eth
A letter introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Eth
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, sucThe sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.
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