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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

y

  1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix yocto-.

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /'waɪ/, SAMPA: /"waI/
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[edit] Letter

y (lowercase, uppercase Y)

  1. Twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by x and followed by z.
  2. Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.
  3. (abbreviation) year
  4. (TV) Abbreviation for youth content, usually followed by a suggested age.
    Y7
  5. (computing) Abbreviation for yes.
  6. (informal, abbreviation) why (in text messaging and internet conversations)

[edit] Synonyms

  • (denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list): 25, XXV, xxv

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin et.

[edit] Conjunction

y

  1. and

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ɛɪ/

[edit] Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

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

[edit] See also

  • Previous letter: x
  • Next letter: z

[edit] French

[edit] Letter

y

  1. i-grec (IPA: /igʀɛk/)

[edit] Etymology

Latin ibi.

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[edit] Pronoun

y (adverbial)

  1. (to) there
    Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. — “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
    Il est dans la maison. Il y est. — “He is in the house. He is there.”

[edit] Guaraní

[edit] Noun

y

  1. water

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

y m. and f. inv.

  1. See under Y

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[edit] Conjunction

y

  1. and

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 3

From old Spanish e, from Latin et

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Conjunction

y

  1. and
  2. (in names of number) and
    setenta y seis - “seventy-six”
  3. (in arithmetic) plus
    uno y uno son dos - “one plus one is two”
  4. (informal) well
    ¡y por supuesto! - “well, of course!”

[edit] Usage notes

  • Before words that begin with the /i/ sound, the form e is used instead.

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

y

  1. he, him

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Article

y (after vowels, 'r; before vowels, yr)

  1. the.

[edit] Particle

y (after vowels, 'r; before vowels, yr)

  1. that (preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause)
    Wyt ti'n meddwl y gall hi'n dod? - Do you think that she can come?
    Mae hi'n gwybod y byddet ti'n gwrando arni hi - She knows that you would listen to her
    Dyn ni moyn y bo'n wŷch - We want that it be splendid
    Byddai hi fod wedi bod yn wŷch y baen nhw yma - It would have been splendid that they were to be here

[edit] Usage notes

  • y is sometimes omitted in speech.
  • y is used to mean 'that' (i.e. mark a subordinate clause) when the subordinate clause begins with an affirmative form of bod not in the present tense, or another affirmative verb in any tense.

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