eth

/ɛð/
noun 2name 1

Definitions

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

In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]

name

1

A short form of the female given name Ethel.

noun

1

Initialism of electric train heat/heating.

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