name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈzɛtə/
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rhymes with -ɛtə
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈziː.tə/
General-American:/ˈzeɪtə/
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rhymes with -iːtə
rhymes with -eɪtə
CMU ARPABET:Z EY1 T AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Acronym of zero-energy thermonuclear assembly/apparatus (“a torus-shaped reactor used in the mid-20th century to carry out experiments in plasma physics and temperature-controlled thermonuclear reactions”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A mathematical function, formally known as the Riemann zeta function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
Zeta of 3 is irrational
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
noun
Meaning 6
the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
History
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta). Doublet of zed.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
زِيتَا
(zītā)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Asturian:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Bulgarian:
зе́та
(zéta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Catalan:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Chinese Mandarin:
澤塔 /泽塔
(zétǎ)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Chinese Mandarin:
截塔
(jiétǎ)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Czech:
zéta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Dutch:
zèta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Esperanto:
zeto
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Finnish:
zeeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Finnish:
tseeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
French:
zêta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
French:
dzêta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
German:
Zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Greek:
ζήτα
(zíta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Ancient Greek:
ζῆτα
(zêta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Hebrew:
זֵיתָא
(zéta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Hungarian:
dzéta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Ido:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Interlingua:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Italian:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Japanese:
ゼータ
(zēta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Korean:
제타
(jeta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Malay:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Persian:
زتا
(zetâ)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Polish:
dzeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Portuguese:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Portuguese:
dzeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Russian:
дзе́та
(dzɛ́ta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Russian:
зи́та
(zíta)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Sicilian:
zita
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Spanish:
dseta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Spanish:
zeta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Tagalog:
seta
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Thai:
ซีตา
(sii-dtâa)
— sixth letter of the Greek alphabet
Bulgarian:
зе́та
(zéta)
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Catalan:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Dutch:
zèta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Finnish:
zeeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
German:
Zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Greek:
ζήτα
(zíta)
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Ancient Greek:
ζῆτα
(zêta)
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Hungarian:
dzéta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Ido:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Interlingua:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Italian:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Latin:
zēta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Malay:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Portuguese:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Portuguese:
dzeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Russian:
дзе́та
(dzɛ́ta)
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Sicilian:
zita
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Spanish:
dseda
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Spanish:
zeta
— Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet
Finnish:
zeeta-funktio
— mathematical function
Russian:
дзе́та-фу́нкция
(dzéta-fúnkcija)
— mathematical function
