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Translingual edit
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Etymology edit
From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.
Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on German Wolfram.
Letter edit
W (lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter W): Ẃẃ Ẁẁ Ŵŵ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ W̊ẘ Ⱳⱳ ᴡ Ww
- (Letter combinations): Ꜳꜳ Ææ ᴁᴭ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜵꜵ Åå Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ DZDzdz DŽDždž ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ff fi ffi fl ffl ℔ IJij LJLjlj Ỻỻ Ŋŋ NJNjnj Œœ ɶ Ꝏꝏ Ȣȣᴕ ȹ ẞß ſtst ᵫ Ůů Ww Ꝡꝡ
Symbol edit
W
- (chemistry) Symbol for tungsten.
- (metrology) Symbol for watt.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan.
- (physics) work
- (Voice Quality Symbols) whisper
Derived terms edit
Gallery edit
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
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Other representations of W:
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Name of letter
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, sometimes reduced to /ˈdʌbjə/.
- (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈdʌb/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌbəlju, -ʌbjə, -ʌb
Etymology 1 edit
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's)
- The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.
Noun edit
W (plural Ws)
- Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).
- Coordinate term: M (“men”)
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:
- From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
- Abbreviation of Wednesday.
- (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
- (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.
- (Internet slang, countable) A win.
- Coordinate term: L
- Will this be a W live stream?
Derived terms edit
- (sports): OTW
- (compass): NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW
- (internet slang): dub
- (others): C of W, W particle, W-2 employee, W-sitting, W chromosome, W-League
Translations edit
Noun edit
W
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of week.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of west.
Proper noun edit
W
- (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
Etymology 3 edit
From noun sense 7 ("win"), which is in turn from noun sense 4 ("wins" as a statistic in sport).
Adjective edit
W (comparative more W, superlative most W)
Afar edit
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W
- The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.
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Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
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Basque edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
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Central Franconian edit
Etymology edit
- /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
- For the origin of /v/, see V.
Pronunciation edit
- /ʋ/, (chiefly Moselle Franconian also) /v/, (coda) [f]
Letter edit
W
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes edit
- /ʋ/ is regularly represented by w in all systems.
- In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, /v/ is normally spelt w as it is a post-vocalic allophone of /ʋ/.
- In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian, /v/ is normally spelt v, but w may be used in iwig, Löw, Möw after the German cognate. A phonemic distinction from /ʋ/ is doubtful and exists at most in very rare cases.
- In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a clear phonemic distinction between w /ʋ/ and v /v/, and these are thus kept apart.
- In the German-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between w and f may be based on internal analogy, but f is often used throughout or after the German cognate.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Chinese edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Numeral edit
W
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
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W
- The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2 edit
Letter edit
W
- The twenty-third letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes edit
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
Danish edit
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W (lowercase w)
- the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet
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- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å
Dutch edit
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W (capital, lowercase w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet.
Adverb edit
W
- Abbreviation of west; west
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Esperanto edit
Noun edit
W
- Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and W for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w)
- A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
- Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g. Wirtanen). Specifically, W was still used when Finnish was typed in fraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, V took its place.
Derived terms edit
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
- (letter name) IPA(key): /veː/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /v/, [v], [ʋ]
- /v/ is almost invariably [ʋ] in schw-, zw- (and qu-). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency [v] is more northern, [ʋ] more southern.
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the German alphabet.
Noun edit
W
- Abbreviation of West (“west”)
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | W | W-k |
accusative | W-t | W-ket |
dative | W-nek | W-knek |
instrumental | W-vel | W-kkel |
causal-final | W-ért | W-kért |
translative | W-vé | W-kké |
terminative | W-ig | W-kig |
essive-formal | W-ként | W-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | W-ben | W-kben |
superessive | W-n | W-ken |
adessive | W-nél | W-knél |
illative | W-be | W-kbe |
sublative | W-re | W-kre |
allative | W-hez | W-khez |
elative | W-ből | W-kből |
delative | W-ről | W-kről |
ablative | W-től | W-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
W-é | W-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
W-éi | W-kéi |
Possessive forms of W | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | W-m | W-im |
2nd person sing. | W-d | W-id |
3rd person sing. | W-je | W-i |
1st person plural | W-nk | W-ink |
2nd person plural | W-tek | W-itek |
3rd person plural | W-jük | W-ik |
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Ido edit
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W (lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (letter name):
- (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /v/, /w/ (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)
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W f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case w)
- the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian
Usage notes edit
- The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.
Symbol edit
W
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
- Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading edit
- W in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese edit
Noun edit
See also edit
- ダブリュー (daburyū)
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Lower Sorbian edit
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W (lower case w)
- The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.
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Malay edit
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W
- The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Norwegian edit
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W (upper case W, lower case w)
- the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet
Usage notes edit
Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of v.
Nupe edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.
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Portuguese edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Romani edit
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w)
- A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.
References edit
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “w”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16
Romanian edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
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Saanich edit
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W
- The thirty-third letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Silesian edit
Etymology edit
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Somali edit
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W upper case (lower case w)
- The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w)
- the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet
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Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U.[1] First attested in 1717.[2]
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet
Usage notes edit
- In some situations, such as in URLs, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that of V.
- The letter is often described as an optional inclusion to the Swedish alphabet.
- Since 2006 the letter has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter V and sorted thereunder.[3]
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From English W. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English W.
- Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).
Formerly, the letter U was used to represent /w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.
Pronunciation edit
- (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /wa/, [wɐ]
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, [w]
- Rhymes: -obolju, -a
- Hyphenation: W
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜏ)
- The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called wa and written in the Latin script.
Further reading edit
- “W”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called w and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by U and followed by Y.
Mutation edit
- W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
wy | unchanged | unchanged | hwy |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
- However, when it represents the semivowel /w/, W cannot be mutated.
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
wal | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged△ |
△Irregular. |
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “W”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yoruba edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called wí and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Zulu edit
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W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.