different between zeta vs geta

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta). Doublet of zed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?zi?.t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ze?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?, -e?t?

Noun

zeta (plural zetas)

1. The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (? (Z), ? (z)) preceded by epsilon (? (E), ? (e)) and followed by eta, (? (I), ? (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (? (W), ? (w))
2. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

   Zeta of 3 is irrational

Translations

Anagrams

• zate

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ceta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?e.ta/

Etymology 1

Noun

zeta inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish seda (“silk”).

Noun

zeta inan

1. silk

Declension

Further reading

• “zeta” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “zeta” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?z?.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?z?.ta/

Noun

zeta f (plural zetes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. The Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).

Further reading

• “zeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zeta” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “zeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tset?/, [?ts?e?t??]
• IPA^(key): /?zet?/, [?ze?t??]
• Rhymes: -et?
• Syllabification: ze?ta

Noun

zeta

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

Declension

Galician

Alternative forms

• ceta

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Pronunciation

Noun

zeta m (plural zetas)

1. zee/zed (name of the letter Z, z)

Hawaiian

Noun

zeta

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• seta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??ta/
• Rhymes: -??ta
• Homophone: seta

Noun

zeta f (genitive singular zetu, nominative plural zetur)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
2. zeta (Greek letter)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin z?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta), from Hebrew ???? (zayin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?z?.ta/
• Rhymes: -?ta
• Hyphenation: zè?ta

Noun

zeta m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z.; zed, zee
2. The name of the Greek script letter ?/?; zeta

Derived terms

• dalla a alla zeta

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ze?.ta/, [?d??z?e?t?ä]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?ze?.ta/, [?ze?ta]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d?ze.ta/, [?d??z???t??]

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

z?ta f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Greek letter zeta (?, ?).
2. The name of the letter Z.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ?, b?, c?, d?, ?, ef, g?, h? / *acca, ?, k?, el, em, en, ?, p?, k?, er, es, t?, ?, ix / ?x / ex, ? / ? graeca / ?ps?lon, z?ta

References

• zeta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zeta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• zeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), 1:

  The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (z?ta).

Etymology 2

In third- and fourth-century writings of the Late Latin period, Z often represented word-initial prevocalic di.

Noun

z?ta f (genitive z?tae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manuscript variant of diaeta

Declension

First-declension noun.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dzeta (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

zeta m (plural zetas)

1. zeta (name of the Greek letter ?, ?)

See also

• zê

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

z?ta n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. zeta; the Greek letter ?, ?

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

zeta (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive/accusative singular of zet

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??eta/, [??e.t?a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?seta/, [?se.t?a]
• Homophone: seta (non-Castilian)

Etymology 1

From Latin z?ta or its etymon, Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. the letter Z
2. zeta; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonyms: dseda, dseta

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (thêta).

Noun

zeta f (plural zetas)

1. theta; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonyms: theta, tita

Further reading

• “zeta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (geta).

Noun

geta (plural getas or geta)

1. A Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
   • 1982 July, Robert Dillon, Geta As A Karate Training Tool, Black Belt, page 70,

     The Japanese geta or wooden sandal is a superb, though little-utilized, tool for training in the martial arts. […] The geta are flat, wooden sandals raised on vertical slats.

2. (game of Go) A technique for capturing stones by enclosing them in a “net” preventing them from escaping in any direction.

Synonyms

• (capturing technique in Go): net

Translations

See also

• zori

Anagrams

• -gate, EGTA, ETag, GATE, Gate, Geat, e-tag, gate, geat

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geta (whence also English get), from Proto-Germanic *getan?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“take, seize”). Compare Danish gide, Swedish gitta, English get.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?c??ta/ ()
• Rhymes: -??ta

Verb

geta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gat, third-person plural past indicative gátum, supine getað/getið)

1. (auxiliary verb) to be able

2. (only in elevated speech) to father, to beget
   • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)

     Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.

     When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• Geta (1) requires the supine (sagnbót) form of an accompanying verb, rather than the bare infinitive.
  • Incorrect: Ég get ekki segja þér hvers vegna.
  • Correct: Ég get ekki sagt þér hvers vegna.
    • I cannot tell you why.
• The supine of geta (1) is getað, the supine of geta (2) is getið
  • Hann hefur ekki getað talað við son sinn.
    • He has not been able to speak with his son; he hasn't gotten to speak with his son".
  • Hann hefur getið son.
    • He has begotten a son.

Derived terms

• eins og hann frekast gat
• eins og nærri má geta

See also

• valda

Noun

geta f (genitive singular getu, nominative plural getur)

1. ability

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay geta, from Persian ??? (kat, “throne”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???ta]
• Hyphenation: gê?ta

Noun

gêta (first-person possessive getaku, second-person possessive getamu, third-person possessive getanya)

1. (Classical Indonesian) throne.

   Synonyms: takhta, singgasana

Further reading

• “geta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

geta

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Malay

Noun

geta (Jawi spelling ????, plural geta-geta, informal 1st possessive getaku, impolite 2nd possessive getamu, 3rd possessive getanya)

1. dais, throne

Further reading

• “geta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *getan?.

Verb

geta (singular past indicative gat, plural past indicative gátu, past participle getinn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to get
2. (transitive, with genitive) to guess

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• geta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Phuthi

Verb

-geta

1. to add

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (geta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??eta/, [??e.t?a]

Noun

geta f (plural getas)

1. (clothing) geta

Etymology 2

From Latin Geta, from Ancient Greek ????? (Gét?s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xeta/, [?xe.t?a]
• Homophones: jeta

Noun

geta m or f (plural getas)

1. (demonym) Geat