u

See also: U, ս, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of (deprecated template usage) U, a modern variation of classical Latin (deprecated template usage) V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter (deprecated template usage) 𐌖 (V).

Letter

u (upper case U)

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

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Ｕｕ  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ
• (other scripts) Cyrillic (deprecated template usage) у (u), Greek (deprecated template usage) υ (y), Hebrew (deprecated template usage) ו (w)
• u on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Symbol

u

1. (deprecated template usage) symbol for unified atomic mass unit
2. (deprecated template usage) Used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a close back rounded vowel ((deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /u/).

See also

Other representations of U:

NATO phonetic: Uniform Morse code: ··– Braille: ⠥ ASL Manual: U

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 
  Capital and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

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English

Etymology

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English lower case letter (deprecated template usage) v (also written (deprecated template usage) u), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lower case (deprecated template usage) u, from 7th century replacement by lower case (deprecated template usage) u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (deprecated template usage) ᚢ (u), derived from Raetic letter (deprecated template usage) u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form (deprecated template usage) v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form (deprecated template usage) u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas (deprecated template usage) valor and (deprecated template usage) excuse appeared as in modern printing, (deprecated template usage) have and (deprecated template usage) upon were printed (deprecated template usage) haue and (deprecated template usage) vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the (deprecated template usage) v form was used to represent the consonant, and (deprecated template usage) u the vowel sound. (deprecated template usage) v then preceded (deprecated template usage) u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation

Letter name

• , Template:X-SAMPA
• (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)

Phoneme

• , Template:X-SAMPA
• , Template:X-SAMPA
• , Template:X-SAMPA

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U, plural us or u's)

1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

   I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

See also

• Template:list

Noun

u (plural ues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
2. A thing in the shape of the letter U

See also

• Template:list

Translations

name of the letter U, u

• Arabic: أو m ('uu), يو m (yuu)
• Catalan: u (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: u
• Hindi: यू (yū)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ユー (yū)
• Korean: 유 (ko) (yu)
• Portuguese: u (pt) m
• Russian: ю (ru) n (ju) (English), у (ru) n (u)
• Turkish: u
• Vietnamese: u

Derived terms

• u-turn
• u-bolt

Pronoun

u (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective)

1. you

   Take me with u.

Abbreviation

u

1. Underwater.

Derived terms

• u-boat (1)

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Afrikaans

Pronoun

u

1. you (formal)

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) ubi

Adverb

u

1. Template:interrogative where

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Azeri

Letter

u lower case (upper case U)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• Template:list

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

u f (plural us)

1. The Latin letter U (lowercase u).

Etymology 2

Noun

1. Template:cardinal (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) masculine noun form of un ; the number 1

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Corsican

Article

u m

1. a, an

Related terms

• una

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Czech

Preposition

u + genitive

1. at
2. by

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Dutch

Etymology

Originally the accusative/dative form of (deprecated template usage) jij/(deprecated template usage) gij, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) u, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch (deprecated template usage) iu, from Template:proto. The use as a nominative stems from an original genitive (deprecated template usage) uwe edelheid, which was later shortened to (deprecated template usage) U E. and finally to u.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /y/

Pronoun

u

1. Template:personal you (polite).

   Bent u klaar? — “Are you ready?”

   Bent u er nog? — “Are you still there?”

2. Template:personal you (polite).

   Ik zal het aan u geven. — “I will give it to you.”

   Dit zal niet werken voor u. — “This won’t work for you.”

3. Template:personal thee (dialectal).

   Ik doe dat wel voor u. — “I’ll do it for thee.”

4. Template:personal you (polite).

   Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? — “Have you prepared that exercise?”

5. Template:personal you (polite).

   Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. — “They’ll do it for you.”

6. Template:reflexive thyself (dialectal)

   Gij hebt u niet gewassen. — “Thou hast not washed thyself.”

7. Template:reflexive yourselves (dialectal)

   Wast u eens. — “Wash yourselves.”

Usage notes

• The capitalization of (deprecated template usage) u (as in U or Uw) is now considered old-fashioned, and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized.
• See usage notes at (deprecated template usage) gij.

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive	genitive5
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me	mijner, mijns
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer, uws
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	hare	zich	harer, haars
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons	onzer, onzes
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer, uws
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).				5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: v

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /u/
• (phoneme): (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Template:list

Noun

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

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Italian

Noun

u

1. See under U

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Japanese

Syllable

u (romaji u)

1. The hiragana syllable う (u) or the katakana syllable ウ (u) in Hepburn romanization.

Noun

1. 鵜: cormorant
2. う: hiragana letter u
3. ウ: katakana letter u

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /uː/, Template:X-SAMPA

Noun

ū (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter V.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
    Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.

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Maltese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] . Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) وَ (wa), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew (deprecated template usage) .

Conjunction

u

1. and (deprecated template usage)

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Polish

Etymology

From Template:proto, from Template:proto.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [u]

Preposition

u (+ genitive)

1. at

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Portuguese

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

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Pumpokol

Etymology

From Template:proto (/ *ʔu) ("thou").

Pronoun

u

1. you (second-person plural subjective)

Synonyms

• úe

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

u (lowercase, capital U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /u/. Preceded by ţ and followed by v.

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Romansch

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) aut.

Conjunction

u

1. or

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) U

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

1. The 27th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by t and followed by v.

Etymology 2

From Template:proto, from Template:proto.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /u/

Preposition

1. (with locative) in, at (without change of position, answering the question (deprecated template usage) gdjȅ/(deprecated template usage) gdȅ)

   biti u školi — to be in the school

   u c(ij)elom društvu — in the whole society

2. (with accusative) to, into (with change of position, answering the question (deprecated template usage) kùda)

   ići u školu — to go to school

   putovati u Ameriku — to travel to America

3. (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)

   u podne — at noon

   u sr(ij)edu — on Wednesday

   u zoru — at dawn

   U koliko sati? — At what time?

4. (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

   u jednom danu — in one day

   u mladosti — during one's youth

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Somali

Preposition

u

1. to
2. for

Usage notes

• In Somali, prepositions fall before the verb and not before the noun they modify:

  u sheeg -- to tell (lit. to call to)

  u keen -- to bring to

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Noun

1. Name of the letter (deprecated template usage) U.

Etymology 2

Conjunction

u

1. or

Usage notes

Used instead of (deprecated template usage) o when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced /o/.

See also

• e

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Swahili

Prefix

u-

1. Marks noun class 11, denoting abstract nouns, singulatives, elongated objects, and countries.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ʉː/

Phoneme

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ʉː/, /ɵ/

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

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Torres Strait Creole

Noun

u

1. (eastern dialect) a mature coconut

Usage notes

U is the sixth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by pes and followed by drai koknat.

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Turkish

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Template:list

Noun

u

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

• Template:list

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Uzbek

Pronoun

u (Cyrillic у)

1. Demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing that is far away from the speaker. that.
   • U eshik.

     That is a door. / That door.