• uu,vv(obsolete)

• Pronunciation of IPA[wːɑː, ɑwwɑː] with the sound[w]:

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w (upper caseW)

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

w(obsolete)

1. ⟨uu⟩
2. ⟨vv⟩

w

1. (IPA) avoicedlabial-velar (or, more precisely,labialized velar)approximant.
2. (superscriptʷ,IPA)labialization ([w]-coloring) or a consonant or vowel; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[w].

   Specifically, on a vowel letter: an [u]off-glide (diphthong) or aprotruded (as opposed tocompressed) vowel, e.g. Swedish/yʷː/.

3. (superscriptʷ,NAPA) labialization.
4. (Cyrillic,phonetics) Avoicedbilabialfricative, equivalent to IPA⟨β⟩.

• Letter styles
•  
  Uppercase and lowercase versions ofW, in normal and italic type
•  
  Uppercase and lowercaseW inFraktur

• (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

Other representations of W:

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

Audio(US):

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

w (lower case,upper caseW,pluralwsorw's)

1. The twenty-thirdletter of the Englishalphabet, calleddouble-u 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

Abbreviations.

w

1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
2. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofwe.
3. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofwere.
4. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofwhoand its inflectionwhom.

w

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work
5. Abbreviation ofwin.

w

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

   W rizz.

w

1. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviation ofwith.

   Alternative form:w/

   • 2013,Jessica Burkhart,Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special), New York, NY:Aladdin M!X,→ISBN,page44:

     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 Xmasw them. ☺

2. with awing (on theEnneagram)

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

• IPA^(key):/ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/,[u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-fourthletter of the Basquealphabet, calleduve bikoitz 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

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈbe ˈðob.blə]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[ˈve ˈðob.blə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈve ˈðo.ble]

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-thirdletter of the Catalanalphabet, calledve doble and written in theLatin 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

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The thirty-seventhletter 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

• IPA^(key):/dɔbəlveː/,[ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

w (uppercaseW)

1. 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

• Audio:

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

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet

• Previous letter:v
• Next letter:x

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

 enclitic

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofw  

w

 m

1. area,district
2. administrativedistrict
3. nome[since the New Kingdom]

Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofw  

w	w
	[Old Kingdom]

 sg1.enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form ofwj(“I, me”)

• Erman, Adolf,Grapow, Hermann (1926)Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag,→ISBN,pages243.1–243.8
• James P[eter] Allen (2010)Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,→ISBN,pages51, 198, 415.

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 for information on the development of the glyph itself.

• Audio;“kaksoisvee,Waltari”:

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w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. Aletter of the Finnishalphabet, calledkaksoisvee and written in theLatin script.

• In the Finnish alphabet,w is a variant ofv.
• Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling; see the usage notes forW.

• (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):/du.blə.ve/

• Audio:

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w (uppercaseW)

1. w

• IPA^(key):/w/

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. Aletter of the Fulaalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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

• (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

w

1. Romanization of𐍅

• IPA^(key):/w/

w

1. Contraction ofou.

• (letter name)wē

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ˈweː/,[ˈʋeː]
• (phoneme) [w ~ v]

w

1. The twelfthletter 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):[ˈv]
• (letter name):IPA^(key):[ˈduplɒveː]

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarianalphabet, calleddupla vé 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,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 qW wX xY y.Commonly used: ch.Also defined: à ë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthts ÿ.

• w inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

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

w (upper caseW)

1. 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

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

w (upper caseW)

1. The twenty-thirdletter 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

w

1. (text messaging,slang)Abbreviation ofgue.

   Synonym:gw

w f orm (invariable,lower case,upper caseW)

1. the twenty-third letter of theLatin alphabet, calleddoppia vu orvu doppia in Italian

• The letterW is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

Short for(笑)(warai,“laughing”).

w

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

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ(´∀`*)

   kono bakaｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ (´ ∀ ` *)

   you silly foollol

   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

   choｗｗｗ omae no tsuīto nobisugiｗｗｗ yūmeijin janｗｗｗｗｗ

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

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

• 草(くさ)(kusa)

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

Borrowed fromTagalogw. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishw.

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/dobolˈju/[do.bʊlˈju]
  • IPA^(key):(Sagada & parts of Sabangan)/doborˈju/[do.bʊrˈju]
  • Rhymes:-u
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/w/[w]

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet, calleddobolyu 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]‎^[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN, pages10-11

• IPA^(key):/ˈv/(before a voiced consonant)
• IPA^(key):/ˈf/(before a voiceless consonant)
• Syllabification:w

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andw for development of the glyph itself.

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The thirtiethletter 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

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*vъ(n).

w

1. denotesinessive position;in,at,on
2. denotesillative movement;into,in,to
3. denotes an amount or number;in,as, in agroup of
4. denotes position in time;in,on

• we,wew

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “v”, inSłownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page241
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “w, we”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3], volume 2, page1251
• “w”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022

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

w (upper caseW)

1. The thirtiethletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet, calledwej and written in theLatin script.

FromProto-Slavic*vъ(n), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁én.

• we(especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

w (with locative)

1. in

• SeeTemplate:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. 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

• IPA^(key):/w/

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-seventhletter 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

w

1. Superseded spelling ofubefore or after a vowel.

1. IPA^(key):/w/,/ɣ/

w (upper caseW)

1. Aletter of the Navajoalphabet, written in theLatin script.

The letter⟨w⟩ is used for the phoneme/w/, but also for/ɣ/ before aback vowel, where that is pronounced[ɣʷ].

• IPA^(key):[v](generally)
• IPA^(key):[f](Sylt, except at the start of a word or stressed syllable)

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. Aletter of the North Frisianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• Word-internal and final ⟨w⟩ alternates with ⟨f⟩ in many cases. In Föhr-Amrum and Mooring Frisian this alternation simply reflects the pronunciation: voiced[v] and devoiced[f] respectively. It is true that written ⟨w⟩ might be devoiced in certain clusters, e.g.düskreewst, but careful enunciation maintains[v] in these cases, so the spelling ⟨w⟩ is justified. On Amrum (but not on Föhr), final unstressed ⟨ew⟩ is pronounced[o].
• Sylt Frisian has lost the voice distinction in unstressed position. Therefore ⟨w⟩ frequently represents[f] in this dialect. Complicating matters more, Sylt Frisian also replaces ⟨w⟩ with ⟨v⟩ under certain circumstances (see below). This means that all of ⟨w, v, f⟩ may alternate in one word stem without there being any difference in pronunciation. Some stems are non-alternating; they keep ⟨f⟩ throughout (see e.g.Wüf,Filosoof). However, most are alternating; they use ⟨w⟩ before vowels, ⟨v⟩ word-finally after long or unstressed vowels, ⟨f⟩ word-finally after short stressed vowels and generally in consonant clusters (compare the conjugation ofskriiv).

• (North Frisian letters):a,ä,å,ā,b,c,d,đ,e,ē,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,ö,p,r,s,t,u,ü,v,w (q,x,y,z)

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

• Audio:

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w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/w/

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. 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

• we

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

• IPA^(key):/v/,/f/

w

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

• Polish:w,we
• Silesian:w,we,wy

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “w”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

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 for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key):/ˈvu/

w (upper caseW,lower case)

1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Polishalphabet, calledwu 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

Inherited fromOld Polishw.

• we

• IPA^(key):/v/

• Audio:

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w

1. denotesinessive position;in,at,on[withlocative]

   Od roku mieszkamwe Francji. ―I've livedin France for a year.

   On siedziw więzieniu za morderstwo. ―He'sin prison for murder.

   Widziałam cię wczorajw pociągu. ―I saw youon the train yesterday.

2. denotes position in time;in,on[withlocativeor(sometimes)accusative]

   Urodziłem sięw czerwcu. ―I was bornin June.

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

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

3. denotes state;in[withlocative]

   Byłemw szoku po wypadku. ―I wasin shock after the accident.

   Kupił dziewczynie naszyjnikw postaci serca. ―He bought his girlfriend a necklacein the shape of a heart.

4. denotes approximate position;at[withlocative]

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

5. denotesillative movement;into,in,to[withaccusative]

   Włożył koszulęw spodnie. ―He tucked his shirtinto his trousers.

   Uderzyłem go prostow twarz. ―I hit him rightin the face.

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

6. denotes a change of state;into[withaccusative]

   Stary młyn przekształconow nowoczesne mieszkania. ―They turned the old millinto modern apartments.

   Pokrój ziemniakiw małe kawałki. ―Cut the potatoesinto small pieces.

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

   koszulaw kratkę ―plaid shirt

   geopardw cętki. ―Aspotted leopard

   Miała na sobie długą, granatową suknięw złote gwiazdki. ―She was wearing a long, dark blue dressdecorated with little gold stars.

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

   Synonyms:w ciągu,w przeciągu,na przestrzeni

   Cały egzamin skończyłemw godzinę. ―I finished the whole examwithin an hour.

9. denotes an amount or number;in,as, in agroup of[withaccusative]

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

   Byliśmyw piątkę. ―We were in agroup of five/There were five of us.

   W tę grę można graćw cztery osoby. ―You can play this gameas a foursome.

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

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

But:

• w Warszawie ―in Warsaw

According toSłownik 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.^[1]

• w inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• w in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “W”, inElektroniczny 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”, inSłownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “w”, inSłownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz,A. Kryński,W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “w”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page435

• (letter name):
  • (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈda.bli.u/,[ˈda.blɪ.u],/ˈda.blju/
  • (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈda.bliw/,[ˈda.βliw]

• Audio:

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

w (lower case,upper caseW)

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

• (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

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. A letter used to represent thevoicedlabial-velarapproximant (/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)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha,→ISBN, page16

• IPA^(key):/v/,/w/,/u/

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Romanianalphabet, calleddublu ve ordublu vî 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,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

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

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

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The thirtiethletter 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

Inherited fromOld Polishw.

w

1. denotesinessive position;in,at,on[withlocative]

   Synonym:(with some countries and regions)na

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

• we,wy

• w in silling.org

• IPA^(key):[ʋ]

w (upper caseW)

1. The fortiethletter 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

• we

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*vъ(n).

• IPA^(key):/ˈv/(before a voiced consonant)
• IPA^(key):/ˈf/(before a voiceless consonant)
• Syllabification:w

w

1. denotesillative movement;into,in,to[withaccusative]
2. denotes position in time;in,on[withaccusative]
3. denotesinessive position;in,at,on[withlocative]
4. denotes position in time;in,on[withlocative]

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “v”, inSlovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg:ОРЯС ИАН,page1253

• IPA^(key):(phoneme)/w/,/ɡw/,/β/
• IPA^(key):(letter name)/ˌube ˈdoble/[ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
• IPA^(key):(letter name)/ˌdoble ˈbe/[ˌd̪o.β̞le ˈβ̞e]
• IPA^(key):(letter name)/ˌdoble ˈu/[ˌd̪o.β̞le ˈu]

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w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Letter name

• IPA^(key):/ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

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

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedishalphabet, calleddubbel-ve and written in theLatin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letterv and not as its own independent letter.

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

w

1. (slang)weed (marijuana)

• b

• Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang

Borrowed fromEnglishw. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishw.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜏ(wa).

Formerly, the letteru was used to represent/w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈdobolju/[ˌd̪oː.bolˈju](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes:-obolju
  • IPA^(key):/ˈwa/[ˈwa](letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • Rhymes:-a
  • IPA^(key):/ˈʔu/[ˈʔu](phoneme)

w (lower case,upper caseW,Baybayin spellingᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet), calleddobolyu 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

w (lower case,upper caseW,Baybayin spellingᜏ)

1. The nineteenthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet), calledwa and written in theLatin script.

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

• IPA^(key):/w/

w (upper caseW)

1. 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,Πî,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),․

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/β/

w (upper caseW)

1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Turkmenalphabet, calledwe 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

Probablycalque ofFrenchw.

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ve˧˧ kɛp̚˧˦]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[vej˧˧ kɛp̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[vej˧˧ kɛp̚˦˥] ~[jej˧˧ kɛp̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: vê kép

w

1. w

• This letter is not recognized as a letter of theVietnamese alphabet.
• This letter is used in words that are foreign to the Vietnamese language.

• (withgrave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel):ẁ
• (withacute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel):ẃ
• (withcircumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity):ŵ
• (withdiaeresis to indicate disyllabicity):ẅ

• IPA^(key):/uː/

w (lower case,upper caseW)

1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Welshalphabet, calledw and written in theLatin script.It is preceded byu and followed byy.

• w cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does takeh-prothesis, for example with the wordwy(“egg”):

• Digraph sequences:wy

• (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)