Y

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Translingual

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Letter

Y (lower case y)

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

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Symbol

Y

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for yttrium
  2. (metrology) Symbol for prefix yotta-
  3. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any pyrimidine
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tyrosine
  5. (travel, aviation) Symbol for an unrestricted economy air fare.
  6. (mathematics, computer science) A Fixed-point combinator; especially Haskell Curry's combinator defined as λ f.(λ x.f (x x)) (λx.f (x x))

Gallery

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

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English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Letter

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Y (upper case, lower case y, plural Ys or Y's)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
  2. Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).
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Noun

Y (plural Ys)

  1. A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
  2. A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
  3. (lepidopterology) A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation by shortening.

Interjection

Y

  1. Abbreviation of yes.

Noun

Y (plural Ys)

  1. Abbreviation of year. (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)

Proper noun

the Y

  1. Short for the YMCA or YWCA.
    • a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces:
      Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views.

Afar

Letter

Y

  1. The twenty-second and final letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign Language

Letter

Y (Stokoe Y)

  1. The letter Y

Azerbaijani

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛɪ/
  • Audio(file)

Letter

Y (capital, lowercase y)

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

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  • Previous letter: X
  • Next letter: Z

Finnish

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called yy and written in the Latin script.

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German

Pronunciation

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the German alphabet.

German Sign Language

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "Y".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

  • Posture the dominant hand in the “Y” shape.

Letter

Y

  1. the letter Y

Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

Y (lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.lon/, /iˈɡrɛ.ko/, /iˈɡrɛ.ka/
  • (phonetic realization) IPA(key): [j], [i] (varies depending on the loanword)

Letter

Y m or f (invariable, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ipsilon or i greca in Italian.

Usage notes

  • The letter Y is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

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Malay

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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): [wai̯]
  • 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): [j]

Letter

Y

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

Y m (plural s)

  1. fork (area where something forks)

Synonyms

Saanich

Pronunciation

Letter

Y

  1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʝ/, /ɪ̯/, /i̯/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʝæ/

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, called ya and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by H and followed by A.

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Spanish

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i dài or i gờ-rét and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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