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See also: Θ, θ', ɵ, ө, ѳ, , and ϑ

θ U+03B8, θ
GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA
η
Greek and Coptic ι

Translingual

Symbol

θ

  1. (geometry) A plane angle.
  2. (IPA) a voiceless dental fricative.
  3. (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).

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Θ.

Letter

θ (th) (lowercase, uppercase Θ)

  1. 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

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Comox

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /θ/

Letter

θ (no case)

  1. A letter of the Comox alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Greek

Letter

θ (th) (lowercase, uppercase Θ)

  1. The lower case letter theta (θήτα), the eighth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

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Halkomelem

Pronunciation

Letter

θ (no case)

  1. (Musqueam) A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.

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Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (after n) /d/, (after any other letter) /t/

Letter

θ (lower case, upper case ϴ)

  1. (International Standard) Used to represent -θar and -θe.

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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