From theEtruscan letter𐌖(u,“u”), from theAncient Greek letterΥ(U,“ypsilon”), derived from thePhoenician letter𐤅(w,“waw”), from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓏲.Doublet ofY,V, andF.

U (lower caseu)

1. The twenty-first letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

• (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 U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Ｕｕ  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ

U

1. (chemistry)Chemical symbol foruranium.
2. (genetics)IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation foruracil
3. (physics)voltage
4. (mathematics,statistics)uniform distribution
5. (algebra)unitary group
6. (linguistics) Awildcard for arounded vowel or aback vowel

   synonyms:O

7. rack unit, the unit oflength defined as 1.75inches

• Letter styles
•  
  Uppercase and lowercase versions ofU, in normal and italic type
•  
  Uppercase and lowercaseU inFraktur

Character=U

Other representations of U:

Letter name

• IPA^(key):/juː/
• Rhymes:-uː

Phoneme

• Seeu.

U (upper case,lower caseu,pluralUsorU's)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Englishalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.
2. Something shaped like the letter U:
   1. AU-turn ('turned a U in the road')
   2. (horticulture) A double uprightcordonespalier (alsodouble U,triple U).

• (Latin script letters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Anabbreviation of a word or term beginning with the letterU. Adjective sense 1 (“characteristic of the upper classes”) was coined by BritishlinguistAlan S. C. Ross (1907–1980) in a 1954 article,^[1] and popularized by the English journalist and writerNancy Mitford (1904–1973).^[2]

U

1. AU-turn.
   • 2003, Tony Hillerman,The Sinister Pig,→ISBN, page115:

     Do aU across the divider and get on back here to the office.

2. Abbreviation ofuniversity.
3. Abbreviation ofSunday.
4. (UK) Afilm with thefilmclassificationU(“universal”).

U (not generallycomparable,comparativeUer,superlativeUest)

1. (comparable, chieflyBritish,dated)Abbreviation ofupper class(“characteristic of the upper classes, particularly in theuse oflanguage”).

   Antonym:non-U

   • 1954,Alan S[trode] C[ampbell] Ross, “Linguistic Class-indicators in Present-day English”, inNeuphilologische Mitteilungen [Modern Language Communications]‎^[2], volume55, number 1, Helsinki: Modern Language Society,→ISSN,→JSTOR,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on15 April 2015, page24:

     I may also note here that theU-demarcation is of two types: – (1) a certainU-feature has a different, non-U counterpart as non-Uwealthy /Urich; (2) a certain feature is confined toU-speech and it has a counterpart which is not confined to non-U speech e.g. the pronunciations of girl as[ɡɛl], (?[ɡjɛl]),[ɡæl],[ɡɛəl] areU, but many (perhaps most male)U-speakers, like all non-U-speakers, use the pronunciation[ɡəːl].

   • [1956], Alan S. C. Ross, “U and non-U”, in David Milsted,Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English,page 120:

     To TAKE a bath is non-U againstUto HAVE one’s bath.

   • 1956, Nancy Mitford,Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy:

     In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as eitherU (upper class) or non-U.

   • 1956 February 25,Thought, volume 8, Delhi: Siddhartha Publications,→ISSN,→OCLC, page16, column 1:

     Pudding when used to mean all sweet dishes at the end of a meal is non-U; theU expression issweet.

   • 1968 August 21, “U and Non-U Today: 2. Actions”, inNew Society: The Social Science Weekly,→ISSN,→OCLC, page267, column 2:

     A wedding is a great occasion foru/non-u indicators. Theu mother will be quietly dressed; the non-u one will be more ostentatious and have a corsage. Theu father will be wearing his own morning coat and a carnation. The non-u father will bolster his carnation—on his hired morning coat—with a sprig of fern, and perhaps even carry a pair of grey gloves.

   • 1976, J[an] T. J. Srzednicki, “Structure of Beliefs and Group Structure”, inElements of Social and Political Philosophy (Melbourne International Philosophy Series; 2), The Hague:Martinus Nijhoff,→DOI,→ISBN,page135:

     TheU/non-U priority rule will be in accord with servant master-type rules if masters areU and servants are non-U, for then the rules support each other. But since a master who cannot command is not a master, a non-U sergeant must take priority over aU-recruit, the same with impoverished aristocratic chauffeurs working for nouveau-riche plebeian millionaires.

   • 1977,Beverley Nichols, “Toilet-training”, inThe Spectator: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature, Theology, and Art, volume238, London: F. C. Westley,→ISSN,→OCLC, page15, column 3:

     Was it all a huge joke … thisU and non-U business? Yes and no.John Betjeman assured me that it was. But some jokes have an element of cruelty and a great many sensitive people, particularly women, must have suffered agonies of embarrassment because they were uncertain as to what was 'done,' and what was not.

   • 1992,John Algeo, “Sociolinguistic Attitudes and Issues in Contemporary Britain”, in Tim W[illiam] Machan, Charles T. Scott, editors,English in Its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguistics (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics), New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page165:

     The concept ofU (for upper-class British usage, as opposed to non-U, or everything else) was introduced by Alan S. C. Ross (1954) and was taken up by Nancy Mitford (1956), becoming for a time something of a parlor game in which the participants tested themselves and everyone else for signs ofU and non-U status.

   • 1992, Stephan Gramley,Survey of Modern English,page38:

     Other, perhaps more contentious generalizations, which nevertheless contain a certain amount of truth, are thatafternoon tea isU, starts at four and typically consists of tea, thin sandwiches and cakes.

   • 1993,Philip Pettit, “For Holism, against Atomism”, inThe Common Mind: An Essay on Psychology, Society, and Politics, New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN; 1st paperback edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press,1996,→ISBN, part II (Mind and Society),pages205–206:

     To speak of lavatories isU, of bathrooms non-U; to lay cloth napkins at table isU, to lay paper napkins non-U; and so on through a myriad of equally trivial examples. I assume that there is something distinctively collusive in the way Sloanes use theU-concept: that as they individually decide whether something isU or non-U they look over their shoulders to make sure they stay in step—the community is the authority—rather than looking to the thing itself to see what profile it displays.

   • 2001, Stephan Gramley,The Vocabulary of World English (English Language Series), London:Arnold; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page205:

     For this we must turn to speculations such as those offered in connection withU and non-U English.

   • 2011,David Crystal, “65: Lunch: U or Non-U (19th Century)”, inThe Story of English in 100 Words, London:Profile Books,→ISBN,page171:

     Eventually, as we now know, the present-day use oflunch anddinner became established among the fashionable classes. As the 20th century dawned, the pages ofPunch magazine are full of references to businesslunches and eveningdinner parties. Meanwhile, the lower orders of society continued to usedinner for their midday meal, and so theU/non-U distinction was born. But the story oflunch anddinner is not over yet. Expressions such aslunch-box andpacked lunch have reinforced a change of usage among many non-U children, so that they now happily talk aboutschool lunches (though still served by dinner ladies).

2. (not comparable)Abbreviation ofunited.
3. (not comparable)Abbreviation ofupper.
5. (not comparable,education,espionage)Usually in parentheses:abbreviation ofunclassified.
6. (not comparable,UK) In afilmcertificate:abbreviation ofuniversal(“suitable for all ages”).

U

1. (sports)Abbreviation ofunder.
   • 2013, Pam Mansell,The Girls of Southend High School 1913-2013: A Century for Women:

     In 1992 Susan Lockhart was Captain of the EnglandU16 Hockey Squad.

2. Abbreviation ofup.
3. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofunder,prefixunder-.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

U

1. A language belonging to theAustroasiatic language family which is spoken inChina.

• P'uman

• Ethnologue entry for U,uuu ⁠

SeeÜ.

U

1. Alternative form ofÜ(“Tibetan language”)
   • 1924, William Montgomery McGovern,To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet:

     Among the settled communities of Central Tibet, the Tsang dialect as spoken in Shigatse and theU dialect as spoken in Lhasa hold the field.

Borrowed fromBurmeseဦး(u:).

U (pluralUs)

1. Anhonorific to aBurmeseman

   U Thant;U Nu

•  U and non-U English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

U

1. The nineteenth 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

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/y/

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Afrikaansalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

U (pluralU's,diminutiveU'tjie)

1. U

U

1. The seventhletter of the Angamialphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)Ü ü,Üi üi,A a,Ai ai,I i,Ie ie,U u,Uo uo,E e,Ei ei,O o,Ou ou,K k,Kh kh,G g,Ng ng,C c,Ch ch,J j,Jh jh,Ny ny,T t,Th th,D d,N n,Ts ts,Tsh tsh,Dz dz,P p,Ph ph,B b,M m,Pf pf,Bv bv,Y y,Yh yh,R r,Rh rh,L l,Lh lh,F f,V v,W w,Wh wh,S s,Sh sh,Z z,Zh zh,H h

Uupper case (lower caseu)

1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)hərf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Əə,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Xx,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Qq,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

• IPA^(key):/u/,[u]

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-secondletter of the Basquealphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc, (Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,L,l,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu, (Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈu]

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Catalanalphabet, calledu 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

• /u/ is from Middle High Germanu in open syllables; in Ripuarian fromū before velars.
• /uː/ is fromū before non-velars in Ripuarian; fromō in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; fromuo in southern Moselle Franconian.
• For the origin of/ø/, seeÖ. For the origin of/y/,/yː/, seeÜ.

• (German spelling)IPA^(key):(short)/u/,(long)/uː/
• (Dutch spelling)IPA^(key):(open short)/ø/,(closed short)/y/,(long)/yː/

U

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

• In the German-based spelling,/ø/ is represented byÖ, while/y/,/yː/ are represented byÜ (see these).
• In the Dutch-based spelling, both short/u/ and long/uː/ are writtenoe. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant:floeppeorfloepe.

• IPA^(key):/u/

U (lower caseu)

1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,Ⱥ ⱥ,A̱ a̱,B b,C c,Cꞌ cꞌ,Cj cj,Cu cu,Cꞌu cꞌu,Cju cju,Ch ch,Chꞌ chꞌ,Chj chj,D d,Dy dy,E e,Ɇ ɇ,E̱ e̱,G g,Gu gu,Hu hu,ꞌHu ꞌhu,I i,I̱ i̱,J j,Jꞌ jꞌ,Jm jm,Jn jn,Jñ jñ,Ju ju,Jy jy,L l,M m,Mꞌ mꞌ,N n,Nꞌ nꞌ,Ñ ñ,Ñꞌ ñꞌ,O o,Ø ø,O̱ o̱,P p,Pj pj,R r,S s,T t,Tꞌ tꞌ,Tj tj,Ts ts,Tsꞌ tsꞌ,Tsj tsj,U u,Ꞹ ꞹ,U̱ u̱,X x,Z z,Zh zh,ꞌ

FromEnglishU. The sense of“university”, is short foruniversity and the sense of“subject failed in examinations” is short forunclassified as written on the results notice.

U

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)university(Classifier:間／间c)

   KongU[Cantonese]  ― kong¹ju¹[Jyutping]  ―  TheUniversity of Hong Kong

   讀U／读U[Cantonese]  ― duk⁶ju¹[Jyutping]  ―  to study at auniversity

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) afailedsubject inHKCEE,HKALE orHKDSE(Classifier:個／个c)

   拎U[Cantonese]  ― ling¹ju¹[Jyutping]  ―  to have a subjectfailed in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE

From clipping ofEnglishCPU.

U

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese,computing)CPU;central processing unit(Classifier:粒c)

U

1. The twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet.

U

1. The twenty-first letter used inPinyin.

• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

• IPA^(key):/y/

• Audio:

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U (personal & reflexive pronoun, capitalized form ofu)

1. (archaic)Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective:you (polite)

See usage notes atu.

• a(Brabant)

• jou
• u

U (capital,lowercaseu)

1. the twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet

• Previous letter:T
• Next letter:V

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

• Audio:

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U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Esperantoalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Ĉĉ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ĝĝ,Hh,Ĥĥ,Ii,Jj,Ĵĵ,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Ŝŝ,Tt,Uu,Ŭŭ,Vv,Zz

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, andU for information on the development of the glyph itself.

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Finnishalphabet, calleduu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)kirjain;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss (Šš),Tt,Uu,Vv (Ww),Xx,Yy,Zz (Žž),Åå,Ä ä,Öö

U

1. (linguistics)Either the vowelu/u/ ory/y/, depending on vowel harmony.

Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use-nUt to refer to the suffix-nut (in e.g.juonut) or-nyt (in e.g.tehnyt).

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Frenchalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)lettre;A a (À à, â,Æ æ),B b,C c (Ç ç),D d,E e (É é,È è,Ê ê,Ë ë),F f,G g,H h,I i (Πî,Ï ï),J j,K k,L l,M m,N n (Ñ ñ),O o (Ô ô,Œ œ),P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u (Ù ù,Û û,Ü ü),V v,W w,X x,Y y (Ÿ ÿ),Z z

• IPA^(key):/ʔuː/

• Audio:

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U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-first letter of the German alphabet.

• (letter name)ʻū

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ˈʔuː/
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/u/

U

1. The fifthletter of the Hawaiianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)A a (Ā ā),E e (Ē ē),I i (Ī ī),O o (Ō ō),U u (Ū ū),H h,K k,L l,M m,N n,P p,W w,ʻ

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):[ˈu]
• (letter name):IPA^(key):[ˈu]

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The thirty-fourthletter of the Hungarianalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin 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,Q q,R r,S s,Sz sz,T t,Ty ty,U u,Ú ú,Ü ü,Ű ű,V v,W w,X x,Y y,Z z,Zs zs

U (lower caseu)

1. The twenty-fourthletter of the Icelandicalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)bókstafur;A a,Á á,B b,D d,Рð,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

U (lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Idoalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,L,l,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The eighteenthletter of the Irishalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• U-bholta
• U-chruthach
• U-lúb

• SeeTemplate:list:Latin script letters/ga.

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ˈu/^*
  • Rhymes:-u
  • Hyphenation:Ù
• (phonemic realization)IPA^(key):/ˈu/
• (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable)IPA^(key):/w/

U f orm (invariable,upper case,lower caseu)

1. The nineteenthletter of the Italianalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)lettera;Aa (Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee (Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii (Íí,Ìì,Îî,Jj,Kk),Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo (Óó,Òò),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu (Úú,Ùù),Vv (Ww,Xx,Yy),Zz
•  Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

EnglishU, short forunit

• (Tokyo)ゆう[yúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key):[jɯ̟ː]

U(ユー)• (yū) 

1. (typography,newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11mils,¹¹⁄₁₀₀₀in,¹⁄₈倍(bai) and¹⁄₁₂₈段(dan)

Borrowed fromTagalogU. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishU.

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ju/[ju]
  • Syllabification:U
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/u/[u]
• Rhymes:-u

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-thirdletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet, calledyu 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]‎^[3] (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, andU for development of the glyph itself.

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Kashubianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

Originally took the form of the modern-dayV, which is derived from U.

• Classical: IPA: short /u/, long /u:/

U

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

• "U" inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• U inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key):[u]

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-ninthletter of the Latvianalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti:Aa,Āā,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Ģģ,Hh,Ii,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ķķ,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

• (Name of letter)IPA^(key):[ju]
• (Phoneme)IPA^(key):[u]
• (Phoneme, Closed ultima)IPA^(key):[o]

U

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Malayalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Maltesealphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/u/,(after /n/ or /m/)/ũ/

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-fifthletter 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, andU for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key):/ˈu/

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Polishalphabet, calledu 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,R r,S s,Ś ś,T t,U u,W w,Y y,Z z,Ź ź,Ż ż

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Portuguesealphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)letra;Aa (Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ãã),Bb,Cc (Çç),Dd,Ee (Éé,Êê),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii (Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo (Óó,Ôô,Õõ),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu (Úú),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• IPA^(key):/u/

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. (International Standard)The twenty-eighthletter of the Romanialphabet, written in theLatin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax)The twenty-ninthletter of the Romanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,C c,D d,E e,F f,G g,H h,X x,I i,J j,K k,Kh kh,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,Ph ph,R r,S s,T t,Th th,U u,V v,Z zInternational Standard:(À à,Ä ä,Ǎ ǎ),Ć ć,Ćh ćh, (È è,Ë ë,Ě ě), (Ì ì,Ï ï,Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò,Ö ö,Ǒ ǒ),Rr rr,Ś ś, (Ù ù,Ü ü,Ǔ ǔ),Ź ź,Ʒ ʒ,Q q,Ç ç,ϴ θ.Pan-Vlax:Č č,Čh čh,Dž dž, (Dź dź),Ř ř,Š š, (Ś ś),Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key):/u/

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Romanianalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Ăă,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Îî,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Șș,Tt,Țț,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• IPA^(key):/əw/,/u/

U

1. The thirty-secondletter 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,¸

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The eighteenthletter of the Scottish Gaelicalphabet, written in theLatin script.It is preceded byt. Its traditional name isur(“heather”).

• (Latin-script letters)litir;A a (À à),B b (Bh bh),C c (Ch ch),D d (Dh dh),E e (È è),F f (Fh fh),G g (Gh gh),H h,I i (Ì ì),L l,M m (Mh mh),N n,O o (Ò ò),P p (Ph ph),R r,S s (Sh sh),T t (Th th),U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics)◌̀
• (obsolete vowels)ÁáÉéÓó

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andU for development of the glyph itself.

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-ninthletter of the Silesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/u/,/w/

U (lower caseu)

1. The thirty-firstletter of the Skolt Samialphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)bukva;A a, â,B b,C c,Č č,Ʒ ʒ,Ǯ ǯ,D d,Đ đ,E e,F f,G g,Ǧ ǧ,Ǥ ǥ,H h,I i,J j,K k,Ǩ ǩ,L l,M m,N n,Ŋ ŋ,O o,Õ õ,P p,R r,S s,Š š,T t,U u,V v,Z z,Ž ž,Å å,Ä ä,ʹ

U (capital,lowercaseu)

1. The twenty-secondletter of the Slovenealphabet, written in theLatin script.
2. The twenty-ninthletter of the Slovenealphabet (Resian), written in theLatin script.
3. The twenty-thirdletter of the Slovenealphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ʉ/,/u/
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ʔu/

Uupper case (lower caseu)

1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Somalialphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

1. The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of theSomali alphabet, which followsArabicabjad order. It is preceded byO.

• (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

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-firstletter 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 fromSpanishU. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishU.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by theBaybayin characterᜂ(o).
• Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishU.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈju/[ˈju](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈʔu/[ˈʔu](letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈu/[ˈu](phoneme, stressed)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈu/[ˈu](phoneme, unstressed)
• Rhymes:-u
• Syllabification:U

U (upper case,lower caseu,Baybayin spellingᜌᜓ)

1. The twenty-thirdletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet), calledyu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)titik;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

U (upper case,lower caseu,Baybayin spellingᜂ)

1. The eighteenthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet), calledu and written in theLatin script.
2. (historical)The twenty-fourthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario), calledu and written in theLatin script.

• “U”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Turkishalphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)harf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔu˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔʊw˧˧]

U (upper case,lower caseu)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet, calledu and written in theLatin script.

• (Quốc ngữ letters)chữ cái;A a (À à,Ả ả,àã,Á á,Ạ ạ),Ă ă (Ằ ằ,Ẳ ẳ,Ẵ ẵ,Ắ ắ,Ặ ặ), â (Ầ ầ,Ẩ ẩ,Ẫ ẫ,Ấ ấ,Ậ ậ),B b,C c (Ch ch),D d,Đ đ,E e (È è,Ẻ ẻ,Ẽ ẽ,É é,Ẹ ẹ),Ê ê (Ề ề,Ể ể,Ễ ễ,Ế ế,Ệ ệ),G g (Gh gh,Gi gi),H h,I i (Ì ì,Ỉ ỉ,Ĩ ĩ,Í í,Ị ị),K k (Kh kh),L l,M m,N n (Ng ng,Ngh ngh,Nh nh),O o (Ò ò,Ỏ ỏ,Õ õ,Ó ó,Ọ ọ),Ô ô (Ồ ồ,Ổ ổ,Ỗ ỗ,Ố ố,Ộ ộ),Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ,Ở ở,Ỡ ỡ,Ớ ớ,Ợ ợ),P p (Ph ph),Q q (Qu qu),R r,S s,T t (Th th,Tr tr),U u (Ù ù,Ủ ủ,Ũ ũ,Ú ú,Ụ ụ),Ư ư (Ừ ừ,Ử ử,Ữ ữ,Ứ ứ,Ự ự),V v,X x,Y y (Ỳ ỳ,Ỷ ỷ,Ỹ ỹ,Ý ý,Ỵ ỵ)