W
See also: Appendix:Variations of "w"
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Translingual
Letter
W (lower case w)
- The twenty-third 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 W): Ẃẃ Ẁẁ Ŵŵ Ẅẅ Ẇẇ Ẉẉ W̊ẘ Ⱳⱳ ᴡ Ww
- (Letter combinations): Ꜳꜳ Ææ ᴁᴭ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜵꜵ Åå Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ DZDzdz DŽDždž ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ff fi ffi fl ffl ℔ IJij LJLjlj Ỻỻ Ŋŋ NJNjnj Œœ ɶ Ꝏꝏ Ȣȣᴕ ȹ ẞß ſtst ᵫ Ůů Ww Ꝡꝡ
Symbol
W
- (chemistry) Symbol for tungsten.
- (metrology) Symbol for watt.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan
- (physics) work
Gallery
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Capital and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
See also
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Other representations of W:
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU) (file)
Letter
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W (upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's)
- The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Proper noun
W
- Wednesday
- (informal) George W. Bush, US politician
Synonyms
Noun
W
Derived terms
Related terms
Afar
Letter
W
- The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y
American Sign Language
Letter
- The letter W
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
- Wade–Giles: wan4
- Yale: wàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
- Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
- (Internet slang) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 萬/万 (wàn).
Danish
Pronunciation
Letter
W (lowercase w)
- the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
W (capital, lowercase w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet.
Adverb
W
- Abbreviation of west; west
See also
Esperanto
Noun
W
- Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).
Finnish
Letter
W (upper case, lower case w)
- A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
- Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling (compare Wirtanen).
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
German
Pronunciation
Letter
W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the German alphabet.
Noun
W
- Abbreviation of West; west
German Sign Language
Etymology
Related to the French Sign Language sign for "W".
Production
This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “W” shape.
Letter
- the letter W
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
W (lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Italian
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /vudˈdoppja/, /ˈdoppjavu/
- (name of letter, for brevity in common acronyms) IPA(key): /vu/
- Homophones: V, vu
- (phonetic realization) IPA(key): [v], [w] (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)
Letter
W m or f (invariable, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian.
Usage notes
- The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.
Symbol
W
Antonyms
- M (down with)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
- Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese
Noun
See also
- ダブリュー (daburyū)
Malay
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Name of letter" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Phoneme" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): [w]
Letter
W
- The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Portuguese
Letter
W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Saanich
Pronunciation
Letter
W
- The thirty-third letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ,
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
W upper case (lower case w)
- The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u
Spanish
Pronunciation
Letter
W (upper case, lower case w)
- The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Synonyms
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Zulu
Letter
W (upper case, lower case w)
- The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
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