English Explanatory Dictionary

eth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
name
  1. A short form of the female given name Ethel.
noun
  1. Initialism of electric train heat/heating.

Pronunciation

/ɛð/ /ɛθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eth.wav

Word forms

eth eths edh

Etymology

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

Synonyms

head end power

Related words

thorn þorn þ wynn wen ƿ
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