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TranslingualEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- vv (obsolete)
LetterEdit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
PronunciationEdit
IPA (file)
SymbolEdit
w
GalleryEdit
- Letter styles
Capital and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
See alsoEdit
- (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
- Turned: ʍ
- Ƿ
- ʬ
Other representations of W:
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (US) (file)
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W, plural w's)
- The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
NounEdit
w
AdjectiveEdit
w
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
w (uppercase W)
- the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet
See alsoEdit
- (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 (Ǻ ǻ)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See alsoEdit
EgyptianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /uː/
- Conventional anglicization: u
ParticleEdit
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enclitic
- (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands
Alternative formsEdit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w
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ReferencesEdit
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 198, 415
FinnishEdit
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- In the Finnish alphabet, w is a variant of v.
- Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; 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 (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
FrenchEdit
FulaEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ
GothicEdit
Haitian CreoleEdit
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) litero; 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
ItalianEdit
JapaneseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Short for 笑い (warai, “laughing”).
Punctuation markEdit
w
Usage notesEdit
w is most often found used multiple times in a row as in the example above.
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Near homophone of ダブル (daburu, “double”).
SymbolEdit
w (katakana ダブリュー, rōmaji daburyū)
- Symbol for ダブル (daburu, “double-u”)
Lower SorbianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
w (with locative)
MalayEdit
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) 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
NorwegianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
w
- The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Usage notesEdit
- Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
w
Usage notesEdit
Some combinations of sounds, mostly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition is used in longer form we. Examples:
- we włosach (in the hair)
- we Wrocławiu (in Wrocław)
But:
- w Warszawie (in Warsaw)
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (BR) (file)
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈuβe ˈdoβle/, /ˈdoβle be/
Audio (Spain) (file)
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Letter name
- Phoneme
LetterEdit
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.
Usage notesEdit
- In blackletter typography, w was commonly used instead of v. When printers (gradually during the 19th century) changed to Latin typography, spelling changed from w to v, except in some family names. However, this change does not count as a spelling reform.
- In many abbreviations, Swedes say v (ve, as in German) instead of w (dubbel ve), e.g. BMW (be emm ve), VW (ve ve), WC (ve se), WHO (ve hå o), WWW (ve ve ve).
TurkmenEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called we and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z
WelshEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
- (in affirmative statements): rw
PronunciationEdit
Usage notesEdit
This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so may be pronounced as part of a diphthong /ʊi̯/ or as /wiː/.
VerbEdit
w
- (colloquial, South Wales) first-person singular present of bod (in affirmative or negative statements)
- W i yn y car. ― I’m in the car.
- W i ddim yn hapus. ― I’m not happy.
Related termsEdit
- ydw (interrogative)