y (upper case Y )
The twenty-fifth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . Pronunciation of IPA[yː] : (file )
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( metrology ) yocto- .( IPA ) aclose front rounded vowel : the Germanü -sound.( NAPA ) the English y-sound, IPA[j] .( superscript⟨ ʸ ⟩ , IPA ) [y] -coloring, a[y] on- or off-glide (diphthong ), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo[y] .( superscript⟨ ʸ ⟩ , NAPA ) palatalization , equivalent to IPA[ʲ] .Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list. Other representations of Y:
y (lower case ,upper case Y ,plural ys or y's )
The twenty-fifthletter of the Englishalphabet , calledwy orwye and 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 Historically, this letter was sometimes used to approximateþ , as inyt ( “ that ” ) ,yͧ ( “ thou ” ) , andye ( “ the ” ) (which see for more). Abbreviations.
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( Stenoscript ) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofwhy .( Stenoscript ) the suffix-ry or-rry .y
Abbreviation ofyear .2003 , Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones,Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics :Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion ofY 8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.
( UK , television ) Abbreviation ofyouth , usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.Y 7y (notcomparable )
( slang , text messaging , Internet slang ) Abbreviation ofwhy .y
( computing ) Abbreviation ofyes .FromLatin et , fromProto-Indo-European *éti .
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and FromLatin et , fromProto-Indo-European *éti .
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and y (y (or-y ), pluralys /yos or-ys /-yos )
Pronoun for the third-person singularindirect object .da-y pan give him/her bread y lower case (upper case Y )
The thirty-firstletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) hərf ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,Ə ə ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,X x ,I ı ,İ i ,J j ,K k ,Q q ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ö ö ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ş ş ,T t ,U u ,Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z IPA (key ) : /i ɡreko/ ,[i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞] y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-sixthletter of the Basquealphabet , calledi greko and written in theLatin 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 y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter of the Catalanalphabet , calledi grega and written in theLatin script . ( 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 y
Obsolete form ofi ( “ and ” ) .FromProto-Brythonic *eið , fromProto-Celtic *esyo m and*esyās f ; compareOld Irish a ( “ his, her, its, their ” ) andSanskrit अस्य ( asyá ,“ his, its ” ) andअस्यास् ( asyā́s ,“ her ” ) .
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( Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form ) his FromProto-Celtic *eyes , plural of*es , fromProto-Indo-European *éy . Cognate withBreton i(nt) ,Irish ia(d) andWelsh hwy
y
( Standard Cornish ) they ( third person plural pronoun ) FromProto-Celtic *ide- (compareBreton e ,ez ,Welsh y ,yth ,Old Irish id ), fromProto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰei- (compareLatin ibi ( “ here ” ) ,Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 ( idā ,“ here, in the same way ” ) , andSanskrit इह ( ihá ,“ here ” ) ).
y (triggers mixed mutation )
Inserted before the verb when the verb precedes the subject y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The thirty-ninthletter of the Czechalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) písmeno ;A a ,Á á ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,Ď ď ,E e ,É é ,Ě ě ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ň ň ,O o ,Ó ó ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,Ř ř ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,Ť ť ,U u ,Ú ú ,Ů ů ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Z z ,Ž ž ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /ɛɪ/ ,/iˈɡrɛk/ ,/ˌɣrik.sə ˈɛɪ/ y (lower case ,upper case Y )
the twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet In certain dialects the letter is pronounced similar to IPA: /ji:/. In these dialects, they will actually write "y" such as in "jy" (IPA: /ji:/) instead of modern standard Dutchjij (IPA: /jɛɪ/).
Previous letter:x Next letter:z y
Alternative form ofi y (upper case Y )
The twenty-sixthletter of the Faroesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bókstavur ;A a ,Á á ,B b ,D d ,Ð ð ,E e ,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 ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,Ú ú ,V v ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Æ æ ,Ø ø 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 , andy for information on the development of the glyph itself. In particular, the use of⟨ y ⟩ for/y/ follows the Swedish orthography, which in turn follows Latin.
y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fourthletter of the Finnishalphabet , calledyy and written in theLatin script . ( 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 Inherited fromLatin hīc .
y ( ORB, broad )
it ( third-person singular neuter dative ) Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
singular nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2 1st person jo mè min 2nd person te tè tin 3rd person masculine il lo /le lui sin 3rd person feminine el la lyé 3rd person neuter o y — 3rd person reflexive — sè plural nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2 1st person nos noutro 2nd person vos voutro 3rd person masculine ils los /les lor lor 3rd person feminine els les lor /lyés 3rd person reflexive — sè 1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.2 Generally preceded by a definite article.
y in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca y in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu Fromi grec ( “ Greek i ” ) , referring to the letterupsilon (Υ ), originally borrowed from the Greek alphabet, as opposed to "Latin i" (I ).
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /i.ɡʁɛk/ y
a letter in theFrench alphabet , afterx and beforez 10th century; fromOld French i , fromLatin hīc ( “ here ” ) (ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe ( “ this, here ” ) ), with meaning influenced byOld French iv ( “ there, thither ” ) , itself fromLatin ibī . Derivation from the latter poses difficulty from a phonetic standpoint. CompareCatalan hi .
y (adverbial )
there (at a place)Il est dans la maison. Ily est. He is in the house. He isthere . there ,thither (to there)Nous allons au Mexique. Nousy allons. We are going to Mexico. We are goingthere . Used as a pronoun to replace anadverbial phrase starting withà . Je pense à mon pays. J’y pense. I think about my country. I thinkabout it . With verbs: seeAppendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure. ( archaic ) With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination beingy compris , which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.personnesy nommées ―Persons named there(in) procéduresy afférentes ―Related procedures documentsy relatifs ―Related documents eauxy affluentes ―Tributary waters 1 On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).2 Vous is also used as the polite singular form.3 Ils andeux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.4 These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.
Eye dialect spelling orcontraction ofil andils .
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( Quebec , colloquial ) he :alternative form ofil ( Quebec , colloquial ) they :alternative form ofils ( Quebec , colloquial ) they :alternative form ofelles y (lower case ,upper case Y )
Aletter of the Fulaalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /yː/ ,/y/ ,/ʏ/ ,/i/ ,/ɪ/ ,/j/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ˈʏpsilɔn/ y n (strong ,genitive y ,plural y )
the lettery y
water Contraction ofyo .
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Contraction ofyo .y (lower case ,upper case Y )
A letter of the extended Hungarianalphabet , calledipszilon and written in theLatin script .As shown in the alphabet below, this letter normally occurs in Hungarian words only as part of four digraphs:gy , ly , ny , andty (with their long counterparts:ggy, lly, nny, tty ). Aside from them, the terms containingy defined in an extensive Hungarian monolingual dictionary[ 1] arebaby-doll ,baby-sitter ,body ( “ bodice ” ) ,body-building /bodyzik /bodyzó ,boy ,brandy ,citoyen ,country /countryzene ,cowboy /cowboyfilm /cowboykalap ,curry ,disc-jockey ,doyen ,dry ,dyn ,fair play ,háryjános /háryjánoskodik ,intercity ,joystick ,play back ,playboy ,royalista ,sherry ,spray ,whisky ,yard ,yperit ,yuppie ,złoty and the letter itself. Additionally, a newer and more comprehensive but as yet incomplete dictionary[ 2] containsbicsérdysta ,byte ,copyright , andcowboycsizma . (The formsdandy ,gentry ,happy end ( “ happy ending ” ) ,jersey ,maya ,nylon , andyen are also mentioned as alternative forms in the former volume, but their current standard spelling isdendi ,dzsentri ,dzsörzé ,hepiend ,jen ,maja , andnejlon .)
Proper names written withy include the country namesGuyana ,Paraguay ,Seychelle-szigetek , andUruguay and the capital namesConakry ,Port Moresby , andReykjavík . Other names deriving from Latin alphabets are also retained (such as EnglishCalgary, Hollywood, Kentucky, Montgomery, New Jersey, New York, Sydney, Wyoming etc., GermanBayreuth, Speyer, Steyr , FrenchLyon, Mayotte, Nancy, Vichy , and PolishBiałystok, Bydgoszcz, Przemyśl ). Otherwise, this letter is usually transcribed in country and city names, for exampleJemen ( “ Yemen ” ) ,Malajzia ( “ Malaysia ” ) ,Nepjida ( “ Naypyidaw ” ) , andRijád ( “ Riyadh ” ) .
( 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 . ^ 75,000 entries in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.).Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition→ISBN .Online searchable version (under development) ^ As of 2021, completed until ELZ. Ittzés, Nóra (ed.).A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress) y inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh .A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN y (upper case Y )
The twenty-eighthletter of the Icelandicalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bókstafur ;A a ,Á á ,B b ,D d ,Ð ð ,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 ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,Ú ú ,V v ,X x ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Þ þ ,Æ æ ,Ö ö ( context pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /j/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /je/ y (upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter 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 y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter of the Indonesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 y f or m (invariable ,lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifth letter of theLatin alphabet , calledipsilon ,i greco ori greca in Italian The letterY is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords. FromPortuguese e .
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and Gonçalves, Manuel (2015 )Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary ,→ISBN y
Alternative form of'ɨ Languages of the Amazon (2012,→ISBN Borrowed fromTagalog y . Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglish y .
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /waj/ [wai̯] ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /i/ [i̞] y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-seventhletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calledway and written in theLatin 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 ][4] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN , pages10-11 The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andy for development of the glyph itself.
y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The thirty-firstletter 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 y
no K. E. Herr (2011 )The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin [5] , Payap University, page47 y
and y (upper case Y )
The fourteenthletter of the Latgalianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ā ā ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,E e ,Ē ē ,F f ,G g ,Ģ ģ ,H h ,I i ,Y y ,Ī ī ,J j ,K k ,Ķ ķ ,L l ,Ļ ļ ,M m ,N n ,Ņ ņ ,O o ,Ō ō ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,U u ,Ū ū ,V v ,Z z ,Ž ž ȳ f (indeclinable )
A name of the letterY . ( Latin-script letter names ) littera ;ā ,bē ,cē ,dē ,ē ,ef ,gē ,hā /*acca ,ī ,kā ,el ,em ,en ,ō ,pē ,kū ,er ,es ,tē ,ū ,ix /īx /ex ,ȳ /ī graeca /ȳpsīlon ,zēta y (upper case Y )
The fifteenthletter of the Lithuanianalphabet , calledi ilgoji and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ą ą ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,E e ,Ę ę ,Ė ė ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,Į į ,Y y ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,U u ,Ų ų ,Ū ū ,V v ,Y y ,Z z ,Ž ž y (upper case Y )
The thirty-firstletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet , calledy and written in theLatin script . The name of theLatin-script lettery /Y . y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter 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 y
they ,them ( personal pronoun ) Mandinka personal pronouns singular plural 1st person nte ,n ,m ntolu ,ntelu ,n 2nd person ite ,i altolu ,altelu ,al 3rd person ate ,a itolu ,itelu ,y
y
Alternative form ofyn y
water y
Alternative form ofI y
Alternative form ofin ( “ in ” ) y
there (in a given place)1488 , Jean Dupré,Lancelot du Lac , page12 :Or me dictes fist Lancelot, des lettres qui illec sont escriptes, savez vous qui lesy fist mettre Now tell me, said Lancelot, about these letters that are written here, do you know who put them here? IPA (key ) : /j/ ,/ɣ/ y (upper case Y )
Aletter of the Navajoalphabet , written in theLatin script . The letter⟨ y ⟩ is used for the phoneme/j/ , but also for/ɣ/ before afront vowel , where that is pronounced[ʝ] .
y
The twenty-fifthletter of the Norwegianalphabet , written in theLatin script . Perhaps the most troublesome sound in Norwegian. Even some native speakers tend to merge it into/i(ː)/ . FromOld Norse ýr , fromProto-Germanic *īhwaz . Akin toEnglish yew .
y m (definite singular yen ,indefinite plural yar ,definite plural yane )
( obsolete ) yew Synonym: barlind FromOld Norse úa , influenced bykry .
y (present tense yr ,past tense ydde ,past participle ytt /ydd ,passive infinitive yast ,present participle yande ,imperative y )
tocrawl ( of small animals ) “y” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-eighthletter 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 y (upper case Y )
Aletter of the Old Englishalphabet , written in theLatin script . This letter always represents theIPA vowel /y/, never the consonant /j/ thaty sometimes represents in modern English. Old English texts often include atittle above the letter: ⟨ẏ⟩ Although Old English texts typically did not mark vowel length, modern editions of Old English manuscripts typically do. Some editions mark the long version of this vowel with ⟨ý⟩, but ⟨ȳ⟩ is now more common. Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨ ( “ liquid, urine ” ) , fromProto-Tupian *tˀɨ ( “ liquid, urine ” ) .Doublet ofty .[ 1] [ 2]
Cognate withSateré-Mawé hɨ ( “ river ” ) ,Guaraní ty ( “ urine ” ) .
y (possessable ,IIb class pluriform ,absolute ty ,R1 ry ,R2 ty )
water Synonym: 'y liquid Synonym: yku humidity Synonyms: yby'y ,akymaíba Coordinate terms: abyaru ,'a'y juice ,while it's still inside the fruit broth Synonym: îekysy y (IIb class pluriform ,R1 ry ,R2 ty ,noun form y )
humid Synonyms: yby'y ,akymaíb Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨ ( “ river ” ) , fromProto-Tupian *it͡ʃˀɨ ( “ river ” ) .[ 1] [ 3]
Cognate withAwetí hɨ ( “ river ” ) andSateré-Mawé ihɨ ( “ river ” ) .
y (possessable ,IIb class pluriform ,absolute ty ,R1 ry ,R2 ty )
river Synonym: 'y ↑1.0 1.1 Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010 )Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas [1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, pages403–404 ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020 )Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007 ) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors,Línguas e culturas tupí [3] , 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages167–204 FromSpanish y andPortuguese e andKabuverdianu i .
y
and The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andy for development of the glyph itself.
y (upper case Y ,lower case )
The twenty-ninthletter of the Polishalphabet , calledy origrek and written in theLatin 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 Letter name:( ípsilon )
Letter name:( i grego )
Phoneme:
y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter 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 y
really ,truly y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The thirtiethletter of the Romanianalphabet , calledigrec ori grec and written in theLatin script . Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ă ă , 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 The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andy for development of the glyph itself.
y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The thirty-firstletter 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 y (upper case Y )
The forty-secondletter of the Slovakalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) písmeno ;A a ,Á á ,Ä ä ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,Ď ď ,Dz dz ,Dž dž ,E e ,É é ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ĺ ĺ ,Ľ ľ ,M m ,N n ,Ň ň ,O o ,Ó ó ,Ô ô ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,Ŕ ŕ ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,Ť ť ,U u ,Ú ú ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Z z ,Ž ž IPA (key ) : ( letter name ) /ˈʝe/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe] IPA (key ) : ( letter name, everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay ) /ˈʝe/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe] IPA (key ) : ( letter name, Buenos Aires and environs ) /ˈʃe/ [ˈʃe] IPA (key ) : ( letter name, elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay ) /ˈʒe/ [ˈʒe]
/i/ in the conjunction (see below) and in word-final diphthongs (e.g.hoy ,rey ); otherwise/ʝ/ .y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-sixthletter of the Spanishalphabet , calledye ori griega and written in theLatin script . ( 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 Inherited fromOld Spanish é ore , fromLatin et .
IPA (key ) : ( preconsonantal ) /i/ [i] Rhymes:-i Syllabification:y IPA (key ) : ( prevocalic ) [i̯] y
and 1605 , Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,Don Quijote de la Mancha 1 , Chapter I:Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta aficióny gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la cazay aun la administración de su hacienda;y llegó a tanto su curiosidady desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer,y , así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos. You must know, then, that the above-named gentleman whenever he was at leisure (which was mostly all the year round) gave himself up to reading books of chivalry with such ardourand avidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports,and even the management of his property;and to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read,and brought home as many of them as he could get. ( in names of number ) and setentay seis ―seventy-six ( in arithmetic ) plus ,and unoy uno son dos ―oneplus one is two ( informal ) well ¡Y por supuesto! ―Well , of course!( informal ) what about ,how about , where is/are thePero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? ―Butwhat about the concert? Are we not going anymore? ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? ―How about the girl? Is she safe?¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. ―Where are the files? I should take a look at them.Before words that begin with the/i/ sound, the forme is used instead (except when the meaning of the conjunction is "what about", in which case the formy is always used). y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter of the Swedishalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bokstav ;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 ,Å å ,Ä ä ,Ö ö Borrowed fromSpanish y . Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish y . Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜌ ( ya ) . Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish y . ( Standard Tagalog ) IPA (key ) : /ˈwaj/ [ˈwaɪ̯] ( letter name, Filipino alphabet ) IPA (key ) : /ˈja/ [ˈja] ( letter name, Abakada alphabet ) IPA (key ) : /ˈje/ [ˈjɛ] ( letter name, Abecedario ) IPA (key ) : /j/ [j] ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /i/ [ɪ] ( phoneme, used as a vowel ) y (lower case ,upper case Y ,Baybayin spelling ᜏᜌ᜔ )
The twenty-seventhletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet ), calledway and written in theLatin 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 y (lower case ,upper case Y ,Baybayin spelling ᜌ )
The twentiethletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet ), calledya and written in theLatin script . y (lower case ,upper case Y ,Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ )
( historical ) The twenty-seventhletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario ), calledye and written in theLatin script . Borrowed fromSpanish y .
y (Baybayin spelling ᜁ )
( archaic ) and Synonyms: at ,saka “y ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 y
toimitate , tomimic y
along y te hết ―do like he/she does (literally do along him/her) Đăm này thỏi cáu Follow the old customs (literally "plant rice like the previous rows") according to y cằm po̱ me̱ ―according to the parents' words Lương Bèn (2011 )Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary ][6] [7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
y (upper case Y )
Aletter of the Tlingitalphabet , written in theLatin script . Canada: ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Á á ,À à , â ,Ch ch ,Chʼ chʼ ,D d ,Dł dł ,Dz dz ,E e ,É é ,È è ,Ê ê ,G g ,Gw gw ,Gh gh ,Ghw ghw ,H h ,I i ,Í í ,Ì ì ,Î î ,J j ,K k ,Kw kw ,Kʼ kʼ ,Kʼw kʼw ,Kh kh ,Khw khw ,Khʼ khʼ ,Khʼw khʼw (L l ),Ł ł ,Łʼ łʼ (M m ),N n (O o ),S s ,Sʼ sʼ ,Sh sh ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Tl tl ,Tlʼ tlʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,U u ,Ú ú ,Ù ù ,Û û ,W w ,X x ,Xw xw ,Xʼ xʼ ,Xʼw xʼw ,Xh xh ,Xhw xhw ,Xhʼ xhʼ ,Xhʼw xhʼw ,Y y (Ÿ ÿ ),․ US: ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Á á ,Aa aa ,Áa áa ,Ch ch ,Chʼ chʼ ,D d ,Dl dl ,Dz dz ,E e ,É é ,Ee ee ,Ée ée ,Ei ei ,Éi éi ,G g ,Gw gw ,G̱ g̱ ,G̱w g̱w ,H h ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,Kw kw ,Kʼ kʼ ,Kʼw kʼw ,Ḵ ḵ ,Ḵw ḵw ,Ḵʼ ḵʼ ,Ḵʼw ḵʼw ,L l ,Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ ,M m ),N n (O o ),Oo oo ,Óo óo ,S s ,Sʼ sʼ ,Sh sh ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Tl tl ,Tlʼ tlʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,U u ,Ú ú ,W w ,X x ,Xw xw ,Xʼ xʼ ,Xʼw xʼw ,X̱ x̱ ,X̱w x̱w ,X̱ʼ x̱ʼ ,X̱ʼw x̱ʼw ,Y y (Ÿ ÿ ,Y̱ y̱ ),․ y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-eighthletter of the Turkishalphabet , calledye and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) harf ;A a (Â â ),B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,I ı ,İ i (Î î ),J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ö ö ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ş ş ,T t ,U u (Û û ),Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z
y (upper case Y )
The twenty-eighthletter of the Turkmenalphabet , calledy and written in theLatin script . ( 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 Sino-Vietnamese word from伊 .
y
( archaic , literary ) he ;him ;she ;her 1958 , Đổng Chi Nguyễn, “Thạch Sùng còn thiếu mẻ kho hay là Sự tích con mối”, inKho tàng truyện cố tích Việt Nam , NXB Văn sử địa:Hồi đó ở kinh đô có một người em hoàng hậu họ Vương.Y cũng là tay cự phú nổi tiếng tiền rừng biển bạc và xài phí vào bậc nhất. At the time, there was in the capital a brother of the queen of the Wáng family.He was also a famous for being immensely rich and was an extravagant spender of first degree. ( derogatory ) he ,him Sino-Vietnamese word from依 .
y
( informal ) exactly ;precisely (like)y như ―exactly like/as y như thật ―so realistic (literally, “exactly like real life ”)y chang ―very much like Sino-Vietnamese word from醫 .
y
( medicine ) medicine ;physician Đông y ( 東醫 ,“ traditional East Asian medicine ” ) lương y như từ mẫu ( 良醫如慈母 ,“ (literary ) agood physician islike a goodmother ” ) lương y ( 良醫 ,“ (literary ) agood physician ” ) nan y ( 難醫 ,“ (ofdisease )difficult tocure ” ) pháp y ( 法醫 ,“ forensic science ” ) Tây y ( 西醫 ,“ modern medicine ” ) y dược ( 醫藥 ,“ medicine andpharmacy ” ) y đạo ( 醫道 ,“ (literary )art ofhealing ” ) y học ( 醫學 ,“ medicine ” ) y khoa ( 醫科 ,“ medicine ” ) y lệnh ( 醫令 ,“ doctor 'sinstructions ” ) y sĩ ( 醫士 ,“ (junior )physician ” ) y sinh ( 醫生 ,“ physician ” ) y tá ( 醫佐 ,“ nurse ” ) y tế ( 醫濟 ,“ health care ” ) y viện ( 醫院 ,“ (literary )hospital ” ) y (uppercase Y )
Theletter of the Võroalphabet , written in theLatin script . y
Alternative form ofɨɨ ( “ water ” ) ay' ú. ―I drinkwater . Handbook of Amazonian Languages , volume 4 (1998), edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum
ỳ ( withgrave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel/ə/ ) ý ( withacute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel ) ŷ ( withcircumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel ) ÿ ( withdiaeresis to indicate disyllabicity ) y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-ninthletter of the Welshalphabet , calledy and written in theLatin script . y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does takeh-prothesis , for example with the wordysgol ( “ school; ladder ” ) : Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
( 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 )( 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 y f (plural yau )
The name of theLatin-script letterY /y . Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromMiddle Welsh y ,yr , fromOld Welsh ir , ultimately fromProto-Celtic *sindos .
'r ( used after vowels ) yr ( used before vowels and h ) y (definite )( triggers soft mutation of a feminine singular noun, exceptll andrh remain unmutated )
the y bachgen m ―the boyy f erchf ―the girly llong f ―the shipy bechgyn pl ―the boysy merched pl ―the girls Merger of two formerly distinct particles,ydd andyd .
(1) from earlierydd , fromMiddle Welsh yð , fromProto-Celtic *ide- (compareBreton e ,ez ,Cornish y ,yth ,Old Irish id ), fromProto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰei- (compareLatin ibi ( “ here ” ) ,Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 ( idā ,“ here, in the same way ” ) , andSanskrit इह ( ihá ,“ here ” ) ). (2) from earlieryd , fromMiddle Welsh yt , fromOld Welsh it , fromProto-Celtic *ita- (compareBreton e ,ez ); akin toLatin ita ( “ so, thus ” ) , dialectalLithuanian it ( “ as ” ) , andSanskrit इति ( íti ,“ thus, in this manner ” ) . yr ( used before vowels andh ) y
( literary ) that ( preverbal particle used to mark asubordinate clause ) Wyt ti'n meddwly gall hi ddod? Do you thinkthat she can come? Mae hi'n gwybody byddet ti'n gwrando arni hi. She knowsthat you would listen to her. ( literary ) which ,whom ( particle used with indirect relative clauses ) y dyny dysgais ei fab ―the manwhose son I taught y ferchy gwrandewais arni ―the girl towhom I listened ( literary ) preverbal particle used to mark an affirmative verb in amain clause 1620 , William Morgan,Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan ,Genesis 1:1 :Yn y dechreuady creodd Duw y nefoedd a’r ddaear. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Synonyms: mi ,fe ( colloquial ) y is almost always omitted in colloquial speech.y is used to mean 'that' (i.e. mark a subordinate clause) when the subordinate clause begins with an affirmative form ofbod not in the present tense, or another affirmative verb in any tense apart from the preterite.a bod mai ( with fronted element, marked for emphasis ) i na ( negative ) y (upper case Y )
A letter of theYele alphabet. After a consonant, the letter indicatespalatalization , except that expected *ty and *nty are spelled⟨ ch ⟩ and⟨ nj ⟩ .
The digraph⟨ yw ⟩ is used after a consonantm mb p for/◌ᶣ/ inlabio-palatalized ⟨ myw mbyw pyw ⟩ . Palatalized⟨ dny, dmy, dpy, dy, kpy, ky, ly, mby, mty, my, ndy, nmy, ny, py, tpy, vy ⟩ . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,â ,b ,Ch ch ,D d ,e ,é ,ê ,Gh gh ,i ,î ,j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,o ,ó ,P p ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,Y y ,꞉ y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter of the Yorubaalphabet , calledyí and written in theLatin 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 y (lower case ,upper case Y )
The twenty-fifthletter 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