zêta
French, noun/zɛ.ta/
zêta is spelled Z-Ê-T-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zêta is a French masculine noun meaning “zeta (Greek letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ζ, Ζ, sixième lettre et quatrième consonne de l’alphabet grec”.
What does zêta mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezeta (Greek letter)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ζ, Ζ, sixième lettre et quatrième consonne de l’alphabet grec.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zêta
- zêtas plural
- dzêta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zêta?
- /zɛ.ta/
- /ze.ta/
- \zɛ.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zêta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zêta in French?
zêta appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).