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Word: Digamma
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: via Latin from Greek, from di- ‘twice’ + gamma (because of the shape of the letter, resembling gamma (Γ) with an extra stroke)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪˈɡamə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet (Ϝ, ϝ), probably pronounced as ‘w’. It became obsolete before the Classical period.
Short Definition:sixth letter of early Greek alphabet Ϝ
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