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Translingual
Symbol
υ
- (IPA, nonstandard) Alternative form of ʋ, representing a voiced labiodental approximant.
See also
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from its majuscule counterpart Υ.
Letter
υ • (u) (lowercase, uppercase Υ)
- Lower-case upsilon (ὖ ψιλόν), the 20th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close back rounded vowel /u/ and later the close front rounded vowel /y/. It is preceded by τ and followed by φ.
Derived terms
See also upsilon
See also
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
- (punctuation) · ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
Greek
Letter
υ • (y) (lowercase, uppercase Υ)
- The lower case letter upsilon (ύψιλον), the 20th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
See also
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
- (punctuation) · ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
- υ΄
- ͵υ