Y

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
Codepoint	U+0059
X ← Basic Latin → Z

See also y, Ɏ, ¥, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

1. The twenty-fifth 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 Y):  Ýý  Ỳỳ  Ŷŷ  ẙ  Ÿÿ  Ỹỹ  Ẏẏ  Ȳȳ  Ỷỷ  Ỵỵ  Ɏɏ  Ƴƴ  ʏ  Ｙｙ  Ꝡꝡ

Symbol

Y

1. (chemistry) Symbol for yttrium
2. (metrology) Symbol for prefix yotta-
3. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any pyrimidine
4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tyrosine

See also

Other representations of Y:

NATO phonetic: Yankee Morse code: –·–– Braille: ⠽ ASL Manual: Y

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

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

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  Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /waɪ/, SAMPA: /waI/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: wye, why (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Abbreviation

Y

1. yes
2. (the Y) YMCA or YWCA

Letter

Y uppercase (lowercase y)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye 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]

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe Y)

1. The letter Y

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Azeri

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

1. The thirty-first 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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛɪ/

Letter

Y (capital, lowercase y)

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

See also

• Previous letter: X
• Next letter: Z

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʔʏpsilɔn/

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA: /ˈip.si.lon/, /iˈɡrɛ.ko/, /iˈɡrɛ.ka/
• (phonetic realization) IPA: [j], [i] (varies depending on the loanword)

Letter

Y m. and f. inv. (lower case y)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ipsilon, i greco or i greca in Italian.

Usage notes

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

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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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /ʝ/, /ɪ̯/, /i̯/
• (letter name): IPA: /ʝæ/

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

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

Usage notes

1. The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by H and followed by A.

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

Y (upper case, lower case y)

1. The 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ye 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]