Y

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LetterY.svg
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
Codepoint U+0059
 X ← Basic Latin → Z 
See also y, Ɏ, ¥, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

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Translingual [edit]

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Letter [edit]

Y upper case (lower case y)

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

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Symbol [edit]

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
  5. (travel, aviation) Symbol for an unrestricted economy air fare.

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Other representations of Y:

  • Letter styles

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

  • Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur

English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Abbreviation [edit]

Y

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

Letter [edit]

Y uppercase (lowercase y)

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

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American Sign Language [edit]

Letter [edit]

Y (Stokoe Y)

  1. The letter Y

Azeri [edit]

Letter [edit]

Y upper case (lower case y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (letter name): IPA: /ɛɪ/

Letter [edit]

Y (capital, lowercase y)

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

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  • Previous letter: X
  • Next letter: Z

Finnish [edit]

Letter [edit]

Y upper case (lower case y)

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

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German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈʔʏpsilɔn/

Letter [edit]

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

German Sign Language [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "Y".

Production [edit]

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

  • Posture the dominant hand in the “Y” shape.

Letter [edit]

Y

  1. the letter Y

Italian [edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

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Pronunciation [edit]

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

Letter [edit]

Y m and f (invariable, lower case y)

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

Usage notes [edit]

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

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Malay [edit]

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (Name of letter) IPA: [wai̯]
  • (Phoneme) IPA: [j]

Letter [edit]

Y

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

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Somali [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Letter [edit]

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 [edit]

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

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Spanish [edit]

Letter [edit]

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish [edit]

Letter [edit]

Y upper case (lower case y)

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

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