y
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Symbol
y
- (metrology) Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
y (lowercase, uppercase Y)
- Twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by x and followed by z.
- Twenty-fifth in a list.
- Abbreviation for year. (See Y2K)
- (TV) Abbreviation for youth content, usually proceeded with a suggested age.
- Y7
- (dated, computing) Abbreviation for yes.
- Informal abbreviation for why.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] See also
- With acute: ý
- With diaeresis: ÿ
- With circumflex: ŷ
- With hook: ƴ
- With macron: ȳ
- With dot above: ẏ
- With ring above: ẙ
- With grave: ỳ
- With dot below: ỵ
- With hook above: ỷ
- With tilde: ỹ
- U
- V
[edit] Asturian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Conjunction
y
[edit] French
[edit] Letter
y
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /i/
[edit] Pronoun
y (adverbial)
- (to) there
- Nous allons à 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
[edit] Papiamentu
[edit] Conjunction
y
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /iGrjeGa/
[edit] Letter
y
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /i/
[edit] Conjunction
y
- and
- (with numbers) and; plus
- setenta y seis - “seventy-six”
- uno y uno son dos - “one plus one is two”
- (colloquial) 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
[edit] Welsh
[edit] Article
y (after vowels, 'r; before vowels, yr)
- the.
[edit] Particle
y
- preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause.
[edit] Usage notes
Y is sometimes omitted in speech.
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