ethe
/ˈiːθiː/noun
ethe is a noun meaning “plural of ethos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-T-H-E, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ethe mean?
noun
- 1
plural of ethos
adjective
- 1
obsoleteeasy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ethe?
- /ˈiːθiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ethe
- more ethe comparative
- most ethe superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ethe?
Ethe appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ethe come from?
From the Ancient Greek ἤθη (ḗthē), the contracted nominative plural form of ἦθος (êthos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).