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W U+0057, W
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
← V
[U+0056] 		Basic Latin X →
[U+0058]
Character variations

ᵂ U+1D42, ᵂ
MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL W
← ᵁ
[U+1D41] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵃ →
[U+1D43]
Ｗ U+FF37, Ｗ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
← Ｖ
[U+FF36] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｘ →
[U+FF38]
𜳬 U+1CCEC, 𜳬
OUTLINED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
← 𜳫
[U+1CCEB] 		Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement 𜳭 →
[U+1CCED]
Languages (47)
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Translingual

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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Etymology 2

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Symbol

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W

  2. (chemistry) Chemical element symbol for tungsten..
  4. (metrology, SI symbol) watt.
    Holonyms: kW < MW < GW < TW < PW
    Meronym: mW
  6. (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation)tryptophan.
    Synonym: Trp
  8. (physics) work.
    Coordinate term: E
    W = f × d
  10. (historical) Wedgwood scale of temperature.
  12. (voice quality symbol) whisper.
  14. The cardinal number thirty-two as expressed by numbering with bases higher than that number.
    Alternative forms: 32 (Arabic numerals, base 10), XXXII (Roman numerals)
Derived terms
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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

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Other representations of W:

English

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Pronunciation

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Name of letter

Etymology 1

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Letter

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W (upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

Noun

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W (plural Ws)

  1. Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).
    Coordinate term: M (“men”)
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:
      From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
  2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
    Coordinate terms: E (“east”), N (“north”), S (“south”)
  3. Abbreviation of Wednesday.
    Synonyms: Wed, Wed.
    Coordinate terms: Su, M, Tu, Th, F, Sa
  5. (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
    Coordinate terms: L (“losses”), T (“ties”)
  7. (countable, Internet slang) Abbreviation of win.
    Coordinate term: L (“loss”)
    You say that like it's not an absolute W.
  8. (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
  9. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.
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Translations
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Adjective

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W (comparative more W, superlative most W)

  2. (slang) Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun etymology 2, noun sense 4 and etymology 2, noun sense 5.)
    Antonym: L (“bad, subpar”)
    You, sir, are a W man.
    You got her number? W rizz!

Proper noun

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W

  1. (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
    Synonyms: Dubya, GWB

Afar

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /vɪə/

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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W (plural W's, diminutive W'tjie)

  1. W

Basque

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Pronunciation

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

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ve doble and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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  • /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
  • For the origin of /v/, see V.

Pronunciation

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  • /ʋ/, (chiefly Moselle Franconian also) /v/, (coda) [f]

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.
  2. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (Dutch-based), written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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Systems for the use of W
  • /ʋ/ is regularly represented by w in all systems.
  • In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, /v/ is normally spelt w as it is a post-vocalic allophone of /ʋ/.
  • In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian, /v/ is normally spelt v, but w may be used in iwig, Löw, Möw after the German cognate. A phonemic distinction from /ʋ/ is doubtful and exists at most in very rare cases.
  • In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a clear phonemic distinction between w /ʋ/ and v /v/, and these are thus kept apart.
Doubling of W and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between w and f may be based on internal analogy, but f is often used throughout or after the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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W

  1. (Internet slang) alternative form of 萬 / 万 (wàn)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation 1

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Note: buliu often merged into one syllable..
Note: dap1 bou4 ju4, dap1 - Hong Kong.
Note: li eq - often realised as one syllable.
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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation 2

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of Pinyin, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
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  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other contexts (such as English).

Danish

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Pronunciation

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

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet

Adverb

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W

  1. abbreviation of west; west

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  • Previous letter: V
  • Next letter: X

Esperanto

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Noun

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W

  1. abbreviation of uesto (“west”)

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Estonian

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kaksisvee and written in the Latin script.

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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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and W for information on the development of the glyph itself.

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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  • In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
  • Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g. Wirtanen). Specifically, W was still used when Finnish was typed in fraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, V took its place.

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compounds

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French

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /veː/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /v/, [v], [ʋ]
    • /v/ is almost invariably [ʋ] in schw-, zw- (and qu-). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency [v] is more northern, [ʋ] more southern.

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W n (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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W n (strong, genitive W, plural W or Ws)

  1. W

Declension

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Declension of W [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das W die W, Ws
genitive eines des W der W, Ws
dative einem dem W den W, Ws
accusative ein das W die W, Ws

Noun

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W

  1. abbreviation of West (“west”)

Further reading

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  • “W”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

Hawaiian

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Alternative forms

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  • (letter name) wē

Pronunciation

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

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈv]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈduplɒveː]

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé (“double v”) and written in the Latin script.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative W W-k
accusative W-t W-ket
dative W-nek W-knek
instrumental W-vel W-kkel
causal-final W-ért W-kért
translative W-vé W-kké
terminative W-ig W-kig
essive-formal W-ként W-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive W-ben W-kben
superessive W-n W-ken
adessive W-nél W-knél
illative W-be W-kbe
sublative W-re W-kre
allative W-hez W-khez
elative W-ből W-kből
delative W-ről W-kről
ablative W-től W-ktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		W-é W-ké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		W-éi W-kéi
Possessive forms of W
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. W-m W-im
2nd person sing. W-d W-id
3rd person sing. W-je W-i
1st person plural W-nk W-ink
2nd person plural W-tek W-itek
3rd person plural W-jük W-ik

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Ido

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /v/, /w/ (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

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W f or m (upper case, lower case w, invariable)

  1. the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian

Usage notes

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

Symbol

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W

  1. viva, evviva (“up with”)
    Antonym: M (“down with”)

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Japanese

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Noun

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W(ダブル) • (daburu) 

  1. alternative spelling of ダブル (“double”)

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Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog W. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English W.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /dobolˈju/ [do.bʊlˈju]
    • Rhymes: -u
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /w/ [w]

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

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Etymology

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

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Khiamniungan Naga

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Etymology

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The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter ü is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. (Patsho) The twenty-sixth letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Pronunciation guide

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Uppercase IPA Canonical Pronunciation Phonetic examples in English Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A a aa father āmpāu(pastor)
Ch tʃʰ tʃʰə chair, watch chām(book)
E ɛ a bed, elephant ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H h hə husband hǖhêi(hello)
I i ee beet îe(winnowing tray)
J tʃ tʃə picture, culture, nature jām(house)
K k kə sky, skip kēu(uncle)
Kh kʰ kʰə canoe, Cost, cat khèu(head)
L l lə alone lāi(spear)
M m mə money màu(ant)
N n nə nine, never nòk
Ng ŋ ŋə sing, throng ngēm(news)
Ny ɲ ɲə canyon, bunyan nyù(mother)
O ɔ ɔ orange ônyù(sky)
P P pə spill, span pòu(father)
Ph pʰ pʰə pound phōh(hand)
S ʃ ʃə sound sā(liver)
Sh ʃʰ ʃʰə shine shām(mat)
T t tə stop, stand tòuh(wild pig)
Th tʰ tʰə Thomas thoi(pumking)
Ts ts tsə cats, hats, pizza tsēm(salt)
Tsh Tsʰ Tsʰə tshep(kiss) tshō(traditional basket)
U ʊ, u ʊ, u look, hoop ûo(goat)
Ü ə ə banana chǖlám
V v və very vèu(chicken)
W w wə watt wā(flour)
Y j jə yellow yòh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word ʔ ʔ stop Mountain, button, cotton chāh(through)

Lower Sorbian

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.

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Luxembourgish

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Letter

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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W m (plural W-en or W)

  1. the letter W

Further reading

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  • W in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

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  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [w]

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Maltese

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Letter

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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The uppercase form of w. The letter developed in medieval Latin-script writing from a doubling of the letter forms ⟨u⟩ or ⟨v⟩, which were not yet consistently distinguished as separate letters. The doubled form was used to represent the Germanic sound /w/ and gradually developed into a letter in its own right. Its Norwegian name, dobbelt-v (“double v”), refers to its shape and historical origin.

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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  • The letter occurs chiefly in loanwords and foreign proper names.
  • In older inscriptions and texts, it may be used instead of v.

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Noun

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W m (definite singular W-en, indefinite plural W-er, definite plural W-ene)

  1. The uppercase form of w, the twenty-third letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by v and followed by x.
  2. The written representation of a consonant sound, normally pronounced like v in Norwegian.
  3. A figure, shape, or formation resembling the uppercase letter W.
    • 1915 March 4, Øvre Richter Frich, “Kanonernes sjel”, in Aftenposten, page 4:
      det var den store W i Cassiopeia og lidt nedenfor opdagede han taagen omkring Andromedas stjernebillede
      there was the great W in Cassiopeia, and a little below it he discovered the nebula around the constellation Andromeda

Symbol

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W

  1. (metrology) The symbol for the watt.
  2. (chemistry) The chemical symbol for tungsten; wolfram.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

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W m (definite singular W-en, indefinite plural W-ar, definite plural W-ane)

  1. the letter W

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Nupe

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Old English

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script., used in modern texts

Usage notes

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  • This letter is commonly used in modern texts to transcribe the letter ⟨Ƿ⟩ in order to avoid confusion with ⟨p⟩. While Ƿ was the most common letter used to transcribe this sound, ⟨U⟩ and ⟨Uu⟩, the ancestor of modern English W, were also used.

Oromo

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Pronunciation

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  • Syllables - wa, Count - 1

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W (upper case, lower case w)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

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Etymology

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

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.

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    Portuguese

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    W m (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Romani

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. A letter of the Romani alphabet (International Standard orthography), written in the Latin script, used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/).

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    • 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, page 16

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

    Usage notes

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    Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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    Saanich

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The thirty-third letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Silesian

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    Etymology

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    The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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    Slovene

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    Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sl

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The thirty-second letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

    Somali

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    Pronunciation

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    • (phoneme): IPA(key): /w/, /u̯/, /ʉ̯/
    • (letter name): IPA(key): /wæʉ̯/

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script; preceded by N and followed by H.

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    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
    • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
    • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble u/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le u]
    • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
      Synonyms: (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico) doble u, (Latin America) doble ve, (Spain) uve doble, (Peru) ve doble

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    Although W is part of the Spanish Alphabet, it is only used in loanwords.

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    Swedish

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    Alternative forms

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    • V (variant of)

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U.[1] First attested in 1717.[2]

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    • IPA(key): /dɵbɛl veː/, sometimes reduced to /veː/.

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet (optionally, if included), called dubbel-V and written in the Latin script.

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    • Within most acronyms, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that of V.
    • The letter is often described as an optional inclusion to the Swedish alphabet.
    • Since 2006 the letter has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter V and sorted thereunder.[3]

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    References

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    1. ^ “W”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
    2. ^ “W”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
    3. ^ 21 April 2006, Svenska språket har fått en ny bokstav (The Swedish language has received a new letter) in SVT Nyheter.

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English W. Each pronunciation has a different source:

    • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English W.
    • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).

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

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. the twenty-fifth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called dobolyu and written in the Latin script
    2. the nineteenth letter of the Abakada alphabet, called wa and written in the Latin script

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    Further reading

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    • “W”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

    Welsh

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called w and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by U and followed by Y.

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    Mutation

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    • W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):
    Mutated forms of wy
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    wy unchanged unchanged hwy

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    • However, when it represents the semivowel /w/, W cannot be mutated.
    Mutated forms of wal
    radical soft nasal h-prothesis
    wal unchanged unchanged unchanged

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “W”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

    Yoruba

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called wí and written in the Latin script.

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    W (upper case, lower case w)

    1. The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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