w

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Letter 1.2 See also 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Letter 2.3 Abbreviation 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Letter 3.3 See also 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Letter 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Japanese 6.1 Alternative spellings 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Interjection 7 Polish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Preposition 7.2.1 Usage notes

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiced labial-velar approximant.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
3. The nickname of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States.

[edit] See also

• Uppercase: W
• With circumflex: ŵ
• Turned: ʍ
• With grave: ẁ
• With acute: ẃ
• With diaeresis: ẅ
• With dot above: ẇ
• With dot below: ẉ
• Ƿ
• ʬ
• U
• V

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʌbljuː/, /'dʌbjə/, SAMPA: /"dVblju:/

 Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ʌbjə

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w (lowercase, uppercase W)

1. The 23rd letter of the English alphabet, preceded by v and followed by x, and representing /w/.

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W

1. watt
2. west
3. White
4. Witness
5. Work

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ʋeː/

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w (lower case, upper case W)

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

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [du.blə.ve]

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w

1. w

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

w m. and f. inv.

1. See under W

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ｗ

[edit] Etymology

Short for 笑う (warau, laugh, smile).

[edit] Interjection

w

1. (Internet, slang) (derogatory) LOL; an expression of laughter, commonly to ridicule someone.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /v/, /f/

[edit] Preposition

w (with locative)

1. in

[edit] Usage notes

• Some combinations of sounds, mostly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition is used in longer form we. Examples:

• we włosach (in the hair)
• we Wrocławiu (in Wroclaw)

but:

• w Warszawie (in Warsaw)