ípsilon

See also: ipsilon and ipsílon

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈip.si.lun]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈip.si.lon]

Noun

ípsilon f (plural ípsilons)

1. upsilon; the Greek letter Υ (lowercase υ)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ipsílon
• ípsilo
• ipsilone
• ipsilão

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ypsilon (“upsilon”), from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón, “upsilon”) (modern Greek ύψιλον (ýpsilon)), from ὖ (û) + ψιλός (psilós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈip.si.lõ/, /ˈi.pi.si.lõ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈip.si.lõ/, /ˈi.pi.si.lõ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈip.si.lõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.psi.lɔn/, /ˈi.pslɔn/

• Hyphenation: íp‧si‧lon

Noun

ípsilon m (plural ípsilones or (Brazil) ípsilons)

1. wye (name of the letter Y, y)

   Synonym: i grego

2. upsilon (name of the Greek letter Υ, υ)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe / fê, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele / lê, eme / mê, ene / nê, ó, pê, quê, erre / rê, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio / dâblio / duplo vê, xis, ípsilon / i grego, zê

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈibsilon/ [ˈiβ̞.si.lõn]
• Rhymes: -ibsilon
• Syllabification: íp‧si‧lon

Noun

ípsilon f (plural ípsilon)

1. upsilon; the Greek letter Υ, υ

Further reading

• “ípsilon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16