English

Proper noun

Zeta

1. A medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.

German

Noun

Zeta n ‎(genitive Zeta or Zetas, plural Zetas)

1. zeta (Greek letter)

Declension

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

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

Noun

zeta ‎(plural zetas)

1. 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))
2. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

   Zeta of 3 is irrational

Translations

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ceta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

zeta f ‎(plural zetes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Basque

Noun

zeta

1. stain

Catalan

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

zeta f ‎(plural zetes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
2. The Greek letter Ζ (lowercase ζ).

Finnish

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

zeta

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

Declension

Galician

Alternative forms

• ceta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Pronunciation

Noun

zeta m ‎(plural zetas)

1. zee/zed (name of the letter Z, z)

Hawaiian

Noun

zeta

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːta/
• Rhymes: -ɛːta
• Homophone: seta

Alternative forms

• seta

Noun

zeta f ‎(genitive singular zetu, nominative plural zetur)

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

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

zeta m, 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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.ta/

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

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/ī graeca/ypsilon (Y), zēta (Z)

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “zeta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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-inital prevocalic di.

Noun

zēta f ‎(genitive zētae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manuscript variant of diaeta

Declension

First declension.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dzeta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

zeta m (plural zetas)

1. zeta (Greek letter)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα ‎(zêta).

Noun

zȇta n ‎(Cyrillic spelling зе̑та)

1. zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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 ‎(thêta).

Noun

zeta f ‎(plural zetas)

1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ

Synonyms

• (Greek letter theta): theta, tita