Z

Z U+005A, Z LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z ← Y [U+0059] Basic Latin [ → [U+005B]

Ｚ U+FF3A, Ｚ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z ← Ｙ [U+FF39] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ［ → [U+FF3B]

See also: z, ʒ, Ζ, ℤ, and Appendix:Variations of "z"

Translingual

Letter

Z (lower case z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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 Z):  Źź  Ẑẑ  Žž  Żż  Ẓẓ  Ẕẕ  Ƶƶ  Ȥȥ  Ⱬⱬ  ᵶ  ᶎ  ʐ  ʑ  ɀ  ᴢ  Ｚｚ  DZDzdz  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  DŽDždž
• ☡, a symbol for caution which resembles Z

Symbol

Z

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zetta-
2. (physics) the impedance of an electrical circuit
3. (physics) the depth dimension in a 3D environment
4. (physics) atomic number
5. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for either aspargine or aspartic acid

Derived terms

Base SI units derived from the prefix meaning zetta-

• ZA
• Zcd
• ZK

• Zkg
• Zm

• Zmol
• Zs

Derived SI units derived from the prefix meaning zetta-

• ZBq
• ZC
• ZF
• ZGy
• ZH
• ZHz
• ZJ

• Zkat
• Zlm
• Zlx
• ZN
• ZΩ
• ZPa
• Zrad

• ZS
• ZSv
• Zsr
• ZT
• ZV
• ZW
• ZWb

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of Z, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of Z:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia) IPA^(key): /zɛd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /zi/

• Audio (UK)

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• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛd, -iː

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z, plural Zs or Z's)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee 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

Symbol

Z

1. (chemistry) Atomic number.

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe Z)

1. The letter Z

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Azeri

Letter

Z upper case (lower case z)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zɛt/

• Audio

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Letter

Z (capital, lowercase z)

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

Abbreviation

Z

1. Abbreviation of zuid; south

See also

• Previous letter: Y

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Esperanto

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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Finnish

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called tseta or tset and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with ts.

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsɛt/

• Audio

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Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

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

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German Sign Language

Etymology

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

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “Z” shape, which is very similar to the “D” shape, and then move it in a "z"-shaped zig-zag as indicated in the picture below.

Letter

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter Z

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

Z (lower case z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈdzɛta/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ts/, /dz/

Letter

Z m, f (invariable, lower case z)

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

Symbol

Z

1. The letter zeta in the Greek alphabet

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, Πî, 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

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Latin

Etymology

The letter descended from the Old Italic letter 𐌆 (z) in the Old Latin period, but had long fell into native disuse by the Classical period, when it came back into use, transcribing the Ancient Greek letter Ζ (Z, “zeta”), which had formerly been transcribed S in initial position and SS in medial position. In writings of the Late Latin period, Z frequently takes the place of S and in the third and fourth centuries often represented word-inital prevocalic di.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /z/, [z̪]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Classical Latin alphabet, called zēta.

References

• z Z, z in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Z” on page 1,700/1 of Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• “Z, z” on page 2,125/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z]

Letter

Z

Z (upper case, lower case z)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [zɛt̚], [zɛk̚], [zi]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [z]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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

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Portuguese

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), 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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze/, /zet/

Letter

Z (capital, lowercase z)

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

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Saanich

Letter

Z

1. The thirty-eighth 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, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

Letter

Z (lower case z)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

Letter

Z (capital, lowercase z)

1. The 24th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by V and followed by Ž.

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Spanish

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

1. The 27th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Zulu

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Zulu 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