z

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The Universal Character Set

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
Basic Latin	U+007A

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Letter 1.1.1 See also 1.2 Symbol 1.3 See also 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Letter 2.3 Alternative forms 3 Czech 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Preposition 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.2.2 Synonyms 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Letter 4.3 See also 5 Egyptian 5.1 Noun 6 Italian 6.1 Noun 7 Polish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Preposition 7.4 Preposition 7.4.1 Synonyms 8 Romanian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Letter 9 Slovak 9.1 Preposition 10 Slovene 10.1 Preposition 11 Spanish 11.1 Letter

[edit] Translingual

Wikipedia

[edit] Letter

z lower case (upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter Z):  Źź  Ẑẑ  Žž  Żż  Ẓẓ  Ẕẕ  Ƶƶ  Ȥȥ  Ⱬⱬ  ᵶ  ᶎ  ʐ  ʑ  ɀ  ᴢ  Ｚｚ  DZDzdz  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  DŽDždž
• Greek ζ, Hebrew ז.

[edit] Symbol

z

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zepto-.
2. (astronomy) Symbol for the redshift.
3. (mathematics) Used to denote a real variable when x and y are already in use.

   

4. (mathematics) Used to denote the third coordinate in three-dimensional Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems.

   x² + y² + z² = 1

5. (mathematics) Used to denote a complex variable.

   

6. (statistics) Used to denote a value of a standard normal random variable.

   P[Z > z] = 1 − P[Z < z] = 1 − Φ(z)

7. (analytic geometry, classical mechanics) Quantity along the third axis in a three-dimensional system, vertical when applicable.
8. (chemistry) Symbol for atomic number.

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Other representations of Z:

NATO phonetic: Zulu Morse code: ––·· Braille: ⠵ ASL Manual: Z

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Letter styles

Capital and lowercase versions of Z, in normal and italic type

Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): (UK) (RP) IPA: /zɛd/

   Audio (UK)^{help, file}

• (letter name): (US) IPA: /zi:/

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• (phoneme): IPA: /z/

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z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, preceded by “y”. Sometimes spelt out as zed (in the UK) or zee (in the US).

[edit] Alternative forms

Capital: Z With acute: ź With dot above: ż With caron: ž With stroke: ƶ With cedilla z̧

With retroflex hook: ʐ With curl: ʑ With circumflex: ẑ With dot below: ẓ With line below: ẕ

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

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z

1. from

   Toto víno pochází z Francie. -- This wine comes from France.

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This preposition is followed by the genitive case.

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• ze

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /zɛt/

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z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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• Previous letter: y

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[edit] Egyptian

[edit] Noun

1. man

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

z m. and f. inv.

1. See under Z

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьz < Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /z/, before voiceless consonants: /s/

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z (+ instrumental)

1. with

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z (+ genitive)

1. from

   Jestem z Polski. – I'm from Poland.

2. made of

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• ze

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ze/, /zet/

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z (lowercase, capital Z)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /z/. Preceded by x.

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Preposition

z or zo

Followed by the genitive case.

The standard form is z. The zo form is used when the following word starts with the letter z or sg..

1. from

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[edit] Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

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z

1. with (in the company of)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Letter

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The 29th letter of the Spanish alphabet.