# epsilon
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “simple Ε”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɛpˈsaɪ.lən/, /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɒn/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɑn/, /ˈɛp.sɪ.lən/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /epˈsɑɪ.lən/, /ˈep.sɪ.lɔn/, /ˈeps.lən/

### Noun

epsilon (countable and uncountable, plural epsilons or epsila)
* The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
* (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
* (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
** (colloquial) A small child.
* (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
** 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 106:All right, okay. My interest is epsilon.
    Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon.
* (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.

#### Hypernyms

* (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

#### Derived terms

* epsilonic
* epsilonics
* epsilon iron
* epsilonize
* epsilon-machine
* epsilon number
* machine epsilon

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### See also

* (Greek-script letter names) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega

### References

* ↑ Paul Hoffman (1998) The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth, page 4
* ↑ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=epsilon

### Anagrams

* pinoles, pile-ons, inslope, sinople, pilones, pile ons, piles on, pleions

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛpsɪlon]

### Noun

epsilon n or m inan
* epsilon

#### Declension

when masculine:
Indeclinable when neuter.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “the letter Ε”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛpsilɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ep‧si‧lon

### Noun

epsilon m or f (plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje n)
* epsilon, the name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet
* (phonetics) the IPA symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel
* (mathematics) an arbitrarily small quantity

## Finnish

Greek letter :
| Εε | Previous: | delta |
| Εε | Next: | zeeta |

### Etymology

< Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈepsilon/, [ˈe̞ps̠ilo̞n]
* Rhymes: -epsilon
* Hyphenation: ep‧si‧lon

### Noun

epsilon
* epsilon (Greek letter)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of epsilon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
epsilonini
epsilonini
accusative
nom.
epsilonini
epsilonini
gen.
epsilonini
genitive
epsilonini
epsilonieni
partitive
epsiloniani
epsilonejani
inessive
epsilonissani
epsiloneissani
elative
epsilonistani
epsiloneistani
illative
epsiloniini
epsiloneihini
adessive
epsilonillani
epsiloneillani
ablative
epsiloniltani
epsiloneiltani
allative
epsilonilleni
epsiloneilleni
essive
epsiloninani
epsiloneinani
translative
epsilonikseni
epsiloneikseni
abessive
epsilonittani
epsiloneittani
instructive
comitative
—epsiloneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
epsilonisi
epsilonisi
accusative
nom.
epsilonisi
epsilonisi
gen.
epsilonisi
genitive
epsilonisi
epsiloniesi
partitive
epsiloniasi
epsilonejasi
inessive
epsilonissasi
epsiloneissasi
elative
epsilonistasi
epsiloneistasi
illative
epsiloniisi
epsiloneihisi
adessive
epsilonillasi
epsiloneillasi
ablative
epsiloniltasi
epsiloneiltasi
allative
epsilonillesi
epsiloneillesi
essive
epsiloninasi
epsiloneinasi
translative
epsiloniksesi
epsiloneiksesi
abessive
epsilonittasi
epsiloneittasi
instructive
comitative
—epsiloneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
epsilonimme
epsilonimme
accusative
nom.
epsilonimme
epsilonimme
gen.
epsilonimme
genitive
epsilonimme
epsiloniemme
partitive
epsiloniamme
epsilonejamme
inessive
epsilonissamme
epsiloneissamme
elative
epsilonistamme
epsiloneistamme
illative
epsiloniimme
epsiloneihimme
adessive
epsilonillamme
epsiloneillamme
ablative
epsiloniltamme
epsiloneiltamme
allative
epsilonillemme
epsiloneillemme
essive
epsiloninamme
epsiloneinamme
translative
epsiloniksemme
epsiloneiksemme
abessive
epsilonittamme
epsiloneittamme
instructive
comitative
—epsiloneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
epsiloninne
epsiloninne
accusative
nom.
epsiloninne
epsiloninne
gen.
epsiloninne
genitive
epsiloninne
epsilonienne
partitive
epsilonianne
epsilonejanne
inessive
epsilonissanne
epsiloneissanne
elative
epsilonistanne
epsiloneistanne
illative
epsiloniinne
epsiloneihinne
adessive
epsilonillanne
epsiloneillanne
ablative
epsiloniltanne
epsiloneiltanne
allative
epsilonillenne
epsiloneillenne
essive
epsiloninanne
epsiloneinanne
translative
epsiloniksenne
epsiloneiksenne
abessive
epsilonittanne
epsiloneittanne
instructive
comitative
—epsiloneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
epsiloninsa
epsiloninsa
accusative
nom.
epsiloninsa
epsiloninsa
gen.
epsiloninsa
genitive
epsiloninsa
epsiloniensa
partitive
epsiloniaan epsiloniansa
epsilonejaan epsilonejansa
inessive
epsilonissaan epsilonissansa
epsiloneissaan epsiloneissansa
elative
epsilonistaan epsilonistansa
epsiloneistaan epsiloneistansa
illative
epsiloniinsa
epsiloneihinsa
adessive
epsilonillaan epsilonillansa
epsiloneillaan epsiloneillansa
ablative
epsiloniltaan epsiloniltansa
epsiloneiltaan epsiloneiltansa
allative
epsilonilleen epsilonillensa
epsiloneilleen epsiloneillensa
essive
epsiloninaan epsiloninansa
epsiloneinaan epsiloneinansa
translative
epsilonikseen epsiloniksensa
epsiloneikseen epsiloneiksensa
abessive
epsilonittaan epsilonittansa
epsiloneittaan epsiloneittansa
instructive
comitative
—epsiloneineen epsiloneinensa :

### Further reading

* “epsilon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛp.si.lɔ̃/, /ɛp.si.lɔn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

epsilon m (plural epsilon)
* epsilon (Greek letter)

### Further reading

* “epsilon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* épilons, pelions, sinople

## Italian
### Noun

epsilon m or f (invariable)
* epsilon (Greek letter)

### Anagrams

* Nespoli, nespoli, spelino, splenio

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón), from Phoenician 𐤄 (h‬).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛpˈsi.lɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ilɔn
* Syllabification: ep‧si‧lon

### Noun

epsilon m inan
* epsilon (Greek letter Ε, ε)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* epsilon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ěpsiloːn/
* Hyphenation: e‧psi‧lon

### Noun

èpsilōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпсило̄н)
* epsilon, the Greek letter ε, Ε