name
Meaning 1
A short form of the female given name Ethel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
eth
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Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɛθ
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/ɛð/
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uncommon: /ɛθ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛð
noun
Meaning 2
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.
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of electric train heat/heating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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History
Etymology
The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ед (ed) — letter
- Faroese: edd — letter
- German: Eth — letter
- Icelandic: eð — letter
- Norwegian: edd — letter