From a modification of theLatin V ( “ ve ” ) , from theEtruscan 𐌖 ( u ,“ u ” ) , from theAncient Greek Υ ( U ,“ ypsilon ” ) , derived from thePhoenician 𐤅 ( w ,“ waw ” ) , from theEgyptian 𓏲
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W (lower case w
The twenty-third letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . W
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Name of letter W (upper case lower case w plural Ws or W's
The twenty-thirdletter of the Englishalphabet , calleddouble U Latin script . ( 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 Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.
W (plural Ws
Abbreviation ofwomen ( sign on toilet door ) .Coordinate term: M ( “ men ” ) 2001 The Corrections , New York, NY:Farrar, Straus and Giroux ,→ISBN page332 :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 orW in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
( uncountable ) Abbreviation ofwest Coordinate terms: E ( “ east ” ) ,N ( “ north ” ) ,S ( “ south ” ) Abbreviation ofWednesday Synonyms: Wed Wed. Coordinate terms: Su M Tu Th F Sa ( sports ) Abbreviation ofwins Coordinate terms: L ( “ losses ” ) ,T ( “ ties ” ) ( countable , Internet slang ) Abbreviation ofwin Coordinate term: L ( “ loss ” ) You say that like it's not an absoluteW .
( cricket ) Abbreviation ofwicket ( law enforcement ) Abbreviation ofwarrant ( sports ) : OTW ( compass ) : NNW ,NW ,SSW ,SW ,WNW ,WSW ( internet slang ) : dub ,W community ,W/L community ( others ) : C of W ,W particle ,W-2 employee ,W-sitting ,W chromosome W-League Lambert W function W in the chat W (comparative moreW ,superlative mostW )
( slang ) Excellent ,top-notch (abbreviation ofwinner (Compare nounsense 4 andsense 5 .) Antonym: L ( “ bad, subpar ” ) You, sir, are aW man.
You got her number?W rizz ! W
( US politics , informal ) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rdpresident of theUnited States (2001–2009).Synonyms: Dubya GWB W
( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofweek ( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofwest W
The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet. ( Latin-script letters) A a B b T t S s E e C c K k X x I i D d Q q R r F f G g O o L l M m N n U u W w H h Y y W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-thirdletter of the Afrikaansalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 W (plural W's diminutive W'tjie
W IPA (key ) : /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/ ,[u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻] W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-fourthletter of the Basquealphabet , calleduve bikoitz Latin script . Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns. ( 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 W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-thirdletter of the Catalanalphabet , calledve doble Latin script . Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns. ( Latin-script letters) lletres A a (À à ),B b ,C c (Ç ç ),D d ,E e (É é ,È è ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ï ï ),J j ,K k ,L l (L·L l·l ),M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ,Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial*w .For the origin of/v/ , seeV /ʋ/ ,( chiefly Moselle Franconian also ) /v/ ,( coda ) [f] W
A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian. Systems for the use of W
/ʋ/ is regularly represented byw in all systems.In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian,/v/ is normally speltw as it is a post-vocalic allophone of/ʋ/ . In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian,/v/ is normally speltv , butw may be used iniwig ,Löw ,Möw /ʋ/ is doubtful and exists at most in very rare cases. In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a clear phonemic distinction betweenw /ʋ/ andv /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 betweenw andf may be based on internal analogy, butf 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. W
( Internet slang ) Alternative form of萬 / 万 ( wàn ) Note : buliu often merged into one syllable..
Note : dap1 bou4 ju4, dap1 - Hong Kong.
Note : li eq - often realised as one syllable.
W
The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet. W
The twenty-third letter used inPinyin . 《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). IPA (key ) : /dɔbəlveː/ ,[ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ] W (lowercase w
the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet ( 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
W (capital ,lowercase w
the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet W
Abbreviation ofwest west Previous letter:V Next letter:X W
Abbreviation ofuesto ( “ west ” ) 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. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , andW
W (upper case lower case w
Aletter of the Finnishalphabet , calledkaksoisvee Latin script . In the Finnish alphabet,W is a variant ofV Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g.Wirtanen W was still used when Finnish was typed infraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,V ( 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 ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /veː/ ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /v/ ,[v] ,[ʋ] /v/ is almost invariably[ʋ] inschw-, zw- (andqu- ). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency[v] is more northern,[ʋ] more southern.W (upper case ,lower case w
The twenty-third letter of the German alphabet. W
Abbreviation ofWest ( “ west ” ) W (upper case lower case w
A letter of the extended Hungarianalphabet , calleddupla vé Latin script .( 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 W (lower case w
The twenty-thirdletter of the Idoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 ( letter name ) :( phonemic realization ) IPA (key ) : /v/ ,/w/ ( varies depending on the source language of the loanword ) W f or m invariable ,upper case lower case w
the twenty-third letter of theLatin alphabet , calleddoppia vu vu doppia The letterW is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords. W
viva ,evviva ( “ up with ” ) Antonym: M ( “ down with ” ) ( Latin-script letters) lettera A a (À à ),B b ,C c ,D d ,E e (É é ,È è ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ,Î î ,J j ,K k ),L l ,M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ),V v (W w ,X x ,Y y ),Z z Italian alphabet Wikipedia W( ダブル ) • (daburu
Alternative spelling ofダブル ( “ double ” ) Borrowed fromTagalog W English W
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /dobolˈju/ [do.bʊlˈju] IPA (key ) : ( Sagada & parts of Sabangan ) /doborˈju/ [do.bʊrˈju] Rhymes:-u ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /w/ [w] W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-fifthletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calleddobolyu Latin script . ( Latin-script letters) letra 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 Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016 )Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography [1] →ISBN 10-11 The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andW
W (upper case ,lower case w
The thirtiethletter of the Kashubianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ą ą ,Ã ã ,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 W (lower case w
The thirtiethletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet , calledwej Latin script . ( Latin-script letters) pismik A a ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,Ć ć ,D d ,E e ,Ě ě ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,J j ,K k ,Ł ł ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,O o (Ó ó ),P p ,R r ,Ŕ ŕ ,S s ,Š š ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ž ž ,Ź ź ( obsolete letters ) B́ b́ ,Ė ė ,Ḿ ḿ ,Ṕ ṕ ,ſ ,ß ,Ꞩ ẜ ,Ẃ ẃ ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [dabliu] ,[dabəliu] ,[dabəlju] ,[dablju] ( Phoneme ) IPA (key ) : [w] W
The twenty-thirdletter of the Malayalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 W (lower case w
Aletter of the Navajoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a (Á á ,Ą ą ,Ą́ ą́ ),B b ,Ch ch ,Chʼ chʼ ,D d ,Dl dl ,Dz dz ,E e (É é ,Ę ę ,Ę́ ę́ ),G g ,Gh gh ,H h ,Hw hw ,X x ,I i (Í í ,Į į ,Į́ į́ ),J j ,K k ,Kʼ kʼ ,Kw kw ,ʼ ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n (Ń ń ),O o (Ó ó ,Ǫ ǫ ,Ǫ́ ǫ́ ),S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Tł tł ,Tłʼ tłʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Zh zh W (upper case W lower case w
the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead ofv .
W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-seventhletter of the Nupealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andW
W (upper case ,lower case w
The twenty-eighthletter of the Polishalphabet , calledwu Latin script . ( 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 W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-thirdletter of the Portuguesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) letra A a (Á á ,À à , â ,à ã ),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 W (upper case ,lower case w
A letter used to represent thevoiced labial -velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography. 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) →ISBN 16 W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-eighthletter of the Romanianalphabet , calleddublu ve dublu vî Latin script . Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
( Latin-script letters) A a Ă ă Â â B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i Î î 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 W
The thirty-thirdletter of the Saanichalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A ,Á ,Ⱥ ,B ,C ,Ć ,Ȼ ,D ,E ,H ,I ,Í ,J ,K ,Ꝁ ,Ꝃ ,₭ ,Ḵ ,Ḱ ,L ,Ƚ ,M ,N ,Ṉ ,O ,P ,Q ,S ,Ś ,T ,Ⱦ ,Ṯ ,Ŧ ,U ,W ,W̱ ,X ,X̱ ,Y ,Z ,s ,¸ The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andW
W (upper case ,lower case w
The thirtiethletter of the Silesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ã ã ,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 W (capital ,lowercase w
The thirty-secondletter of the Slovenealphabet (Resian), written in theLatin script . ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /w/ ,/u̯/ ,/ʉ̯/ ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /wæʉ̯/ W upper case (lower case w
The twentiethletter of the Somalialphabet , calledwaw Latin script . The twentieth letter of theSomali alphabet, which followsArabic abjad order. It is preceded byN and followed byH . ( Latin-script letters) ʼ ,B b ,T t ,J j ,X x ,Kh kh ,D d ,R r ,S s ,Sh sh ,Dh dh ,C c ,G g ,F f ,Q q ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,W w ,H h ,Y y ,A a ,E e ,I i ,O o ,U u IPA (key ) : ( phoneme ) /w/ ,/ɡw/ ,/β/ IPA (key ) : ( letter name ) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le] IPA (key ) : ( letter name ) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e] W (upper case ,lower case w
the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabetSynonyms: ( Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico ) doble u ( Latin America ) doble ve ( Spain ) uve doble ( Peru ) ve doble Although W is part of the Spanish Alphabet, it is only used in loanwords.
( Latin-script letters) letra 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 ,Ñ ñ ,O o (Ó ó ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ,Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z Borrowed fromGerman W English W derived fromLatin V derived fromLatin U [ 1] [ 2]
W (upper case ,lower case w
the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet Within most acronyms, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that ofV 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 dictionarySvenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL ). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letterV [ 3] Borrowed fromEnglish W
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish W Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜏ ( wa ) . Formerly, the letterU /w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.
W (upper case lower case w Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ
The twenty-fifthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet ), calleddobolyu Latin script . ( 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 W (upper case lower case w Baybayin spelling ᜏ
The nineteenthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet ), calledwa Latin script . “W ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-eighthletter of the Welshalphabet , calledw Latin script . It is preceded byU Y W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does takeh-prothesis wy ( “ egg ” ) : Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
However, when it represents the semivowel/w/ , W cannot be mutated. ( 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 ,Î î ,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 )R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “W ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-fourthletter of the Yorubaalphabet , calledwí Latin script . ( 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 ( 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 W (upper case lower case w
The twenty-thirdletter of the Zulualphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 
Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
