zeta

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈziː.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzeɪtə/

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• Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə

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

• zate

• ceta

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

zeta f (plural zetes)

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

zeta

1. stain

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.ta/

zeta f (plural zetes)

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

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsetɑ/, [ˈt̪s̠e̞t̪ɑ]

zeta

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

• ceta

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

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zeta m (plural zetas)

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

zeta

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

• seta

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

zeta f (genitive singular zetu, nominative plural zetur)

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

From the Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew זין‎ (zayin).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zɛ.ta/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːt̪ä]
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Stress: zèta
• Hyphenation: ze‧ta

zeta m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.; zed, zee
2. The name of the Greek script letter Ζ/ζ; zeta

• dalla a alla zeta

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.ta/

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

zēta n (indeclinable)

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

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• 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)
• 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).

In third- and fourth-century writings of the Late Latin period, Z often represented word-inital prevocalic di.

zēta f (genitive zētae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manuscript variant of diaeta

First declension.

• dzeta (uncommon)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

zeta m (plural zetas)

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

• zê

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

zȇta n (Cyrillic spelling зе̑та)

1. zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθeta/, [ˈθet̪a]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈseta/, [ˈset̪a]

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• Homophone: seta (non-Castilian)

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

zeta f (plural zetas)

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

   Synonyms: dseda, dseta

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ

   Synonyms: theta, tita

• “zeta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.