Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethe

/ˈiːθiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: ethe
IPA: /ˈiːθiː/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of ethos

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And it is a further proof of our view, that beginners in poetry attain completeness in expression and ethe [plural of ethos], before they are capable of composing the march of incidents; almost all the earliest poets are instances of this."
"The relation between social groups and their ethe is rational; they vary in fixed ratios."
"[…] it makes sense to say that these speeches are representations of their ethe."
"Hereto, the hilles bene nigher heaven, / And thence the passage ethe; / As well can proove the piercing levin, / That seldome falles beneath."

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἤθη (ḗthē), the contracted nominative plural form of ἦθος (êthos).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἤθη

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more ethe (comparative) most ethe (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ethe?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiːθiː/.
What does ethe mean?: plural of ethos
Where does ethe come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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