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Translingual
Symbol
θ
( geometry ) A plane angle .
( IPA ) a voiceless dental fricative .
( superscript ⟨ᶿ⟩ , IPA ) -fricated release of a plosive (e.g. , sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
Usage notes
Not to be confused with ϐ (the curled beta).
See also
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from its majuscule counterpart Θ .
Letter
θ • (th ) (lowercase , uppercase Θ )
Lower-case theta (θῆτα ), the 8th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet . It represented the voiceless aspirated dental or alveolar plosive /tʰ/ and later the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ . It is preceded by η and followed by ι .
Derived terms
See also theta
See also
( Greek-script letters) Α α , Β β , Γ γ , Δ δ , Ε ε , Ζ ζ , Η η , Θ θ , Ι ι , Κ κ , Λ λ , Μ μ , Ν ν , Ξ ξ , Ο ο , Π π , Ρ ρ , Σ σ ς , Τ τ , Υ υ , Φ φ , Χ χ , Ψ ψ , Ω ω
( non-Classical letters ) Ϝ ϝ , Ͷ ͷ , Ͱ ͱ , Ϻ ϻ , Ϙ ϙ , Ͳ ͳ
( punctuation ) · ;
( diacritics ) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
Comox
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /θ/
Letter
θ (upper case ϴ )
A letter of the Comox alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Greek
Letter
θ • (th ) (lowercase , uppercase Θ )
The lower case letter theta (θήτα ), the eighth letter of the modern Greek alphabet .
See also
( Greek-script letters) Α α , Β β , Γ γ , Δ δ , Ε ε , Ζ ζ , Η η , Θ θ , Ι ι , Κ κ , Λ λ , Μ μ , Ν ν , Ξ ξ , Ο ο , Π π , Ρ ρ , Σ σ ς , Τ τ , Υ υ , Φ φ , Χ χ , Ψ ψ , Ω ω
( non-Classical letters ) Ϝ ϝ , Ͷ ͷ , Ͱ ͱ , Ϻ ϻ , Ϙ ϙ , Ͳ ͳ
( punctuation ) · ;
( diacritics ) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
θ΄
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Halkomelem
Pronunciation
Letter
θ (upper case ϴ )
A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.
Romani
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( after n ) /d/ , ( after any other letter ) /t/
Letter
θ (lower case , upper case ϴ )
( International Standard ) Used to represent -θar and -θe .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , X x , I i , J j , K k , Kh kh , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Ph ph , R r , S s , T t , Th th , U u , V v , Z z International Standard: (À à , Ä ä , Ǎ ǎ ), Ć ć , Ćh ćh , (È è , Ë ë , Ě ě ), (Ì ì , Ï ï , Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò , Ö ö , Ǒ ǒ ), Rr rr , Ś ś , (Ù ù , Ü ü , Ǔ ǔ ), Ź ź , Ʒ ʒ , Q q , Ç ç , ϴ θ . Pan-Vlax: Č č , Čh čh , Dž dž , (Dź dź ), Ř ř , Š š , (Ś ś ), Ž ž , (Ź ź ) .
References
Yūsuke Sumi (2018 ) “-θ- ”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy) ] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN , page 15