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eta¹
- /ˈiːtə/ Commonwealth, UK
- /ˈeɪtə/ US
Rhymes with -iːtə, -eɪtə
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).
noun etas
- The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek. Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked — a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H.
- A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.
eta²
- /ˈeɪtə/
Where it comes from
From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan).
noun etas · eta
- A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.
eta³
noun etas
- Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”).
ETA⁴
noun ETAs
- Initialism of estimated time of arrival We're even, as long as we're only counting today. Kilo 023, what's your ETA?
- Initialism of Electronic Travel Authorization, a type of electronic visa.
- Initialism of Elvis tribute artist, a professional impersonator who performs as Elvis Presley.
verb
- Initialism of edited to add
proper noun
- Acronym of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, a Basque separatist organization active from 1959 to 2018. They include northern Spain’s Catalan independence movement and political descendants of the Basque secessionist group ETA, who infuriated voters before local elections in May when they fielded 44 convicted terrorists as candidates, including seven found guilty of murder.
- Initialism of Electronic Travel Authority
Eta⁵
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of ETA The Basque terrorist group Eta, which killed more than 800 people during its four-decade armed campaign, has apologised for the suffering it caused and asked for the forgiveness of victims and their families as it prepares to dissolve. […] “We wish to show our respect for those who were killed or wo
eTA⁶
noun eTAs
- Alternative letter-case form of ETA (“Electronic Travel Authorization”)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gamma, pm, eea, pdt, lta, law, ats, arrival, hap, act, eff, hpa, tsi, pah, basque, taw
Translations
Talk about this word "eta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. eta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eta "eta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eta.Cite this
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title = {eta},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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