θ

Symbol

θ

1. (geometry) A plane angle.
2. (IPA) a voiceless dental fricative.
3. (superscript ⟨ᶿ⟩, IPA) [θ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [tᶿ], sometimes implying an affricate [t͜θ]); [θ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [θ].

See also

• θ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Θ.

Letter

θ • (th) (lowercase, uppercase Θ)

1. Lower-case theta (θῆτα), the 8th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiceless aspirated dental or alveolar plosive /tʰ/ and later the voiceless dental fricative /θ/. It is preceded by η and followed by ι.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /θ/

Letter

θ (no case)

1. A letter of the Comox alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

θ • (th) (lowercase, uppercase Θ)

1. The lower case letter theta (θήτα), the eighth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• θ΄
• ͵θ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θ/

Letter

θ (no case)

1. (Musqueam) A letter of the Halkomelem alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (after n) /d/, (after any other letter) /t/

Letter

θ (lower case, upper case ϴ)

1. (International Standard) Used to represent -θar and -θe.

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “-θ-”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15