wye

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /waɪ/

Alternative forms

• wy

Etymology 1

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ui or gui.

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
2. A wye-shaped object: a wye-level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of track.

   By going around the wye, a train can change direction.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Translations

name of the letter Y, y

• Arabic: إي غريكا (ar) ('ii ghriika) f, واي (ar) (way) m
• Basque: larriz (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Czech: ypsilon (cs) n
• Esperanto: ipsilono (eo)
• French: i grec (fr) m
• German: Ypsilon (de) n, Y grec (de) n (Switzerland also)
• Hindi: वाई (hi) (vā'ī)
• Hungarian: ipszilon (hu)
• Icelandic: ypsilon (is) n

• Japanese: ワイ (ja) (wai)
• Korean: 와이 (ko) (wai)
• Latin: ȳ (la)
• Malay: wai (ms)
• Marathi: वाय (mr) (vāya)
• Polish: igrek (pl) m
• Portuguese: ípsilon (pt) m
• Russian: уай (ru) (uáj, waj) n  (English), игрек (ru) (ígrek) m , ипсилон (ru) (ipsilón) m 
• Spanish: i griega (es) f, ye (es) f
• Turkish: ye (tr)
• Vietnamese: i dài (vi), i-cờ-rét (vi)

Etymology 2

Old English wiga.

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

1. (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
2. (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

Anagrams

• wey
• yew