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eth^¹

/ɛð/
/ɛθ/ uncommon

Rhymes with -ɛð

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The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.

noun eths · edh

A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language. In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]

Eth^²

Rhymes with -ɛθ

proper noun

A short form of the female given name Ethel.

ETH^³

noun

UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of electric train heat/heating
Similar: head end power

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ethernet, bra, œthel, ethel, thulr, thein, old icelandic, thegn, elder futhark, icelandish, airth, theah, thyle, frithstow, fridstol, oic.

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"eth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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eth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eth

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"eth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eth.

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@misc{eth_2026,
  title = {eth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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