German

Noun

Epsilon n ‎(genitive Epsilon or Epsilons, plural Epsilons)

1. epsilon (Greek letter)

Declension

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← delta		→ zeta
Ε ε Ancient Greek: ἒ ψιλόν
Wikipedia article on epsilon

Noun

epsilon ‎(countable and uncountable, plural epsilons or epsila)

1. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
2. (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel; represented in SAMPA as E.
3. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
4. (computing, colloquial) A negligible effect.

   Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon.

Translations

Czech

Noun

epsilon n

1. epsilon

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpsilɔn/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐψιλόν ‎(epsilón, “the letter Ε”).

Noun

epsilon m, f ‎(plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje n)

1. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (phonetics) The IPA symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
3. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.

Finnish

(index ep)

Etymology

< Ancient Greek ἒψιλόν ‎(èpsilón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈepsilon/
• Hyphenation: ep‧si‧lon

Noun

epsilon

1. epsilon (Greek letter)

Declension

French

Noun

epsilon m ‎(plural epsilon)

1. epsilon (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• épilons, pelions, sinople

Italian

Noun

epsilon m, f ‎(invariable)

1. epsilon (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• nespoli, spelino, splenio

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ěpsiloːn/
• Hyphenation: e‧psi‧lon

Noun

èpsilōn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ѐпсило̄н)

1. epsilon, the Greek letter ε, Ε

Declension