w

w U+0077, w LATIN SMALL LETTER W ← v Basic Latin x →

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:

w

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• uu, vv (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Letter

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.

Ligature

w (obsolete)

1. ⟨uu⟩
2. ⟨vv⟩

Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Voiced labio-velar approximant

Wikipedia

w

1. (IPA) a voiced labial-velar (or, more precisely, labialized velar) approximant.
2. (superscript ⟨ʷ⟩, IPA) labialization (-coloring) or a consonant or vowel; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .

   Specifically, on a vowel letter: an off-glide (diphthong) or a protruded (as opposed to compressed) vowel, e.g. Swedish /yʷː/.

3. (superscript ⟨ʷ⟩, NAPA) labialization.

Gallery

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

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
• Turned: ʍ
• Ƿ
• ʬ

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Other representations of W:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌbə.juː/, /ˈdʌbiː.(j)uː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/

Audio (US)

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) Rhymes: -ʌbjə, -ʌb, -ʌbəlju

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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.

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

w

1. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of we.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of were.
4. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of who and its inflection whom.

Noun

w

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work
5. Abbreviation of win.

Adjective

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white
3. (from noun sense 5) successful, admirable, good

   W rizz.

Preposition

w

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of with.

   Alternative form: w/

   • 2013, Jessica Burkhart, Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special), New York, NY: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 44:

     This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺

2. with a wing (on the Enneagram)

   When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/,

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔbəlveː/,

Letter

w (uppercase 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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uː/
  • Conventional anglicization: u

Particle

 enclitic

1. (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w  

w

Noun

 m

1. area, district
2. administrative district
3. nome

Inflection

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w  

w	w

Pronoun

 sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 243.1–243.8
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 198, 415.

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.

Pronunciation

• Audio: kaksoisvee, Waltari

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Letter

w (lower case, upper 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; see the usage notes for W.

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

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /du.blə.ve/

• Audio

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Letter

w (uppercase W)

1. w

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

Gothic

Romanization

w

1. Romanization of 𐍅

Haitian Creole

Pronoun

w

1. Contraction of ou.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key):
• (letter name): IPA^(key):

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• w in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /we/

Letter

w (upper 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

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /wɛ/

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

w

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of gue.

   Synonym: gw

Italian

Letter

w f or m (invariable, lower case, upper 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.

Japanese

Etymology

Short for (笑) (warai, “laughing”).

Punctuation mark

w

1. (Internet slang, often repeated) LOL; an expression of amusement or laughter.

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ(´∀`*)

   kono baka ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ (´ ∀ ` *)

   you silly fool lol

   ちょ ｗｗｗ お前(まえ)のツイート伸(の)びすぎ ｗｗｗ 有(ゆう)名(めい)人(じん)じゃん ｗｗｗｗｗ

   cho ｗｗｗ omae no tsuīto nobisugi ｗｗｗ yūmeijin jan ｗｗｗｗｗ

   yo hol up, your tweet's crazy popular 🔥😂 you're goddamn famous 😂

Usage notes

• w (w) can be used multiple times in a row, as in the examples above; it is sometimes repeated to quite lengthy extents.

Derived terms

• 草(くさ) (kusa)

Related terms

• (笑(わらい)) (warai), (藁(わら)) (wara)
• ワロス (warosu), ワロタ (warota), ワラタ (warata)

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈf/
• Syllabification: w

Etymology 1

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 (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Preposition

w

1. denotes inessive position; in, at, on
2. denotes illative movement; into, in, to
3. denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of
4. denotes position in time; in, on

Alternative forms

• we, wew

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) chapter V, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎ (in Kashubian), page 241
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “w, we”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 2, page 1251
• “w”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before most vowels) /w/
• Silent before consonants and word-initially before ⟨o⟩ and ⟨u⟩ (but not ⟨ó⟩)

Etymology 1

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

Alternative forms

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

Preposition

w (with locative)

1. in

See also

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

Malay

Letter

w (lower case, upper case 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

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Etymology 1

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

Etymology 2

Conjunction

w

1. Superseded spelling of u before or after a vowel.

Masurian

Alternative forms

• we

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish w.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/
• IPA^(key): /f/ (devoiced)
• Syllabification: w

Preposition

w

1. denotes inessive position; in, at, on
   • 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 23:

     Ém dumáł duchno ô abéntojrach w boru.

     I thought quickly about the weather in the forest.

2. denotes position in time or age; in, on or sometimes
   • 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 23:

     W tém sposobzie ôstaziułém zielgó malarskó kärijere, w swojém sóstém roku.

     This is how I left my great career as an artist, at six years pld.

3. denotes illative movement; into, in, to
   • 1900 [1682], Jan Bunyan, translated by Jacub Sczepan, Ta Swenta Woyna, prowadzona od Pana Boga przećiwko Diabłowzy albo Utrata i Nazatwigranie tego Mnasta Człowzeci-Dusi od Jana Buniana nowo obrozona i widana od chrzesćianskego Zwionsku Zmorcisnowy [The Holy War Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, to Regain the Metropolis of the World, Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul]‎, page 5:

     […] i wepchnoł iech w bardzo ſtraſzliwo Otchłań.

     [ […] ji wepchnoł jech w barzdo starsliwá otchłań.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Navajo

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /w/, /ɣ/

Letter

w (upper case W)

1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The letter ⟨w⟩ is used for the phoneme /w/, but also for /ɣ/ before a back vowel, where that is pronounced .

Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbəlt.ˌʋeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/

• Audio

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Letter

w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notes

• Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• we

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). First attested in the first half of the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/, /f/

Preposition

w

1. denotes illative movement; into
   1. denotes contact because of movement, i.e. to bump into something
2. denotes allative movement; to, towards
3. used in temporal constructions to create adverbs from nouns
4. denotes a goal or aim; for or
5. denotes function; in the role of; as or
6. denotes a manner; in or
7. denotes instrumental usage or
8. used with some nouns to denote physical or temporal measure or
9. denotes the amount of participants
10. denotes a change of state; into
11. denotes the intended addressee of a statement; at or
12. used in some syntactical constructions with verbs
13. denotes inessive position; in
14. denotes position in time; in
15. denotes cause; because of
16. used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of"
17. denotes state; in

Derived terms

Descendants

• Masurian: w
• Polish: w, we
• Silesian: w, we, wy

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “w”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology 1

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

IPA^(key): /v/, or IPA^(key): /f/ if devoiced

Letter

w (upper case W, lower case)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish w.

Alternative forms

• we

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/, /f/

• Audio

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Preposition

w

1. denotes inessive position; in, at, on

   Od roku mieszkam we Francji. ― I've lived in France for a year.

   On siedzi w więzieniu za morderstwo. ― He's in prison for murder.

   Widziałam cię wczoraj w pociągu. ― I saw you on the train yesterday.

2. denotes position in time; in, on or sometimes

   Urodziłem się w czerwcu. ― I was born in June.

   W niedzielę zawsze chodzimy do kościoła. ― We always go to church on Sundays.

   W zeszłym roku podróżowaliśmy po Europie. ― Last year we travelled around Europe.

3. denotes state; in

   Byłem w szoku po wypadku. ― I was in shock after the accident.

   Kupił dziewczynie naszyjnik w postaci serca. ― He bought his girlfriend a necklace in the shape of a heart.

4. denotes approximate position; at

   Musi być coś, w czym jesteś dobry? ― There must be something you're good at?

5. denotes illative movement; into, in, to

   Włożył koszulę w spodnie. ― He tucked his shirt into his trousers.

   Uderzyłem go prosto w twarz. ― I hit him right in the face.

   Skręć w lewo za pocztą. ― Turn (to the) left after the post office.

6. denotes a change of state; into

   Stary młyn przekształcono w nowoczesne mieszkania. ― They turned the old mill into modern apartments.

   Pokrój ziemniaki w małe kawałki. ― Cut the potatoes into small pieces.

7. used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" decorated with

   koszula w kratkę ― plaid shirt

   geopard w cętki. ― A spotted leopard

   Miała na sobie długą, granatową suknię w złote gwiazdki. ― She was wearing a long, dark blue dress decorated with little gold stars.

8. denotes length of time; within, in the space of, in

   Synonyms: w ciągu, w przeciągu, na przestrzeni

   Cały egzamin skończyłem w godzinę. ― I finished the whole exam within an hour.

9. denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of

   Zróbmy coś fajnego, tylko w dwójkę. ― Let's do something fun, just the two of us.

   Byliśmy w piątkę. ― We were in a group of five/There were five of us.

   W tę grę można grać w cztery osoby. ― You can play this game as a foursome.

Usage notes

Some combinations of sounds, chiefly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition be used in the vocalized form we. Examples:

• we włosach ― in the hair
• we Wrocławiu ― in Wrocław

But:

• w Warszawie ― in Warsaw

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), w is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3570 times in scientific texts, 4769 times in news, 3819 times in essays, 2589 times in fiction, and 1569 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 16316 times, making it the 1st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

• w in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• w in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “W”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2023 January 18
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 435

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter name:

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.bli.u/, (dáblio)

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Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /w/, /v/ (used in loanwords, varies according to the source language of the borrowed term)

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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

Romani

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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

• IPA^(key): /v/, /w/, /u/

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/, IPA^(key): /wu/
• Rhymes: --u
• Syllabification: w

Etymology 1

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 (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish w.

Preposition

w

1. denotes inessive position; in, at, on

   Synonym: (with some countries and regions) na

2. denotes illative movement; into, in, to
3. denotes a position or post, or a position in a social hierarchy; in
4. used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" decorated with
5. denotes worn item; dressed in
6. denotes length of time; within, in the space of, in
7. denotes position in time; in, on
8. denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of

Alternative forms

• we, wy

Further reading

• w in silling.org

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /v/, (rare, in foreign loanwords) /w/
  • Homophone: v (in most positions)

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.

Usage notes

• In blackletter typography, w was commonly used instead of v. When printers (gradually during the 19th century) changed to Latin typography, spelling changed from w to v, except in some family names. However, this change does not count as a spelling reform.
• In many abbreviations, Swedes say v (ve, as in German) instead of w (dubbelve), e.g. BMW (be emm ve), VW (ve ve), WC (ve se), WHO (ve hå o), WWW (ve ve ve).

Noun

w

1. (slang) weed (marijuana)

See also

• b

References

• Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang

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

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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

• (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /β/

Letter

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called we and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Welsh

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): ẁ
• (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): ẃ
• (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity): ŵ
• (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ẅ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uː/

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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”):

Derived terms

• Digraph sequences: wy

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Noun

w f (plural ŵau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W.

Mutation

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
• (in affirmative statements): rw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/, /w/

Usage notes

This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so may be pronounced as part of a diphthong /ʊi̯/ or as /wiː/.

Verb

w

1. (South Wales) first-person singular present colloquial of bod (in affirmative or negative statements)

   W i yn y car.

   I’m in the car.

   W i ddim yn hapus.

   I’m not happy.

Related terms

• ydw (interrogative)

White Hmong

Noun

w

1. quail

Verb

w

1. scatter

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wí/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔɯ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: w¹
• Hyphenation: w

Noun

w (1957–1982 spelling ɯ)

1. gum (in the eye)

Zulu

Letter

w (lower case, upper 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