wye
See also: Wye
English
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ui or gui. However Old Irish had a glyph, a u with an i underneath it, and pronounced wye.
Noun
wye (plural wyes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
- A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
- By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
- Synonym: triangle
Derived terms
Translations
name of the letter Y, y
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See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Etymology 2
Noun
wye (plural wyes)
Anagrams
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Alternative forms
Noun
wye
- (West Ambryn) water
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
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