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eth

/ɛð/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

uncommon/ɛθ/

eth noun: a letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.

Noun (1)

eth (plural eths)

  1. A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
    • In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175

Noun (2) capitalized: ETH

ETH

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of electric train heat/heating.
    Synonyms:
    head end power

Proper noun capitalized: Eth

Eth

  1. A short form of the female given name Ethel.

eth meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada

eth in Hindi

ई. टी. एच

eth in Urdu

ایتھ

eth in Telugu

ఎథ్

eth in Kannada

ಎಥ್
More languagesFewer languages
eth in Punjabi
ਈ. ਟੀ. ਐੱਚ
eth in Nepali
ईथ

Synonyms of eth

  • head end power

Forms of eth

pluraleths
alternative formedh

Plural of eth: eths

Origin of eth

The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.

Words that rhyme with eth

Questions about eth

What does eth mean?
Eth means a letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
What is eth in Hindi?
Eth in Hindi is ई. टी. एच. See Eth meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eth?
Eth can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce eth?
Eth is pronounced /ɛð/.
What is the plural of eth?
The plural of eth is eths.

Words near eth in the dictionary

  1. etexts
  2. ETF
  3. ETFE
  4. ETFs
  5. ETG
  6. eth
  7. eth-
  8. Eth.
  9. ethaboxam
  10. ethacizine
  11. ethacridine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eth (page history and authors); ETH (page history and authors); Eth (page history and authors); eth (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eth (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eth (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eth (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eth (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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