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Z.

The twenty-third letter of the Classical Latin alphabet, called zēta and written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

character[ˈz]Classical-Latin[ˈd͡z]
  1. The twenty-third letter of the Classical Latin alphabet, called zēta and written in the Latin script.

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Where this word comes from

The letter descended from the Old Italic letter 𐌆 (z) in the Old Latin period, but had long fell into native disuse by the Classical period, when it came back into use, transcribing the Ancient Greek letter Ζ (Z, “zeta”), which had formerly been transcribed S in initial position and SS in medial position. In writings of the Late Latin period, Z frequently takes the place of S and in the third and fourth centuries often represented word-initial prevocalic di.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.