eth
noun
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
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eth
1 American
[eth]
/ ɛð /
Or
edh
noun
-eth
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American
-eth
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American
Eth.
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American
abbreviation
-eth
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British
suffix
-eth
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British
suffix
ETH
3
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abbreviation
Eth.
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eth
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/ ɛð, ɛθ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of -eth
From Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t
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Suryakumar Yadav plays a series of 'outrageous' shots to score 61 from 25 balls and guide India to a total of 186-5 against Zimbabwe at eth T20 World Cup in Australia.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2022
Ouchi notes that Intel Corp., a technological leader in the microelectronic field, has fostered a collective work eth ic by dividing employees into project teams.
From Time Magazine Archive
While computers, digital cameras, and videos may have helped in the day-to-day advancement of each surfer, it was attitude and an open mind that mad eth trip successful.
From Time Magazine Archive
It began with words from the Book of Proverbs: “Happy is the man that find- eth wisdom, and getteth understanding.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Sound of I before r, verging toward u in urge, marked i. stir birth'right girth girl'ish ness first gird'le thirst mirth'ful ness firm irk'some firth thir'ti eth skirt vir'gin smirch flirt'ing ly 17.
From McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book by William Holmes McGuffey
The corresponding Southern verbal inflexion -eth never occurs; while the Midland -en is only occasionally met with in the third person plural present, and has been introduced by a later copyist.
From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Richard Morris
Instead of -eth we even find -et, as in herknet, 1.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
In the third person singular of the present tense, the West Midland favours the Northern suffix -es or -is; whilst the East Midland favours the Southern suffix -eth.
From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
The forms ending in -eth are about 31 in number, of which 17 are of French, and 14 of A.S. origin.
From Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Frederick James Furnivall
The words in which the ending -eth is dropped are 42, of which 18 are of French, and 24 of A.S. origin.
From Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Frederick James Furnivall
Eth., p. 130, where it is also said that the Crow were the original owners of the Black Hills.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by John Wesley Powell
Arch. and Eth. papers of the Peabody Museum, vol.
From The Siouan Indians by W. J. (William John) McGee
For details of the Ba-Hima type see Eth. p.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
“A path of further hikes while inflation is still above target would be a harder setup for BTC and ETH, and harder still for smaller tokens and crypto stocks.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Reto Knutti and his team at ETH Zurich have tried to strip out the effects of El Niño and other natural fluctuations to reveal the underlying trend.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Compared to historical measurements, this was obviously very unusual," said Sonia Seneviratne, professor at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Remote work makes employees happier by increasing productivity and making work more interesting, says Filippo Pusterla, lecturer in the department of management, technology and economics at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
ETH Zurich and the researchers are now seeking a company interested in advancing Compound 10 toward drug development.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
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