U
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| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U |
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| Basic Latin | U+0055 |
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Letter
U upper case (lower case u)
- The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
[edit] See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter U): Úú Ùù Ŭŭ Ûû Ǔǔ Ůů Üü Ǘǘ Ǜǜ Ǚǚ Ǖǖ Űű Ũũ Ṹṹ Ųų Ūū Ṻṻ Ủủ Ȕȕ Ȗȗ Ưư Ứứ Ừừ Ữữ Ửử Ựự Ụụ Ṳṳ Ṷṷ Ṵṵ Ʉʉ ᵾ ᶙ ᴜ Uu
[edit] Symbol
U
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Other representations of U:
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Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
U (uppercase, lowercase u)
- The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, preceded by T and followed by V.
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[edit] Noun
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U (plural U's)
- The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet.
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U
- (British film certificate) Universal - suitable for all ages
- Under
- University
- Up, Upper
[edit] Adjective
U
- (chiefly British) Characteristic of the upper classes, particularly in use of language.
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[edit] Quotations
- [1956], Alan S.C. Ross, “U and non-U,” in Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English, David Milsted [1]
- To TAKE a bath is non-U against U to HAVE one’s bath.
- 1956, Nancy Mitford, Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy
- In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as either U (upper class) or non-U.
- 1992, Stephan Gramley, Survey of Modern English [2]
- Other, perhaps more contentious generalizations, which nevertheless contain a certain amount of truth, are that afternoon tea is U, starts at four and typically consists of tea, thin sandwiches and cakes.
- 1992, Linda Rosenkrantz, Beyond Charles and Diana [3]
[edit] Proper noun
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U
- A language belonging to the Austro-Asiatic language family which is spoken in China.
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[edit] American Sign Language
[edit] Letter
(Stokoe U)
- The letter U
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /y/
[edit] Pronoun
U (personal & reflexive pronoun, capitalized form of u)
- Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective: you (polite).
[edit] Usage notes
- See usage notes at u.
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U (capital, lowercase u)
- The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Italian
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[edit] Noun
U m. and f. inv.
- The nineteenth letter of the Italian alphabet
- The twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
In Latin, the letter U is a modern typographical convention for the vowel form of V. The letter V in ancient times denoted either a vowel or a consonant, see V for more information.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Classical: IPA: short /u/, long /u:/
[edit] Letter
U
- A letter of the Latin alphabet.
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /u/
[edit] Letter
U (capital, lowercase u)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /u/. Preceded by Ţ and followed by V.
[edit] Slovene
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U (capital, lowercase u)
- The 22nd letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by T and followed by V.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
U (upper case, lower case u)
- The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
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