zeta
English
edit← epsilon |
→ eta | |
Wikipedia article on zeta |
Etymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta). Doublet of zed.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈziː.tə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈzeɪtə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə
Noun
editzeta (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
Derived terms
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See also
edit- (Greek-script letter names) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega
Anagrams
editAsturian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
editzeta f (plural zetes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
- zeta (Greek letter)
Basque
editPronunciation
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Etymology 1
editNoun
editzeta inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
- zeta (Greek letter)
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | zeta | zeta | zetak |
ergative | zetak | zetak | zetek |
dative | zetari | zetari | zetei |
genitive | zetaren | zetaren | zeten |
comitative | zetarekin | zetarekin | zetekin |
causative | zetarengatik | zetarengatik | zetengatik |
benefactive | zetarentzat | zetarentzat | zetentzat |
instrumental | zetaz | zetaz | zetez |
inessive | zetatan | zetan | zetetan |
locative | zetatako | zetako | zetetako |
allative | zetatara | zetara | zetetara |
terminative | zetataraino | zetaraino | zetetaraino |
directive | zetatarantz | zetarantz | zetetarantz |
destinative | zetatarako | zetarako | zetetarako |
ablative | zetatatik | zetatik | zetetatik |
partitive | zetarik | — | — |
prolative | zetatzat | — | — |
See also
edit- (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Latin saeta (“bristle, silk”).
Noun
editzeta inan
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | zeta | zeta | zetak |
ergative | zetak | zetak | zetek |
dative | zetari | zetari | zetei |
genitive | zetaren | zetaren | zeten |
comitative | zetarekin | zetarekin | zetekin |
causative | zetarengatik | zetarengatik | zetengatik |
benefactive | zetarentzat | zetarentzat | zetentzat |
instrumental | zetaz | zetaz | zetez |
inessive | zetatan | zetan | zetetan |
locative | zetatako | zetako | zetetako |
allative | zetatara | zetara | zetetara |
terminative | zetataraino | zetaraino | zetetaraino |
directive | zetatarantz | zetarantz | zetetarantz |
destinative | zetatarako | zetarako | zetetarako |
ablative | zetatatik | zetatik | zetetatik |
partitive | zetarik | — | — |
prolative | zetatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “zeta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “zeta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzeta f (plural zetes)
Further reading
edit- “zeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “zeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “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
editEtymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzeta
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
Declension
editInflection 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editzeta m (plural zetas)
Hawaiian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editzeta
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
Icelandic
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editzeta f (genitive singular zetu, nominative plural zetur)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
- zeta (Greek letter)
Declension
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom the Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew זין (zayin).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzeta m or f (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.; zed, zee
- the name of the Greek script letter Ζ/ζ; zeta
Derived terms
editSee also
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.ta/, [ˈz̪eːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.ta/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːt̪ä]
Etymology 1
editFrom the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
editzēta f (indeclinable)
Coordinate terms
edit- (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
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: zeta (learned)
- → English: zeta (learned)
- → French: zêta (learned)
- → Romanian: zeta
- Old French: zede
- → Galician: zeta (learned)
- → Icelandic: zeta (learned)
- → Spanish: zeta (learned)
- → Swedish: zäta (learned)
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References
edit- “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
editIn third- and fourth-century writings of the Late Latin period, Z often represented word-initial prevocalic di.
Noun
editzēta f (genitive zētae); first declension
- (Late Latin) manuscript variant of diaeta
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ze‧ta
Noun
editzeta m (plural zetas)
- zeta (name of the Greek letter Ζ, ζ)
See also
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editzeta m (plural zeta)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
editzȇta n (Cyrillic spelling зе̑та)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editzeta (Cyrillic spelling зета)
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeta/ [ˈθe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈseta/ [ˈse.t̪a]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ze‧ta
- Homophone: (Latin America) seta
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Spanish ceda, from Latin zēta or its etymon, Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Noun
editzeta f (plural zetas)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).
Noun
editzeta f (plural zetas)
Further reading
edit- “zeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish zeta, the Spanish name of the letter Z/z, from Latin zēta or Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈzeta/ [ˈzɛː.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ze‧ta
Noun
editzeta (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ) (historical)
- the name of the Latin-script letter Z/z, in the Abecedario
- Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) zi
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːtə
- Rhymes:English/iːtə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/eɪtə
- Rhymes:English/eɪtə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Mathematics
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Greek letter names
- Asturian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Asturian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- ast:Latin letter names
- ast:Greek letter names
- Basque terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Basque/eta
- Rhymes:Basque/eta/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Basque/a
- Rhymes:Basque/a/2 syllables
- Basque terms borrowed from Spanish
- Basque terms derived from Spanish
- Basque lemmas
- Basque nouns
- Basque inanimate nouns
- eu:Latin letter names
- eu:Greek letter names
- Basque terms borrowed from Latin
- Basque terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Latin letter names
- ca:Greek letter names
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/etɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/etɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with Z
- fi:Latin letter names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Galician terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms with audio pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician nouns with irregular gender
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Latin letter names
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Hawaiian terms spelled with T
- Hawaiian terms spelled with Z
- haw:Latin letter names
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːta
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːta/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic terms spelled with Z
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Latin letter names
- is:Greek letter names
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Hebrew
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛta
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛta/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- it:Latin letter names
- it:Greek letter names
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin indeclinable nouns
- Latin feminine indeclinable nouns
- Latin terms spelled with Z
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Late Latin
- la:Greek letter names
- la:Latin letter names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Greek letter names
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian neuter nouns
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian noun forms
- sh:Greek letter names
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eta
- Rhymes:Spanish/eta/2 syllables
- Spanish terms with homophones
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- es:Greek letter names
- es:Latin letter names
- Spanish terms spelled with ze or zi
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Latin
- Tagalog terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eta
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eta/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with Z
- Tagalog historical terms
- tl:Latin letter names