u

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The Universal Character Set

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
Basic Latin	U+0055

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Letter 1.1.1.1 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Symbol 1.3 See also 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Letter 2.3.1 See also 2.4 Noun 2.4.1 Translations 2.4.2 Derived terms 2.5 Pronoun 2.6 Abbreviation 2.6.1 Derived terms 3 Afrikaans 3.1 Pronoun 4 Bosnian 4.1 Preposition 5 Catalan 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Noun 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Noun 5.2.2 Usage notes 6 Croatian 6.1 Preposition 7 Czech 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Preposition 8 Dutch 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Pronoun 8.2.1 Usage notes 8.2.2 Related terms 8.3 Letter 8.3.1 See also 9 Italian 9.1 Noun 10 Japanese 10.1 Noun 11 Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille 11.1 Pronoun 11.2 Conjunction 12 Maltese 12.1 Conjunction 13 Polish 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Pronunciation 13.3 Preposition 14 Pumpokol 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Pronoun 14.2.1 Synonyms 15 Romanian 15.1 Pronunciation 15.2 Letter 16 Romansch 16.1 Etymology 16.2 Conjunction 17 Serbian 17.1 Pronunciation 17.2 Preposition 18 Spanish 18.1 Etymology 1 18.1.1 Letter 18.1.2 Noun 18.2 Etymology 2 18.2.1 Conjunction 18.2.1.1 Usage notes 18.2.2 See also 19 Swahili 19.1 Prefix 20 Torres Strait Creole 20.1 Noun 20.1.1 Usage notes 21 Uzbek 21.1 Pronoun

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).

[edit] Letter

u lower case (upper case U)

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

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• (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
• (other scripts) Cyrillic у (u), Greek υ (y), “‘upsilon’”), Hebrew ו (w), “‘vav’”)
• U on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Symbol

u

1. (metrology) symbol for unified atomic mass unit
2. (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a close back rounded vowel (IPA: /u/).

[edit] 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

Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u), “‘ur’”), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /juː/
• (phoneme): (RP) IPA: /ʌ/, /uː/, /ʊ/
• (phoneme): (US) IPA: /ʌ/, /u/, /ʊ/
• (phoneme): (Australian) IPA: /a/, /ʉː/, /ʊ/

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• Homophones: ewe, yew, you, hew (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)

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u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-third (23rd) letter of the English alphabet.

   I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: v

[edit] Noun

u (plural us or u’s)

1. The name of the letter U
2. A thing in the shape of the letter U

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• u-turn
• u-bolt

[edit] Pronoun

u second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective

1. (informal) you

   Take me with u.

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u

1. Underwater.

[edit] Derived terms

• u-boat (1)

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Pronoun

u

• you (formal)

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Preposition

u

1. in
2. inside
3. at
4. In the possession of

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

u f. (plural us)

1. The Latin letter U (lowercase u).

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[edit] Noun

u m. (plural uns)

1. (cardinal) masculine noun form of un ; the number 1

[edit] Usage notes

Catalan cardinal numbers may be used as masculine or feminine adjectives. When used as a noun, Catalan cardinal numbers are treated as masculine singular nouns in most contexts. An exception occurs in certain expressions involving time such as la una i trenta (1:30) or les dues (two o'clock) where the feminine noun hora (pl. hores) has been elided.

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Preposition

u

1. in

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Preposition

u

1. at
2. by

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: /y/

[edit] Pronoun

u

1. (personal, second-person singular, subjective) you (polite).

   Bent u klaar? — “Are you ready?”

   Bent u er nog? — “Are you still there?”

2. (personal, second-person singular, objective) you (polite).

   Ik zal het aan u geven. — “I will give it to you.”

   Dit zal niet werken voor u. — “This won’t work for you.”

3. (personal, second-person singular, objective) thee (dialectal).

   Ik doe dat wel voor u. — “I’ll do it for thee.”

4. (personal, second-person plural, subjective) you (polite).

   Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? — “Have you prepared that exercise?”

5. (personal, second-person plural, objective) you (polite).

   Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. — “They’ll do it for you.”

6. (reflexive, second-person singular) thyself (dialectal)

   Gij hebt u niet gewassen. — “Thou hast not washed thyself.”

7. (reflexive, second-person plural) thyselves (dialectal)

   Wast u eens. — “Wash thyselves.”

[edit] Usage notes

• The capitalization of u (as in U or Uw) is now considered old-fashioned, and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized.
• See usage notes at gij.

[edit] Related terms

See Wiktionary:Dutch inflection

[edit] Letter

u (lower case, upper case 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] Noun

u m. and f. inv.

1. See under U

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

u (hiragana う)

1. 鵜: cormorant
2. う: hiragana letter u
3. ウ: katakana letter u

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[edit] Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille

[edit] Pronoun

u

1. that, who

[edit] Conjunction

u

1. and, also

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Conjunction

u

1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *u < Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [u]

[edit] Preposition

u (+ genitive)

1. at

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[edit] Pumpokol

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaw (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

[edit] Pronoun

u

1. you (second-person plural subjective)

[edit] Synonyms

• úe

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/

[edit] Letter

u (lowercase, capital U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /t/. Preceded by ţ and followed by v.

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

Latin aut

[edit] Conjunction

u

1. or

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Preposition

u (Cyrillic у)

1. in
2. inside
3. at
4. In the possession of

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

[edit] Noun

u f. (plural us)

1. Name of the letter U.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Conjunction

u

1. or

[edit] Usage notes

Used instead of o when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced /o/.

[edit] See also

• e

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Prefix

u-

1. Marks noun class 11, denoting abstract nouns, singulatives, elongated objects, and countries.

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[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Noun

u

1. (eastern dialect) a mature coconut

[edit] Usage notes

U is the sixth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by pes and followed by drai koknat.

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[edit] Uzbek

[edit] Pronoun

u (Cyrillic у)

1. Demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing that is far away from the speaker. that.
   • U eshik.

     That is a door. / That door.