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Eth



Table of contents
1 Alternative spellings
2 Etymology
3 Pronunciation
4 Noun
5 See also

Alternative spellings

Etymology

The name of the letter is by analogy with other letter names, such as those of
f, l, and m.

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 | IPA || /ɛð/ |- | SAMPA || /ED/ |}

Noun

eth
  1. a letter of the Latin alphabet (capital Ð, small ð), introduced in Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, but in modern use (in Icelandic, Faroese, and phonetics) represents only the voiced dental fricative, as in English then.

See also




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