W

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0057
V ← Basic Latin → X

See also: Appendix:Variations of "w"

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TranslingualEdit

Wikipedia

LetterEdit

W upper case (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

See alsoEdit

Other representations of W:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

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

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

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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

Derived termsEdit

• (sports): OTW

See alsoEdit

• (sports): L, T, OTL

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; 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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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

‎(Stokoe W)

1. The letter W

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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; 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, Ææ, Øø, Åå

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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) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, Öö

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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.

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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; 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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ItalianEdit

Wikipedia ^it

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; 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
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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JapaneseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ダブル

NounEdit

W ‎(katakana ダブル, romaji daburu)

1. double

   Wプレゼント!

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MalayEdit

Wikipedia ^ms

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) 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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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; 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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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/K̵/₭, 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) ', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, Khkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, Shsh, Dhdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu

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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)