²

See also: 2 [U+0032 DIGIT TWO] and ᒾ [U+14BE CANADIAN SYLLABICS ATHAPASCAN M]

Translingual

² U+00B2, ² SUPERSCRIPT TWO ← ± [U+00B1] Latin-1 Supplement ³ → [U+00B3]

Description

The number 2 formatted as superscript.

Symbol

²

1. (linguistics) accent 2 in Norwegian, Swedish and Limburgish
2. For the math (exponent) sense, see Appendix:Superscript.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:².

See also

• ⁰, ¹, ³, ⁴, ⁵, ⁶, ⁷, ⁸, ⁹, ⁺, ⁻, ⁼, ⁽, ⁾

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• 2

Symbol

²

1. (dated or informal) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.

Malay

Alternative forms

• 2

Symbol

²

1. An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.

Mongolian

Symbol

²

Examples
-ууд² = -ууд (-uud) & -үүд (-üüd) руу² = руу (ruu) & рүү (rüü)

1. (linguistics) Used after an isolated affix or clitic to indicate that it has two variant forms, dependent on the vowel harmony of the preceding stem or word.

Usage notes

This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using the back vowel ⟨у⟩ and the front vowel ⟨ү⟩.

See also

• ³
• ⁴

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 2

Symbol

²

1. An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.