θ

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See also: Θ, θ', ɵ, ө, ѳ, , and ϑ

θ U+03B8, θ
GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA
η
[U+03B7]
Greek and Coptic ι
[U+03B9]

Translingual

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θ

  1. (geometry) A plane angle.
  2. (IPA) a voiceless dental fricative.
  3. (superscript ⟨ᶿ⟩, IPA) [θ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [tᶿ], sometimes implying an affricate [t͜θ]); [θ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [θ].

Usage notes

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  • Not to be confused with ϐ (the curled beta).

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Derived from its majuscule counterpart Θ.

Letter

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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

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See also theta

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Comox

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Pronunciation

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  1. IPA(key): /θ/

Letter

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θ (no case)

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

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Greek

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Letter

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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

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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θ (no case)

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

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Romani

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Pronunciation

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

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θ (lower case, upper case ϴ)

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

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References

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  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “-θ-”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15