"eta" meaning in English

See eta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈiːtə/ [Commonwealth, UK], /ˈeɪtə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eta (ee).wav , En-us-eta.ogg Forms: etas [plural]
enPR: ēʹtə [Commonwealth, UK], āʹtə [US] Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἦτα}} Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eta (plural etas)
  1. The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek. Categories (topical): Greek letter names, People Translations (Greek letter): ἦτα (êta) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), إِتَا (ʔitā) [feminine] (Arabic), eta (Asturian), eta [feminine] (Catalan), 艾塔 (àitǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 伊塔 (yītǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), éta [neuter] (Czech), èta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), eto (Esperanto), eta [neuter] (Faroese), eeta (Finnish), êta [masculine] (French), Eta [neuter] (German), ήτα (íta) [neuter] (Greek), éta (Hungarian), eta [feminine, neuter] (Icelandic), eta (Interlingua), エータ (ēta) (Japanese), イタ (ita) (Japanese), 에타 (eta) (Korean), е́та (éta) [feminine] (Macedonian), eta (Malay), eta [feminine] (Polish), eta [masculine] (Portuguese), э́та (éta) [feminine] (Russian), и́та (íta) [Greek, feminine, modern] (Russian), eta [feminine] (Spanish), eta [neuter] (Swedish), eta (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-eta-en-noun-5ITpV0rO Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 77 7 9 7 Disambiguation of People: 62 0 34 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 24 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 12 21 14 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 52 13 23 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 24 entries: 1 4 2 1 3 35 6 13 13 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 2 1 2 43 7 16 10 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'Greek letter': 87 13
  2. (physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin. Categories (topical): Subatomic particles
    Sense id: en-eta-en-noun-t0zjINDy Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dirichlet eta function, eta conversion, eta meson, eta prime, eta reduction Related terms: heta
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪtə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eta (ei).wav Forms: etas [plural], eta [plural]
enPR: āʹtə Etymology: From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ja|穢多||full of filth|sc=Jpan}} Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”), {{q|literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan}} (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|eta}} eta (plural etas or eta)
  1. A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people. Categories (place): Japan
    Sense id: en-eta-en-noun-a2Br2E6w Disambiguation of Japan: 12 3 82 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: etas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eta (plural etas)
  1. Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ita (extra: kind of palm tree)
    Sense id: en-eta-en-noun-Z16oBJfB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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