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z

Pronunciation: /sɛtː/

“z” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The lowercase form of Z, the twenty-sixth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called sett, and written in the Latin script; preceded by y and followed by æ.
  2. The letter representing the sound /s/, or more rarely /ts/, in Norwegian words.

interjection

  1. Used repeatedly to imitate or represent snoring or sleep.

Etymology

The lowercase form of Z, from Latin Z. The Latin letter was reintroduced from Ancient Greek Ζ (Z, “zeta”), itself derived from Phoenician 𐤆 (z, “zayin; weapon”). It was placed at the end of the Latin alphabet when it was reintroduced for Greek names and loanwords.

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