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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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

W (lower case w)

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

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

SymbolEdit

W

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

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
• 

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

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  Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of W:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

AbbreviationEdit

W

1. Wednesday
2. (sports) The number of wins by a team or player
3. (cricket) wickets
4. (neologism) Nickname for George W. Bush
5. west

SynonymsEdit

• (Wednesday): Wed

Derived termsEdit

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

Related termsEdit

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

LetterEdit

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 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

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AfarEdit

LetterEdit

W

1. The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See AlsoEdit

• (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 LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe W)

1. The letter W

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ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• 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): /u̯a̠n⁵¹/

DefinitionsEdit

W

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

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DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

W (lowercase 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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

• Audio

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LetterEdit

W (capital, lowercase w)

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

AbbreviationEdit

W

1. Abbreviation of west; west

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: V
• Next letter: X

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EsperantoEdit

AbbreviationEdit

W

1. Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The 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 (compare Wirtanen).

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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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /veː/
• Homophone: weh

LetterEdit

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

AbbreviationEdit

W

1. Abbreviation of West; west

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German Sign LanguageEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ProductionEdit

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

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

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter W

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /w/

LetterEdit

W (lower 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

PronunciationEdit

• (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)

LetterEdit

W m, f (invariable, lower case w)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

SymbolEdit

W

1. viva, evviva (“up with”)

AntonymsEdit

• M (down with)

See alsoEdit

• (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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JapaneseEdit

NounEdit

W (katakana ダブル, rōmaji daburu)

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

   Wプレゼント!

   Double presents!

   Wダブル－ウィング・カタパルト

   Daburu-Wingu Kataparuto

   Double-Wing Catapult

   VWヴィダブル－タイガー・カタパルト

   Vi-Daburu-Taigā Kataparuto

   Vee-Double-Tiger Catapult

See alsoEdit

• ダブリュー (daburyū)

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

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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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

W (upper case, lower 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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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /w/

LetterEdit

W

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

See alsoEdit

• (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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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

W upper case (lower case w)

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

Usage notesEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• (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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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈðoble βe/

LetterEdit

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

SynonymsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• (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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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

W (upper case, lower 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