"ゼット" meaning in All languages combined

See ゼット on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡ze̞t̚to̞] Forms: zetto [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English zed. The English word-final voiced sound /d/ is sometimes transcribed as if it was voiceless, as tto, instead of the usual (and more accurate) ddo, because Japanese didn’t have a voiced geminate. Perhaps also influenced by Dutch [zɛt], which ends in a voiceless sound. Some English words ending in the voiced sound /z/ are also transcribed as if they ended in the voiceless sound /s/ (e.g.: ニュース (nyūsu, “news”). Doublet of ゼータ (zēta, “zeta”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|zed}} Borrowed from English zed, {{der|ja|nl|-}} Dutch, {{doublet|ja|ゼータ|t1=zeta|tr1=zēta}} Doublet of ゼータ (zēta, “zeta”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ゼット • (zetto)
  1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z. Wikipedia link: ja: Synonyms: ズィー (zī) (english: zee) [rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "zed",
      "zed#English"
    ],
    [
      "voiced",
      "voiced"
    ],
    [
      "transcribe",
      "transcribe"
    ],
    [
      "voiceless",
      "voiceless"
    ],
    [
      "ニュース",
      "ニュース#Japanese"
    ],
    [
      "news",
      "news"
    ],
    [
      "ゼータ",
      "ゼータ#Japanese"
    ],
    [
      "zeta",
      "zeta"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "zed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English zed",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ゼータ",
        "t1": "zeta",
        "tr1": "zēta"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ゼータ (zēta, “zeta”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English zed. The English word-final voiced sound /d/ is sometimes transcribed as if it was voiceless, as tto, instead of the usual (and more accurate) ddo, because Japanese didn’t have a voiced geminate. Perhaps also influenced by Dutch [zɛt], which ends in a voiceless sound. Some English words ending in the voiced sound /z/ are also transcribed as if they ended in the voiceless sound /s/ (e.g.: ニュース (nyūsu, “news”). Doublet of ゼータ (zēta, “zeta”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zetto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ゼット • (zetto)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese katakana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Latin letter names",
          "orig": "ja:Latin letter names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The name of the Latin script letter Z/z."
      ],
      "id": "en-ゼット-ja-noun-RoUGpeYY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Z",
          "Z#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "z",
          "z#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "zee",
          "roman": "zī",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "translation": "zee",
          "word": "ズィー"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ja:"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ze̞t̚to̞]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ゼット"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ゼット"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "zed",
      "zed#English"
    ],
    [
      "voiced",
      "voiced"
    ],
    [
      "transcribe",
      "transcribe"
    ],
    [
      "voiceless",
      "voiceless"
    ],
    [
      "ニュース",
      "ニュース#Japanese"
    ],
    [
      "news",
      "news"
    ],
    [
      "ゼータ",
      "ゼータ#Japanese"
    ],
    [
      "zeta",
      "zeta"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "zed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English zed",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ゼータ",
        "t1": "zeta",
        "tr1": "zēta"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ゼータ (zēta, “zeta”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English zed. The English word-final voiced sound /d/ is sometimes transcribed as if it was voiceless, as tto, instead of the usual (and more accurate) ddo, because Japanese didn’t have a voiced geminate. Perhaps also influenced by Dutch [zɛt], which ends in a voiceless sound. Some English words ending in the voiced sound /z/ are also transcribed as if they ended in the voiceless sound /s/ (e.g.: ニュース (nyūsu, “news”). Doublet of ゼータ (zēta, “zeta”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zetto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ゼット • (zetto)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese doublets",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese katakana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms borrowed from English",
        "Japanese terms derived from Dutch",
        "Japanese terms derived from English",
        "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ja:Latin letter names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The name of the Latin script letter Z/z."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Z",
          "Z#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "z",
          "z#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ja:"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ze̞t̚to̞]"
    },
    {
      "other": "ゼット"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "zee",
      "roman": "zī",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "translation": "zee",
      "word": "ズィー"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ゼット"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ゼット meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.