W

See also: Appendix:Variations of "w"

W U+0057, W LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W ← V [U+0056] Basic Latin X → [U+0058]

Ｗ U+FF37, Ｗ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W ← Ｖ [U+FF36] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｘ → [U+FF38]

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Translingual

Letter

W (lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (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

W

1. (chemistry) Symbol for tungsten.
2. (metrology) Symbol for watt.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan
4. (physics) work

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of W:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/
• (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Abbreviation

W

1. Wednesday
2. (sports) The number of wins by a team or player
3. (cricket) wickets
4. west
5. (law enforcement) warrant
6. (informal) George W. Bush, US politician

Synonyms

• (Wednesday): Wed

Derived terms

• (sports): OTW
• (compass): NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW

Related terms

• (sports): L, T, OTL
• (compass): E, N, S

Letter

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

1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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

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Afar

Letter

W

1. The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe W)

1. The letter W

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàn (wan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹/

Definitions

W

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of 萬／万 (wàn).

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Danish

Pronunciation

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

Letter

W (lowercase w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

See also

• (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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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

W (capital, lowercase w)

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

Abbreviation

W

1. Abbreviation of west; west

See also

• Previous letter: V
• Next letter: X

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Esperanto

Abbreviation

W

1. Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

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Finnish

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
• Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling (compare Wirtanen).

See also

• (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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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/
• Homophone: weh

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

Abbreviation

W

1. Abbreviation of West; west

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German Sign Language

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "W".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “W” shape.

Letter

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter W

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

W (lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /vudˈdoppjo/, /ˈdoppjovu/
• (name of letter, for brevity in common acronyms) IPA^(key): /vu/
• Homophones: V, vu
• (phonetic realization) IPA^(key): [v], [w] (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

Letter

W m or f (invariable, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian.

Usage notes

• The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

Symbol

W

1. viva, evviva (“up with”)

Antonyms

• M (down with)

See also

• (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, Πî, 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

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Japanese

Noun

W (katakana ダブル, rōmaji daburu)

1. Alternative spelling of ダブル (“double”)

See also

• ダブリュー (daburyū)

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [w]

Letter

W

1. The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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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Portuguese

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

W

1. The thirty-third letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u̯/, /ʉ̯/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wæʉ̯/

Letter

W upper case (lower case w)

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌuβe ˈðoble/, /ˈðoble βe/

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Synonyms

• doble u (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico)
• doble ve (Latin America)
• uve doble (Spain)
• ve doble (Peru)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Zulu

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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