w

See also: W, w/, ա, ⴍ, and Appendix:Variations of "w"

w U+0077, w LATIN SMALL LETTER W ← v [U+0076] Basic Latin x → [U+0078]

ｗ U+FF57, ｗ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER W ← ｖ [U+FF56] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｘ → [U+FF58]

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TranslingualEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• vv (obsolete)

LetterEdit

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA

  (file)

SymbolEdit

w

1. (IPA) voiced labial-velar approximant

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:

NATO phonetic: Whiskey Morse code: ·–– Braille: ⠺ ASL Manual: W

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/

Audio (US)

(file)

• IPA^(key): /w/
• Rhymes: -ʌbjə, -ʌb
• Rhymes: -ʌbəlju

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W, plural w's)

1. 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

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work

AdjectiveEdit

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white

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DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

LetterEdit

w (uppercase W)

1. 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)

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

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EgyptianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uː/
  • Conventional anglicization: u

ParticleEdit

 enclitic

1. (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w  

w

ReferencesEdit

• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 198, 415

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. 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

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /du.blə.ve/

LetterEdit

w (uppercase W)

1. w

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FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /w/

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

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

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

w

1. Romanization of 𐍅

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Haitian CreoleEdit

PronounEdit

w

1. Contraction of ou.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /we/

LetterEdit

w (upper case W)

1. 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

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

w m, f (invariable)

1. See under W

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JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Short for 笑い (warai, “laughing”).

Punctuation markEdit

w

1. (Internet slang) LOL; an expression of amusement or laughter.

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

   kono baka wwwwwww

   look at this idiot lol

   ちょｗｗｗお前 (まえ)のツイート伸 (の)びすぎｗｗｗ有 (ゆう)名 (めい)人 (じん)じゃんｗｗｗｗｗ

   cho www omae no tsuīto nobisugi www yūmeijin jan wwwww

   yo hol up, your tweet's crazy popular 🔥😂 you're goddamn famous 😂

Usage notesEdit

w is most often found used multiple times in a row as in the example above.

See alsoEdit

• (笑 (わらい)) (kakko warai)
• ワロス (warosu)
• ワロタ (warota)
• 草 (くさ) (kusa)

Etymology 2Edit

Near homophone of ダブル (daburu, “double”).

SymbolEdit

w (katakana ダブリュー, rōmaji daburyū)

1. Symbol for ダブル (daburu, “double-u”)

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Lower SorbianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /w/ (before vowels)
• (silent before consonants)

PrepositionEdit

w (with locative)

1. in

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MalayEdit

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. 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

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NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbəlt.ˌʋeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/

LetterEdit

w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notesEdit

• Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /f/, /v/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /vu/

• Audio

  (file)

PrepositionEdit

w

1. (+ locative) in
2. (+ accusative) into, in
3. (+ accusative) on (time/date)

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)

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. 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, àã), 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

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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)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /v/

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. 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).

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TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /β/

LetterEdit

w (upper case W)

1. 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

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WelshEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
• (in affirmative statements): rw

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/, /w/

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

1. (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)

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ZhuangEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɯ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: w¹
• Hyphenation: w

NounEdit

w (old orthography ɯ)

1. gum (in the eye)

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Zulu 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