w

See also: W, w/, ա, ⴍ, and Appendix:Variations of "w"

Translingual

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER W
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0077
v ← Basic Latin → x

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• vv (obsolete)

Letter

w lower case (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

Wikipedia

w

1. (IPA) voiced labial-velar approximant

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
• Turned: ʍ
• Ƿ
• ʬ

Other representations of W:

NATO phonetic: Whiskey Morse code: ·–– Braille: ⠺ ASL Manual: W

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

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

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  Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/

Audio (US)

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• IPA^(key): /w/
• Rhymes: -ʌbjə, -ʌb
• Rhymes: -ʌbəlju

Letter

w ‎(lower case, upper case W, plural w's)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; 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

Noun

w

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work

Adjective

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

Letter

w ‎(uppercase W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

See also

• (Latin script letters) bogstav; 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, Ææ, Øø, Åå

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

Letter

w ‎(lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.blə.ve/

Letter

w ‎(uppercase W)

1. w

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Haitian Creole

Pronoun

w

1. Contraction of ou.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

w ‎(upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; 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

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Italian

Noun

w m, f ‎(invariable)

1. See under W

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Short for 笑う ‎(warau, “to laugh”).

Interjection

w

1. (Internet slang) LOL; an expression of amusement or laughter.

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ‎

   Kono baka wwwwwww

   This idiot LOL

Usage notes

w is most often found used multiple times in a row as in the example above.

See also

• テラワロス (てらわろす, ​terawarosu)
• (笑) (かっこわら, ​kakko wara)
• ワロス (​warosu)
• ワロタ (​warota)
• 草 (​kusa)

Etymology 2

Near homophone of ダブル ‎(daburu, “double”).

Symbol

w ‎(katakana ダブリュー, romaji daburyū)

1. Symbol for ダブル ‎(daburu, “double-u”)

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én

Alternative forms

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/ (before vowels)
• (silent before consonants)

Preposition

w ‎(with locative)

1. in

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Malay

Letter

w ‎(lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) 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

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbəlt.ˌʋeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/

Letter

w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notes

• Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [v]

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

w

1. (+ locative) in
2. (+ accusative) into, in
3. (+ accusative) on (time/date)

Usage notes

Some combinations of sounds, mostly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition is used in longer form we. Examples:

• we włosach (in the hair)
• we Wrocławiu (in Wrocław)

But:

• w Warszawie (in Warsaw)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

w ‎(lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) letra; 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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/, /gu/, /β/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈuβe ˈdoβle/, /ˈdoβle be/

  • Audio (Spain)

    (file)

Letter

w ‎(lower case, upper case W)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

w ‎(lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.

Usage notes

• In blackletter typography, 'w' was commonly used instead of 'v'. When printers (gradually during the 19th century) changed to Latin typography, spelling changed from 'w' to 'v', except in some family names. However, this change does not count as a spelling reform.
• In many abbreviations, Swedes say 'v' (veh, as in German) instead of 'w' (dubbelveh), e.g. BMW (beh em veh), VW (veh veh), WC (veh seh), WHO (veh haw oh), WWW (veh veh veh).

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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /β/

Letter

w ‎(upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called we and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harp; Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz,

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
• (in affirmative statements): rw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u]

Verb

w

1. (colloquial, South Wales) first-person singular present of bod (in affirmative or negative statements)

   W i yn y car.‎ ― I’m in the car.

   W i ddim yn hapus.‎ ― I’m not happy.

Related terms

• ydw (interrogative)