y

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Letter 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.3 See also 3 Asturian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Conjunction 4 French 4.1 Letter 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Pronunciation 4.4 Pronoun 5 Guaraní 5.1 Noun 6 Papiamentu 6.1 Conjunction 7 Spanish 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Pronunciation 7.1.2 Letter 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Alternative forms 7.2.2 Pronunciation 7.2.3 Conjunction 7.2.4 Usage notes 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Noun 9 Welsh 9.1 Article 9.2 Particle 9.2.1 Usage notes

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

y

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

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'waɪ/, SAMPA: /"waI/
• Homophones: why, WI, WY

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y (lowercase, uppercase Y)

1. Twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by x and followed by z.
2. Twenty-fifth in a list.
3. Abbreviation for year. (See Y2K)
4. (TV) Abbreviation for youth content, usually proceeded with a suggested age.

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5. (dated, computing) Abbreviation for yes.
6. Informal abbreviation for why.

[edit] Synonyms

• (twenty-fifth in a list): 25, XXV

[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

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin et.

[edit] Conjunction

y

1. and

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[edit] French

[edit] Letter

y

1. i-grec (IPA: /igʀɛk/)

[edit] Etymology

Latin ibi.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /i/

[edit] Pronoun

y (adverbial)

1. (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.”

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[edit] Guaraní

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y

1. water

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[edit] Papiamentu

[edit] Conjunction

y

1. and

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /iGrjeGa/

[edit] Letter

y

1. i-griega (literally “Greek i”)

[edit] Etymology 2

Old Spanish e, from Latin et

[edit] Alternative forms

• e

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /i/

[edit] Conjunction

y

1. and
2. (with numbers) and; plus

   setenta y seis - “seventy-six”

   uno y uno son dos - “one plus one is two”

3. (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.

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

y

1. he, him

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Article

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

1. the.

[edit] Particle

y

1. preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause.

[edit] Usage notes

Y is sometimes omitted in speech.