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LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
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FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on German Wolfram.

Letter

W (lower case w)

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

See also

Symbol

W

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

Derived terms

Gallery

  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

Name of letter
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, sometimes reduced to /ˈdʌbjə/.
  • (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈdʌb/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌbəlju, -ʌbjə, -ʌb

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

Noun

W (plural Ws)

  1. Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).
    Coordinate term: M (“men”)
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:
      From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
  2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
    Coordinate terms: E (“east”), N (“north”), S (“south”)
  3. Abbreviation of Wednesday.
    Synonyms: Wed, Wed.
    Coordinate terms: Su, M, Tu, Th, F, Sa
  5. (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
    Coordinate terms: L (“losses”), T (“ties”)
  6. (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
  7. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.
  9. (Internet slang, countable) A win.
    Coordinate term: L
    Will this be a W live stream?
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

W

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of week.
  2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of west.

Proper noun

W

  1. (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
    Synonyms: Dubya, GWB

Etymology 3

From noun sense 7 ("win"), which is in turn from noun sense 4 ("wins" as a statistic in sport).

Adjective

W (comparative more W, superlative most W)

  1. (slang) Excellent, top-notch.
    Antonym: L
    You, sir, are a W man.

Afar

Letter

W

  1. The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /vɪə/

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

See also

Noun

W (plural W's, diminutive W'tjie)

  1. W

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/,

Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
  • For the origin of /v/, see V.

Pronunciation

  • /ʋ/, (chiefly Moselle Franconian also) /v/, (coda)

Letter

W

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

Systems for the use of W
  • /ʋ/ is regularly represented by w in all systems.
  • In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, /v/ is normally spelt w as it is a post-vocalic allophone of /ʋ/.
  • In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian, /v/ is normally spelt v, but w may be used in iwig, Löw, Möw after the German cognate. A phonemic distinction from /ʋ/ is doubtful and exists at most in very rare cases.
  • In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a clear phonemic distinction between w /ʋ/ and v /v/, and these are thus kept apart.
Doubling of W and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between w and f may be based on internal analogy, but f is often used throughout or after the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Numeral

W

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

Note: buliu often merged into one syllable..
Note: dap1 bou4 ju4, dap1 - Hong Kong.
Note:
  • 4peq can be voiced;
  • 3li&4eq often realised as one syllable.
    Letter

    W

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

    Pronunciation 2

    Letter

    W

    1. The twenty-third letter used in Pinyin.
    Usage notes
    • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
    • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

    Danish

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (lowercase w)

    1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

    See also


    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (capital, lowercase w)

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

    Adverb

    W

    1. Abbreviation of west; west

    See also

    • Previous letter: V
    • Next letter: X

    Esperanto

    Noun

    W

    1. Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

    Finnish

    Etymology

    The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and W for information on the development of the glyph itself.

    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, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g. Wirtanen). Specifically, W was still used when Finnish was typed in fraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, V took its place.

    Derived terms

    compounds

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    German

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name) IPA(key): /veː/
    • (phoneme) IPA(key): /v/, ,
      • /v/ is almost invariably in schw-, zw- (and qu-). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency is more northern, more southern.

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

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

    Noun

    W

    1. Abbreviation of West (“west”)

    Hungarian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative W W-k
    accusative W-t W-ket
    dative W-nek W-knek
    instrumental W-vel W-kkel
    causal-final W-ért W-kért
    translative W-vé W-kké
    terminative W-ig W-kig
    essive-formal W-ként W-kként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive W-ben W-kben
    superessive W-n W-ken
    adessive W-nél W-knél
    illative W-be W-kbe
    sublative W-re W-kre
    allative W-hez W-khez
    elative W-ből W-kből
    delative W-ről W-kről
    ablative W-től W-ktől
    non-attributive
    possessive - singular         		W-é W-ké
    non-attributive
    possessive - plural         		W-éi W-kéi
    Possessive forms of W
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. W-m W-im
    2nd person sing. W-d W-id
    3rd person sing. W-je W-i
    1st person plural W-nk W-ink
    2nd person plural W-tek W-itek
    3rd person plural W-jük W-ik

    See also

    Ido

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (lower case w)

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

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    Italian

    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

    • (letter name):
    • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /v/, /w/ (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

    Letter

    W f or m (invariable, upper case, 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”)
      Antonym: M (“down with”)

    See also

    Further reading

    Japanese

    Noun

    W(ダブル) • (daburu) 

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

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    Kashubian

    Etymology

    The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Lower Sorbian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (lower case w)

    1. The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.

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    Malay

    Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia ms

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W

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

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    Norwegian

    Letter

    W (upper case W, lower case w)

    1. the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet

    Usage notes

    Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of v.

    Nupe

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Polish

    Etymology

    The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.

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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.

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    Romani

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.

    References

    • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “w”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

    Usage notes

    Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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    Saanich

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W

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

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    Silesian

    Etymology

    The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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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.

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    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
    • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/
    • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet
      Synonyms: (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico) doble u, (Latin America) doble ve, (Spain) uve doble, (Peru) ve doble

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    Swedish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U. First attested in 1717.

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet

    Usage notes

    • In some situations, such as in URLs, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that of V.
    • The letter is often described as an optional inclusion to the Swedish alphabet.
    • Since 2006 the letter has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter V and sorted thereunder.

    References

    1. ^ W in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
    2. ^ W in Svensk ordbok (SO)
    3. ^ 21 April 2006, Svenska språket har fått en ny bokstav (The Swedish language has received a new letter) in SVT Nyheter.

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    From English W. Each pronunciation has a different source:

    • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English W.
    • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).

    Formerly, the letter U was used to represent /w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ˈdobolju/,

    • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /wa/,
    • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/,
    • Rhymes: -obolju, -a
    • Hyphenation: W

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

    1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜏ)

    1. The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called wa and written in the Latin script.

    Further reading

    • “W”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called w and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by U and followed by Y.

    Mutation

    • W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):
    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    wy unchanged unchanged hwy
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
    • However, when it represents the semivowel /w/, W cannot be mutated.
    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    wal unchanged unchanged unchanged△
    △Irregular.

    See also

    Further reading

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “W”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

    Yoruba

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called wí and written in the Latin script.

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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

    Wikious
    Boobota
    Sagapedia