zeta
Portuguese, noun/ˈzɛ.tɐ/
zeta is spelled Z-E-T-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeta is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zeta (name of the Greek letter Ζ, ζ)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sexta letra do alfabeto grego (Ζ, ζ)”.
What does zeta mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezeta (name of the Greek letter Ζ, ζ)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. prefixo do sistema métrico usado para indicar a multiplicação de uma unidade por dez elevado a vinte e um (sextilhão)
noun: 1. sexta letra do alfabeto grego (Ζ, ζ)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zeta
- zetas plural
- dzeta alternative uncommon
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zeta?
- Brazil /ˈzɛ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈzɛ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zeta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zeta in Portuguese?
zeta appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).