U

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
Codepoint	U+0055
T ← Basic Latin → V

See also u, û, Ս, Ա, Մ, ∪, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

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

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  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ

Symbol

U

1. (chemistry) Symbol for uranium.
2. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for uracil
3. (physics) voltage

See also

Other representations of U:

NATO phonetic: Uniform Morse code: ··– Braille: ⠥ ASL Manual: U

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juː/, SAMPA: /ju:/

  Rhymes: -uː

Letter

U uppercase (lowercase u)

1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

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

Derived terms

• U-turn

Abbreviation

U

1. (British film certificate) Universal - suitable for all ages
2. Under
3. University
4. Up, Upper

Adjective

U

1. (chiefly UK) Characteristic of the upper classes, particularly in use of language.

Antonyms

• non-U

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]

Proper noun

U

1. A language belonging to the Austro-Asiatic language family which is spoken in China.

Synonyms

• P'uman

External links

• Ethnologue entry for U, uuu

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe U)

1. The letter U

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Azeri

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /y/

Pronoun

U (personal & reflexive pronoun, capitalized form of u)

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

Usage notes

See usage notes at u.

Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

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

See also

• Previous letter: T
• Next letter: V

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Esperanto

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

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

See also

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔuː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• (phoneme; name of letter) IPA: /u/
• (phoneme, when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA: /w/

Letter

U m. and f. inv. (lower case u)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; 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 ^[edit]
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Latin

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.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

U

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/

Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /u/. Preceded by Ţ and followed by V.

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Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

1. The 22nd letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by T and followed by V.

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Somali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by O.

See also

• (Latin script letters) '', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, KHkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, SHsh, DHdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu ^[edit]

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Spanish

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

1. The 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

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

See also

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