zetaan zetoihin adessive zetalla zetoilla ablative zetalta zetoilta allative zetalle zetoille essive zetana zetoina translative zetaksi zetoiksi instructive – zetoin abessive zetatta zetoitta comitative – zetoineen 1) Rare.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɛːta/
• Rhymes: -ɛːta
• Homophone: seta

Alternative forms

• seta

Noun

zeta f (genitive singular zetu, plural zetur)

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

Declension

declension of zeta

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

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Italian

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Noun

zeta m and f (invariable)

1. zeta; The letter Z/z in the Italian and Greek alphabets

Derived terms

• dalla a alla zeta - from the beginning to the end

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈzeː.ta/, X-SAMPA: /"ze:.ta/

Noun

zēta n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Greek letter zeta (Ζ, ζ).
2. The name of the letter Z.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), page 1

  The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (zēta).

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Noun

zȇta n (Cyrillic spelling зе̑та)

1. zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ

Declension

    declension of zeta

	singular	plural
nominative	zeta	zete
genitive	zete	zeta
dative	zeti	zetama
accusative	zetu	zete
vocative	zeto	zete
locative	zeti	zetama
instrumental	zetom	zetama

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian): IPA: /ˈθeta/
• (Others): IPA: /ˈseta/
• Homophone: seta (non-Castilian dialects)

Etymology 1

From the Latin zēta or its etymon, the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zēta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. the letter Z.
2. zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ

Synonyms

• (Greek letter zeta): dseda, dseta

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek θῆτα (thēta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ

Synonyms

• (Greek letter theta): theta, tita