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See also:Appendix:Variations of "z"

zU+007A,z
LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
y
[U+0079]
Basic Latin{
[U+007B]
Character variations

U+1DBB,ᶻ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Z

[U+1DBA]
Phonetic Extensions Supplement
[U+1DBC]
𝆎U+1D18E,𝆎
MUSICAL SYMBOL Z
𝆍
[U+1D18D]
Musical Symbols𝆏
[U+1D18F]
U+FF5A,z
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Z

[U+FF59]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF5B]
Languages (53)
Translingual • English
Albanian • Alemannic German • Azerbaijani • Basque • Catalan • Central Mazahua • Cimbrian • Czech • Dutch • Egyptian • Esperanto • Estonian • Finnish • French • Gothic • Heiltsuk • Hungarian • Ido • Indonesian • Italian • Kankanaey • Kashubian • Latin • Latvian • Livonian • Lower Sorbian • Malay • Maltese • Navajo • Norwegian • Nupe • Old Czech • Old Polish • Polish • Portuguese • Romani • Romanian • Sani • Serbo-Croatian • Seri • Silesian • Skolt Sami • Slovak • Slovene • Spanish • Swedish • Tagalog • Turkish • Turkmen • Upper Sorbian • Zulu
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Translingual

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • Pronunciation of IPA[zɑː, ɑzzɑː] with the sound[z]:(file)

Letter

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z (upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

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Symbol

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

z

  1. (metrology)Symbol for the prefixzepto-.
  2. (astronomy)Symbol for theredshift.
  3. (mathematics)Used to denote arealvariable whenx andy are already in use.
    f(x,y,z)=sinx+cosy+tanz{\displaystyle f\left(x,y,z\right)=\sin x+\cos y+\tan z}
  4. (mathematics)Used to denote the thirdcoordinate inthree-dimensionalCartesian andcylindricalcoordinate systems.
    x2+y2+z2=1{\displaystyle x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=1}
  5. (mathematics)Used to denote acomplexvariable.
    z=zz¯{\displaystyle \left\Vert z\right\Vert =z\cdot {\bar {z}}}
  6. (statistics)Used to denote a value of astandardnormalrandomvariable.
    P[Z>z]=1P[Z<z]=1Φ(z){\displaystyle P[Z>z]=1-P[Z<z]=1-\Phi (z)}
  7. (chemistry)Symbol foratomic number.
  8. (IPA) avoicedalveolarsibilant.
  9. (superscript, IPA)[z]-fricatedrelease of a plosive (e.g.[dᶻ], sometimes implying anaffricate[d͜z]);[z]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[z].
    Lushootseed uses the affricate convention for its alphabetic letterdᶻ.

Derived terms

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Prefix zepto-

Gallery

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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of Z, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions ofZ, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercaseZ inFraktur

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Other representations of Z:

English

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Etymology 1

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Letter name

Phoneme

Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ,pluralzsorz's)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Englishalphabet, calledzed,zee, orizzard and written in theLatin script.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviations.

z

  1. (Stenoscript) the sound /z/, regardless of spelling.
    Note: plural /s/, /z/ or /əz/ in nouns is instead indicated by an optional dot under last letter; 3sg /s/, /z/ or /əz/ in verbs is not written at all, except forhz 'has',sz 'says',dz 'does'
  2. (Stenoscript) the sound /ʃ/, /ʒ/, or the sequence /ziː/.
  3. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofas,was,his, orshe.

Albanian

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z (upper caseZ)

  1. The thirty-fifthletter of the Albanianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Alemannic German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Article

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z n

  1. synonym ofs:the
    Gfallt derz Huus?Do you likethe house?

Etymology 2

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Preposition

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z

  1. unstressed form of ofzue
    Mir wonenz Züri.We livein Zurich.

Etymology 3

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Preposition

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z

  1. unstressed form of ofzu
    Das isch z vill.This istoo much.

Azerbaijani

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zlower case (upper caseZ)

  1. The thirty-secondletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s̻eta/,[s̻e̞.t̪a]

Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Basquealphabet, calledzeta and written in theLatin script.

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Catalanalphabet, calledzeta and written in theLatin script.

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Central Mazahua

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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z (upper caseZ)

  1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

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Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Article

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z

  1. (Luserna)the;definite article for two declensions:
    1. nominative singular neuter
    2. accusative singular neuter

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Cimbriandefinite articles
singularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
nominativedarde /di's /zde /di
accusativeinde /di's /zde /di
dativemedarmein

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Czechz,ze, fromProto-Slavic*jьz.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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z [withgenitive]

  1. from
    Toto víno pocházíz Francie.This wine comesfrom France.
  2. out of
    Pětz deseti doktorů doporučuje tuto zubní pastu.Fiveout of ten doctors recommend this toothpaste.

Usage notes

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  • The more usual form isz, whileze is used before words starting withs,z and certainconsonant clusters.
  • In certain contexts (in the meaning "out of the surface" or "down from the surface") the prepositions, which normally requires instrumental case, can be used synonymously requiring the genitive case. This use of the prepositions is dated though and is mainly seen in older literature.
    • spadnout z/s kopceto fall down the hill
    • sundat něco ze/se skříněto take something off the cupboard

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Dutchalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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  • Previous letter:y

Egyptian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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z
Z1

 m

  1. doorbolt ofwood orcopper[since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
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Declension ofz (masculine)
singularz
dualzwj
pluralzw
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofz  
z
z
M3
z
t
M3
z
tZ1
M3
[Old Kingdom][New Kingdom][Late Period][Late Period]

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Etymology 2

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Speculatively, Ehret hypothesizes an origin inProto-Afroasiatic*ji(one, someone, somebody); as with other attempts at reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, academic consensus is lacking. CompareHebrewזֶה.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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z&A1&Z1

 m

  1. man (male person)[since the Old Kingdom]
  2. someone, anyone
    • c. 1944BCE, (year 17 of the reign ofSenusret I), Stela of Mentuwoser (MMA 12.184), lines 11–12:
      D35A
      sDr
      r
      D37
      A55
      z&A1Hq
      r
      wnDsr
      d
      miiN23A1
      nj sḏrz ḥqr.w r dmj.j
      Noone went to bed hungry in my district.
Usage notes
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This word can be placed after a type of person and before a number to indicate that many prisoners of that type were taken.

Inflection
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Declension ofz (masculine)
singularz
dualzwj
pluralzw
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofz  
A1
z
z&A1
z
Z1A1
sA1
sZ1A1
siA1
Aa18A1
zzzzsssjsꜣ
[Old Kingdom][since the Old Kingdom][since the Middle Kingdom][since the Middle Kingdom][since the 19th Dynasty][since the 19th Dynasty][Late Period][Greco-Roman Period]

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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Noun

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z

 m

  1. being,creature (used of a snake)[Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
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Declension ofz (masculine)
singularz
dualzwj
pluralzw

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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z

 m

  1. A type of fish[22nd dynasty]
Inflection
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Declension ofz (masculine)
singularz
dualzwj
pluralzw

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Esperantoalphabet, calledzo and written in theLatin script.

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Estonian

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EstonianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaet

Pronunciation

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-firstletter of the Estonianalphabet, calledtsett and written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • Used only in loanwords.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio(letter name);tset:(file)

Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Finnishalphabet, calledtseta ortset and written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced withts.

Derived terms

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compounds

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French

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Pronunciation

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

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

Gothic

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Romanization

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z

  1. romanization of𐌶

Heiltsuk

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Letter

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z (uppel caseZ)

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

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The thirty-ninthletter of the Hungarianalphabet, called and written in theLatin script.

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singularplural
nominativezz-k
accusativez-tz-ket
dativez-nekz-knek
instrumentalz-velz-kkel
causal-finalz-értz-kért
translativez-véz-kké
terminativez-igz-kig
essive-formalz-kéntz-kként
essive-modal
inessivez-benz-kben
superessivez-nz-ken
adessivez-nélz-knél
illativez-bez-kbe
sublativez-rez-kre
allativez-hezz-khez
elativez-bőlz-kből
delativez-rőlz-kről
ablativez-tőlz-ktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
z-éz-ké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
z-éiz-kéi
Possessive forms ofz
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.z-mz-im
2nd person sing.z-dz-id
3rd person sing.z-jez-i
1st person pluralz-nkz-ink
2nd person pluralz-tekz-itek
3rd person pluralz-jükz-ik

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Further reading

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  • z in Géza 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.

Ido

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Pronunciation

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  • (context pronunciation)IPA(key): /z/
  • (letter name)IPA(key): /ze/

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z (upper caseZ)

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

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /z/(usually unless before a voiced consonant)
  • IPA(key): /s/(sometimes before a voiced consonant e.g. Mazmur)

Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Indonesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • Used only in loanwords from Arabic, English, etc.

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Italian

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Letter

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z f orm (invariable,lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-firstletter of the Italianalphabet, calledzeta and written in theLatin script.

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromTagalogz. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishz.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name)IPA(key): /zi/[zi̞]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding)/si/[si̞]
    • Rhymes:-i
  • (phoneme)IPA(key): /z/[z]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding)/s/[s]

Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet, calledzi and written in theLatin script.

See also

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016),Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN, pages10-11

Kashubian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈz/(before a voiced consonant)
  • IPA(key): /ˈs/(before a voiceless consonant)
  • Syllabification:w

Etymology 1

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

Letter

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z (lower case,upper caseZ)

  1. The thirty-secondletter of the Kashubianalphabet, written in theLatin script.
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Etymology 2

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Balto-Slavic*iź
    Proto-Slavic*jьz
    Kashubianz

    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jьz.

    Preposition

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    z

    1. from,out of[withgenitive]

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    Etymology 3

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Slavic*sъ(n)
    Kashubianz

    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sъ(n).

    Preposition

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    z

    1. denotescomitative orsociative relation;with,alongside[withinstrumental]

    Alternative forms

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    Further reading

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    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “z”, inSłownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page258
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “z”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
    • z”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022

    Latin

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    Etymology

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    The minuscule form derives from the majusculeZ.

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-third letter of theClassical Latin alphabet, calledzēta.

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    • "z", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • z”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

    Latvian

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    LatvianWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedialv

    Etymology

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    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 GermanFraktur, and sporadically inCyrillic.

    Pronunciation

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    Request for audio pronunciationThis entry needs anaudio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, pleaserecord this word. The recorded pronunciationwill appear here when it's ready.

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    Z

    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The thirty-secondletter of the Latvianalphabet, called and written in theLatin script.

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    Livonian

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    z (upper caseZ)

    1. The thirty-eighthletter of the Livonianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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    Lower Sorbian

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    Etymology 1

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    z (upper caseZ)

    1. The thirty-secondletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet, calledzet and written in theLatin script.

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    Etymology 2

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    FromProto-Slavic *jьz, fromProto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

    Alternative forms

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    • ze(used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key):/z/,(before a voiceless consonant) /s/

    Preposition

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    z (with genitive)

    1. from,out of

    Etymology 3

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    FromProto-Slavic *sъ(n), fromProto-Indo-European *ḱom.

    Alternative forms

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    • ze(used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key):/z/,(before a voiceless consonant) /s/

    Preposition

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    z (with instrumental)

    1. with
      Stej bratšze sotšu.
      They are brother and sister
      (literally, “brotherwith sister”)

    Malay

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    Letter

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

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

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    Maltese

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /t͡s/,/d͡z/
    • Simplez is almost always/t͡s/. Geminatedzz is also predominantly voiceless, but intervocalically it may represent/dd͡z/, notably in the verbal suffix-izza.

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    z (upper caseZ)

    1. The thirtiethletter of the Maltesealphabet, written in theLatin script.

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    Navajo

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    Letter

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    z (upper caseZ)

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

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    Norwegian

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    z

    1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Norwegianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

    Usage notes

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    • Not used in Norwegian, only appears in loanwords from e.g. Slavic.
    • Used interchangeably with s in Internet slang and informal writing.

    Nupe

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    Pronunciation

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    Letter

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

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

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    Old Czech

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jьz

    Preposition

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    z

    1. from,out of[withgenitive]

    Descendants

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    • Czech:z

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    Old Polish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Balto-Slavic*iź
    Proto-Slavic*jьz
    Old Polishz

    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jьz. First attested in the 14th century.

    Preposition

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    z[withgenitive]

    1. denotesdelative movement;off of
    2. denoteselative movement;out of
    3. denotes duration;since
    4. denotes a change of state;from
    5. denotes the composition of an item;from,out of,of
    6. denotes origin or cause;because of,from
    7. with a noun, denotes manner;by means of,from

    Preposition

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    z[withaccusative]

    1. denotesdelative movement;off of

    Preposition

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    z[withaccusative]

    1. denotesdelative movement;off of

    Particle

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    z

    1. approximately,about

    Alternative forms

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    Descendants
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    • Polish:z(from)
    • Silesian:z(from)

    Etymology 2

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Slavic*sъ(n)
    Old Polishz

    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sъ(n). First attested in the 14th century.

    Preposition

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    z[withinstrumental]

    1. denotescomitative orsociative relation;with,alongside
    2. denotesinstrumental relation;with,by means of
    3. denotes origin or cause;because of,from

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    Descendants
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    • Polish:z(with)
    • Silesian:z(with)

    References

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    • 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), “z”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

    Polish

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    Etymology 1

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    The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andz for development of the glyph itself.

    Pronunciation

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The thirtiethletter of the Polishalphabet, calledzet and written in theLatin script.
    See also
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    Etymology 2

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  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Balto-Slavic*iź
    Proto-Slavic*jьz
    Old Polishz
    Polishz

    Inherited fromOld Polishz(from).

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    Pronunciation

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    Preposition

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    z[withgenitive]

    1. denotesdelative movement;off of
      Jesteśz przodu czyz tyłu?Are youat the front orat the back?
    2. denotes duration;since
    3. denotes a change of state;from
    4. denotes origin or cause;because of,from
    5. denoteselative movement;out of
      Jestemz Polski.I'mfrom Poland.
      jedenz dziesięciuoneout of ten
    6. denotes the composition of an item;from,out of,of
      motykaz drewnaa hoemade of wood

    Particle

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    z

    1. (colloquial)approximately,about,around,ish,or so
      Synonyms:mniej więcej,około
      Mamz pięć jabłekI have fiveish apples.

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    Proto-Slavic*sъ(n)
    Old Polishz
    Polishz

    Inherited fromOld Polishz(with).

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    z[withinstrumental]

    1. denotescomitative orsociative relation;with,alongside
      Antonym:bez
    2. denotesinstrumental relation;with,by means of
      Podróżujez prędkością światła!It's travellingat the speed of light?

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    • The preposition or particle generally changes toze when the pronunciation of the two consecutive words becomes problematic. Some dictionaries claim that this rule applies to words starting with one of the following consonants:s,z,ś,ź,ż,rz,sz that are followed by another consonant.[1] Examples include:
      Ten pręt jestz żelaza.This rod is made of iron.
      Ten pręt jestze stali.This rod is made of steel.
      Pochodzęz Francji.I come from France.
      Pochodzęze Szwecji.I come from Sweden.
    • Bothz andze can be used beforesobą.

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    According toSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990),z is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 1744 times in scientific texts, 1828 times in news, 1527 times in essays, 1920 times in fiction, and 1291 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 8310 times, making it the 7th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

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    1. ^Wielki słownik poprawnej polszczyzny. Keyword "z".
    2. ^Ida Kurcz (1990), “z”, inSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume723, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 2

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

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

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. (International Standard)The thirtiethletter of the Romanialphabet, written in theLatin script.
    2. (Pan-Vlax)The thirty-firstletter of the Romanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The thirty-firstletter of the Romanianalphabet, calledze,zet,zed, or and written in theLatin script.

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    z

    1. water

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    • Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, volumes 26-27 (2003, Department of Linguistics, University of California), page 74
    • Huang Bufan (editor), Xu Shouchun, Chen Jiaying, Wan Huiyin,A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon (1992; Central Minorities University, Beijing) (hasz̊³³)

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Alternative forms

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    • Z(uppercase)

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    z (Cyrillic spellingз)

    1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian, Croatia)(+instrumental case)with
    2. (Kajkavian)[withgenitive]from,out of

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    z (Cyrillic spellingз)

    1. The 29th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded byv and followed byž.

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    z (upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-thirdletter of the Serialphabet, calledseta and written in theLatin script.

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    z

    1. Pre-vocalic form ofzo(a, an)

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    • Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010),Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores,→ISBN, page609.

    Silesian

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    • IPA(key): /z/,/zɨ/
    • Syllabification:z

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

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The thirty-secondletter of the Silesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.
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    Proto-Balto-Slavic*iź
    Proto-Slavic*jьz
    Old Polishz
    Silesianz

    Inherited fromOld Polishz(from).

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    z[withgenitive]

    1. denotes a point in space or time from which movement or an action starts;from
      Antonym:do
    2. denotes a material from which something is made;from,out of,made of
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    Proto-Slavic*sъ(n)
    Old Polishz
    Silesianz

    Inherited fromOld Polishz(with).

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    z[withinstrumental]

    1. denotes that something is a component;with
      Antonym:bez
    2. denotes that something is the contents of a container;with
      Antonym:bez
    3. denotescomitative orsociative relation;with,alongside
      Antonym:bez
    4. denotes conditions or environment in which something occurs;with
      Antonym:bez
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    • z in silling.org

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    z (upper caseZ)

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

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    Slovak

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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jьz.

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    z (+ genitive)

    1. from

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    • z”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

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    SeeTranslingual section.

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-fourthletter of the Slovenealphabet, written in theLatin script.
    2. The thirty-fourthletter of the Slovenealphabet (Resian), written in theLatin script.
    3. The twenty-fifthletter of the Slovenealphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

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    FromProto-Slavic*sъ(n), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱom.

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    z

    1. (with instrumental)with, by means of,using
    2. (with instrumental) (together) with, in the company of
    3. (with genitive)from
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    • s(before a voiceless consonant)

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    • z”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
    • z”, inTermania, Amebis
    • See also thegeneral references

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Spanishalphabet, calledzeta and written in theLatin script.

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Swedishalphabet, calledsäta orzäta and written in theLatin script.

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    Borrowed fromSpanishz. Each pronunciation has a different source:

    • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishz.
    • Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishz.

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    • (Standard Tagalog)
      • IPA(key): /ˈzi/[ˈzɪ],(regional)/zej/[zeɪ̯](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
        • IPA(key): (with nativization)/ˈsi/[ˈsɪ],(regional, with nativization)/sej/[seɪ̯](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
        • Rhymes:-i,-ej
      • IPA(key): /ˈzeta/[ˈzɛː.t̪ɐ](letter name, Abecedario)
        • IPA(key): (with nativization)/ˈseta/[ˈsɛː.t̪ɐ](letter name, Abecedario)
        • Rhymes:-eta
      • IPA(key): /z/[z](phoneme)
        • IPA(key): (with nativization)/s/[s](phoneme)

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet), calledzi and written in theLatin script.
    2. (historical)The twenty-eighthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario), calledzeta and written in theLatin script.

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    • This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
    • Some purists of Tagalog replacez in words withs.

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    • z”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-ninthletter of the Turkishalphabet, calledze and written in theLatin script.

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    z (upper caseZ)

    1. The thirtiethletter of the Turkmenalphabet, calledze and written in theLatin script.

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    z (upper caseZ,lower case)

    1. The thirty-thirdletter of the Upper Sorbianalphabet, calledzet and written in theLatin script.
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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jьz.

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    z[withgenitive]

    1. denotes time;from
      mólbaz barokapaintingfrom the Baroque [period]
    2. denotes a change of state;from
    3. denotes origin;because of,from
      informacijez internetainformationsfrom the internet
    4. denoteselative movement;out of
      ja přińduz BudyšinaI'mfrom Bautzen
      jedynz pjećochoneout of five
    5. denotes the composition of an item;from,out of,of
      mječz bronzybronze sword (literally, “swordout of bronze”)

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    Inherited fromProto-Slavic*sъ(n).

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    z[withinstrumental]

    1. denotescomitative orsociative relation;with,alongside
      Antonym:bez
    2. denotesinstrumental relation;with,by means of
      kaž psykz kóčkulike a dogwith a cat
    3. denotes cause;because of,from,of
      z hłodom wumrěć[to] dieof hunger

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    • The preposition generally changes toze when the pronunciation of the two consecutive words becomes problematic. This rule applies to words starting with one of the following consonants:s,z,š,ž. Examples include:
      ze swětłowej spěšnosćuwith/at the speed of light
      ze sotruwith a sister
      ze złym čłowjekomwith an evil man
      ze šule braćto takefrom school
      wodaze žórławaterfrom a spring
    • The formze is used also beforemnje,mnu (genitive and instrumental ofja(I)), and forms ofwšón(all).
    • Bothz andze can be used beforesobu.
    • The formzes is colloquial and generally preferred in oral language when there is a special emphasis on it.

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    • z” in Soblex

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    z (lower case,upper caseZ)

    1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Zulualphabet, written in theLatin script.

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