Source Word
eth
IPA(Pronunciation)
Noun
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.
Japanese Meaning
古英語で歯擦音(特に有声音歯摩擦音)を表現するために導入された文字。大文字はÐ、小文字はðと表記される。 / 現代ではアイスランド語や国際音声記号(IPA)などで、英語の『then』に見られる有声音歯摩擦音を示すために使用される。 / また、ファロー語においても使用されるが、その場合は一般的に発音されない。
Sense(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.
( plural )