U

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Letter 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Noun 2.4 Abbreviation 2.5 Adjective 2.5.1 Antonyms 2.5.2 Quotations 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Pronoun 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.3 Letter 3.3.1 See also 4 Italian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Latin 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 6 Romanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Letter 7 Slovene 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Letter

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

U

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

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /juː/, SAMPA: /ju:/

  Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Letter

U (uppercase, lowercase u)

1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, preceded by T and followed by V.

[edit] Derived terms

• U-turn

[edit] Noun

U (plural U's)

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

[edit] Abbreviation

U

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

[edit] Adjective

U

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

[edit] Antonyms

• non-U

[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]

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /y/

[edit] Pronoun

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

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

[edit] Usage notes

See usage notes at u.

[edit] Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

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

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: T
• Next letter: V

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/, SAMPA: /u/

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia ^it

U m. and f. inv.

1. The nineteenth letter of the Italian alphabet
2. The twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet

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[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:/

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/

[edit] Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

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

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[edit] Slovene

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

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