Ys
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ys"
Translingual
Symbol
Ys
- (metrology) Symbol for yottasecond, an SI unit of time equal to 1024 seconds.
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Ys
See also
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /waɪz/
- Homophones: whys, why's, wise, Wise, wyes
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
Ys
Usage notes
- Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.
Anagrams
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ys f
- (mythology) Ys (sunken city)
- Synonym: Ker Ys
- 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques (1993 edition), Plon, →ISBN, chapter IX, page 89; translated 1973 by John and Doreen Weightman as Tristes Tropiques (2011 edition), Penguin Books, →ISBN:
- Rio est mordu par sa baie jusqu’au cœur; on débarque en plein centre, comme si l’autre moitié, nouvelle Ys, avait été déjà dévorée par les flots.
- The bay at Rio eats right into the heart of the city: you land in the centre, as if the other half, like the fabled town of Ys, had already been engulfed by waves.