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zeta

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See also:ZETA,Zeta,zéta,zèta,zêta,żęta,andżętą

English

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

zeta (pluralzetas)

The sixth letter of the modernGreek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded byepsilon (Ε, ε) and followed byeta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded bydigamma (Ϝ, ϝ)
(mathematics) A mathematicalfunction, formally known as theRiemann zeta function.
Zeta of 3 is irrational

Derived terms

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Translations

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sixth letter of the Greek alphabet

Arabic:زِيتَا f(zītā)
Asturian:zeta (ast) f
Bulgarian:зе́та f(zéta)
Catalan:zeta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin:澤塔 /泽塔 (zh)(zétǎ),截塔 (zh)(jiétǎ)
Czech:zéta
Dutch:zèta (nl) m or f
Esperanto:zeto (eo)
Finnish:zeeta (fi),tseeta
French:zêta m,dzêta (fr) m
German:Zeta (de) n
Greek:ζήτα (el) n(zíta)
Ancient:ζῆτα n(zêta)
Hebrew:זֵיתָא f(zéta)
Hungarian:dzéta (hu)
Ido:zeta (io)
Interlingua:zeta
Italian:zeta (it) m or f
Japanese:ゼータ (ja)(zēta)
Korean:제타 (ko)(jeta)
Malay:zeta
Persian:زتا (fa)(zetâ)
Polish:dzeta (pl) f
Portuguese:zeta (pt) m,dzeta m
Russian:дзе́та (ru) f(dzɛ́ta),зи́та (ru) f(zíta)
Sicilian:zita (scn) m or f
Spanish:dseta (es) f,zeta (es) f
Tagalog:seta (tl)
Thai:ซีตา(sii-dtâa)

Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet

Bulgarian:зе́та f(zéta)
Catalan:zeta (ca) f
Dutch:zèta (nl) m or f
Finnish:zeeta (fi)
German:Zeta (de) n
Greek:ζήτα (el) n(zíta)
Ancient:ζῆτα n(zêta)
Hungarian:dzéta (hu)
Ido:zeta (io)
Interlingua:zeta
Italian:zeta (it) m
Latin:zēta (la)
Malay:zeta
Portuguese:zeta (pt) m,dzeta m
Russian:дзе́та (ru) f(dzɛ́ta)
Sicilian:zita (scn) m
Spanish:dseda f,zeta (es) f

mathematical function

Finnish:zeeta-funktio
Russian:дзе́та-фу́нкция (ru) f(dzéta-fúnkcija)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua:^{(pleaseverify)}zeta

Anagrams

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zate

Asturian

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Alternative forms

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ceta

Etymology

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From theAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Noun

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zeta f (pluralzetes)

The name of theLatin-script letterZ/z.
zeta(Greek letter)

Basque

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /s̻eta/[s̻e.t̪a]

IPA^(key): (most dialects)/s̻eta/[s̻e.t̪a]
IPA^(key): (Biscayan)/s̺eta/[s̺e.t̪a]

Rhymes:-eta,-a
Hyphenation:ze‧ta

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromSpanishzeta.

Noun

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zeta inan

The name of the Latin-script letterZ/z.
zeta(Greek letter)

Declension

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Declension ofzeta(inan a-stem)
	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	zeta	zeta	zetak	zetok
ergative	zetak	zetak	zetek	zetok
dative	zetari	zetari	zetei	zetoi
genitive	zetaren	zetaren	zeten	zeton
comitative	zetarekin	zetarekin	zetekin	zetokin
causative	zetarengatik	zetarengatik	zetengatik	zetongatik
benefactive	zetarentzat	zetarentzat	zetentzat	zetontzat
instrumental	zetaz	zetaz	zetez	zetotaz
innesive	zetatan	zetan	zetetan	zetotan
locative	zetatako	zetako	zetetako	zetotako
allative	zetatara	zetara	zetetara	zetotara
terminative	zetataraino	zetaraino	zetetaraino	zetotaraino
directive	zetatarantz	zetarantz	zetetarantz	zetotarantz
destinative	zetatarako	zetarako	zetetarako	zetotarako
ablative	zetatatik	zetatik	zetetatik	zetotatik
partitive	zetarik	—	—	—
prolative	zetatzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromLatinsaeta(“bristle, silk”).

Noun

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zeta inan

silk
Synonym:ziriku

Declension

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Declension ofzeta(inan a-stem)
	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	zeta	zeta	zetak	zetok
ergative	zetak	zetak	zetek	zetok
dative	zetari	zetari	zetei	zetoi
genitive	zetaren	zetaren	zeten	zeton
comitative	zetarekin	zetarekin	zetekin	zetokin
causative	zetarengatik	zetarengatik	zetengatik	zetongatik
benefactive	zetarentzat	zetarentzat	zetentzat	zetontzat
instrumental	zetaz	zetaz	zetez	zetotaz
innesive	zetatan	zetan	zetetan	zetotan
locative	zetatako	zetako	zetetako	zetotako
allative	zetatara	zetara	zetetara	zetotara
terminative	zetataraino	zetaraino	zetetaraino	zetotaraino
directive	zetatarantz	zetarantz	zetetarantz	zetotarantz
destinative	zetatarako	zetarako	zetetarako	zetotarako
ablative	zetatatik	zetatik	zetetatik	zetotatik
partitive	zetarik	—	—	—
prolative	zetatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central)[ˈzɛ.tə]
IPA^(key): (Balearic)[ˈze.tə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ˈze.ta]

Noun

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zeta f (pluralzetes)

The name of theLatin-script letterZ/z.
theGreek letterΖ (lowercaseζ)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From theAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtsetɑ/,[ˈts̠e̞t̪ɑ̝]
IPA^(key): /ˈzetɑ/,[ˈze̞t̪ɑ̝]
Rhymes:-etɑ
Syllabification^(key):ze‧ta
Hyphenation^(key):ze‧ta

Noun

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zeta

The name of theLatin-script letterZ/z.

Declension

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Inflection ofzeta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		zeta	zetat
genitive		zetan	zetojen
partitive		zetaa	zetoja
illative		zetaan	zetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		zeta	zetat
accusative	nom.	zeta	zetat
accusative	gen.	zetan	zetat
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.

Possessive forms ofzeta(Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		zetani	zetani
accusative	nom.	zetani	zetani
accusative	gen.	zetani	zetani
genitive		zetani	zetojeni zetaini^rare
partitive		zetaani	zetojani
inessive		zetassani	zetoissani
elative		zetastani	zetoistani
illative		zetaani	zetoihini
adessive		zetallani	zetoillani
ablative		zetaltani	zetoiltani
allative		zetalleni	zetoilleni
essive		zetanani	zetoinani
translative		zetakseni	zetoikseni
abessive		zetattani	zetoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	zetoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		zetasi	zetasi
accusative	nom.	zetasi	zetasi
accusative	gen.	zetasi	zetasi
genitive		zetasi	zetojesi zetaisi^rare
partitive		zetaasi	zetojasi
inessive		zetassasi	zetoissasi
elative		zetastasi	zetoistasi
illative		zetaasi	zetoihisi
adessive		zetallasi	zetoillasi
ablative		zetaltasi	zetoiltasi
allative		zetallesi	zetoillesi
essive		zetanasi	zetoinasi
translative		zetaksesi	zetoiksesi
abessive		zetattasi	zetoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	zetoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		zetamme	zetamme
accusative	nom.	zetamme	zetamme
accusative	gen.	zetamme	zetamme
genitive		zetamme	zetojemme zetaimme^rare
partitive		zetaamme	zetojamme
inessive		zetassamme	zetoissamme
elative		zetastamme	zetoistamme
illative		zetaamme	zetoihimme
adessive		zetallamme	zetoillamme
ablative		zetaltamme	zetoiltamme
allative		zetallemme	zetoillemme
essive		zetanamme	zetoinamme
translative		zetaksemme	zetoiksemme
abessive		zetattamme	zetoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	zetoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		zetanne	zetanne
accusative	nom.	zetanne	zetanne
accusative	gen.	zetanne	zetanne
genitive		zetanne	zetojenne zetainne^rare
partitive		zetaanne	zetojanne
inessive		zetassanne	zetoissanne
elative		zetastanne	zetoistanne
illative		zetaanne	zetoihinne
adessive		zetallanne	zetoillanne
ablative		zetaltanne	zetoiltanne
allative		zetallenne	zetoillenne
essive		zetananne	zetoinanne
translative		zetaksenne	zetoiksenne
abessive		zetattanne	zetoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	zetoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		zetansa	zetansa
accusative	nom.	zetansa	zetansa
accusative	gen.	zetansa	zetansa
genitive		zetansa	zetojensa zetainsa^rare
partitive		zetaansa	zetojaan zetojansa
inessive		zetassaan zetassansa	zetoissaan zetoissansa
elative		zetastaan zetastansa	zetoistaan zetoistansa
illative		zetaansa	zetoihinsa
adessive		zetallaan zetallansa	zetoillaan zetoillansa
ablative		zetaltaan zetaltansa	zetoiltaan zetoiltansa
allative		zetalleen zetallensa	zetoilleen zetoillensa
essive		zetanaan zetanansa	zetoinaan zetoinansa
translative		zetakseen zetaksensa	zetoikseen zetoiksensa
abessive		zetattaan zetattansa	zetoittaan zetoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	zetoineen zetoinensa

Galician

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Alternative forms

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ceta

Etymology

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From theAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Noun

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zeta m (pluralzetas)

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

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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zeta

The name of theLatin-script letterZ/z.

Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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seta

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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zeta f (genitive singularzetu,nominative pluralzetur)

The name of theLatin-script letterZ/z.
zeta(Greek letter)

Declension

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Declension ofzeta (feminine)
	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

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Etymology

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From theLatinzēta, fromAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta), fromHebrewזין(zayin).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɛ.ta/
Rhymes:-ɛta
Hyphenation:zè‧ta

Noun

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zeta m or f (invariable)

The name of theLatin-script letterZ/z.;zed,zee
the name of theGreek script letterΖ/ζ;zeta

Derived terms

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dalla a alla zeta

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈzeː.ta]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛː.t̪a]

Etymology 1

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From theAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Noun

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zēta f (indeclinable)

The name of the Greek letterzeta (Ζ,ζ).
The name of the letterZ.

Coordinate terms

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(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

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Descendants

→ Catalan:zeta(learned)
→ English:zeta(learned)
→ French:zêta(learned)
- → Romanian:zeta
Old French:zede
- Middle English:zed,zedde,zede
  - English:zed
    - → Greek:ζεντ(zent)
    - → Hindi:ज़ेड(zeḍ)
    - → Japanese:ゼット(zetto),ゼッド(zeddo)
    - → Korean:제드(jedeu)
    - → Malay:zed
    - → Marathi:जेड(jeḍ)
    - → Russian:зэд(zɛd)
    - → Thai:แซด(sɛ̂t)
    - → Welsh:sèd
- French:zède
→ Galician:zeta(learned)
→ Icelandic:zeta(learned)
→ Spanish:zeta(learned)
→ Swedish:zäta(learned)

Unsorted:

→ Arabic:زِيد(zīd),دْزِيتَا(dzītā)
→ Dutch:zet
→ Faroese:sett,setta
→ Finnish:tseta,tset,zeta,zet
→ German:Zet,Zett
- → Czech:zet
- → Russian:зэт(zɛt),цэт(cɛt)
- → Ukrainian:зет(zet)
→ Hawaiian:zeta
→ Hebrew:זֵד(zed)
Italian:zeta
→ Malay:zet
Occitan:izèda
→ Persian:زد(zed)
→ Polish:zet

References

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“zeta”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"zeta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“zeta”, inGaffiot, 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

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In third- and fourth-century writings of theLate Latin period,Z often represented word-initialprevocalicdi.

Noun

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zēta f (genitivezētae);first declension

(Late Latin)manuscript variant ofdiaeta

Declension

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First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zēta	zētae
genitive	zētae	zētārum
dative	zētae	zētīs
accusative	zētam	zētās
ablative	zētā	zētīs
vocative	zēta	zētae

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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dzeta(uncommon)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.tɐ/

Hyphenation:ze‧ta

Noun

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zeta m (pluralzetas)

zeta(name of the Greek letter Ζ, ζ)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchzèta.

Noun

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zeta m (pluralzeta)

zeta

Declension

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Declension ofzeta
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	zeta	zetaul	zeta	zetai
genitive-dative	zeta	zetaului	zeta	zetalor
vocative	zetaule		zetalor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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From theAncient Greekζῆτα(zêta).

Noun

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zȇta n (Cyrillic spellingзе̑та)

zeta; the Greek letterΖ,ζ

Declension

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Noun

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zeta (Cyrillic spellingзета)

genitive/accusativesingular ofzet

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈθeta/[ˈθe.t̪a](Spain)
IPA^(key): /ˈseta/[ˈse.t̪a](Latin America,Philippines)
- Audio(Spain): (file)
- Syllabification:ze‧ta
- Homophone:(Latin America)seta
IPA^(key): /ˈtseta/[ˈt̪se.t̪a]
Rhymes:-eta