u

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).

u (upper case U)

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

• (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 U):  Úú  Ùù  Ŭŭ  Ûû  Ǔǔ  Ůů  Üü  Ǘǘ  Ǜǜ  Ǚǚ  Ǖǖ  Űű  Ũũ  Ṹṹ  Ųų  Ūū  Ṻṻ  Ủủ  Ȕȕ  Ȗȗ  Ưư  Ứứ  Ừừ  Ữữ  Ửử  Ựự  Ụụ  Ṳṳ  Ṷṷ  Ṵṵ  Ʉʉ  ᵾ  ᶙ  ᴜ  Ｕｕ  Ꜷꜷ  Ȣȣ  ᵫ
• (other scripts) Cyrillic у (u), Greek υ (y, “upsilon”), Hebrew ו‎ (w, “vav”)
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u

1. (metrology) symbol for unified atomic mass unit
2. (IPA, phonetics) Used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a close back rounded vowel (/u/).
3. (physics) up quark

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

Other representations of U:

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”)

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: ewe, yew, you, hew (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)

Phoneme

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /a/, /ʉː/, /ʊ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /uː/, /ʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /u/, /ʊ/

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• (South US) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /ɜ/, /uː/, /ʊ/

u (lower case, upper case U, plural us or u's)

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

   I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

• (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

u (plural ues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
2. A thing in the shape of the letter U

• you

• u-turn
• u-bolt

• (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 ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

u (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective)

1. (abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) you (in text messaging and internet conversations)

   Take me with u.

u

1. Abbreviation of underwater.

• u-boat (1)

Abbreviations.

1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨u⟩
2. (stenoscript) the long vowel /uː/ or /juː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ʊə˞] (-ure, -oor etc.) counts as /uːr/.)

   Thus the words you, your; also derivative yours

3. (stenoscript) the prefix un-

• IPA^(key): [u]

u

1. coconut (fruit of the coco palm)

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• IPA^(key): /y/

From Dutch u.

u

1. (formal) you (singular, subject and object)

From Dutch uw.

u

1. (formal) your (singular)

• IPA^(key): [u]

u

1. to swim

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Semitic *wa (“and”). Cognate with Arabic وَ‎ (wa) and Biblical Hebrew וְ־‎ (wə-).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /u/

u

1. and
   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, CDLI, transl., Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Prologue, lines 3-5:

     𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒁁𒂖 𒊭𒈨𒂊 𒅇 𒅕𒍢𒁴
     ^den-lil₂ be-el ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim

     Enlil bēl šamê u erṣetim

     Enlil, lord of heaven and earth

2. moreover, likewise, also, too

   𒅇 𒅆𒅅𒁕𒄠 𒋗𒁉𒇴 ― u₃ ši-iq-da-am šu-bi-lam /u šiqdam šūbilam/ ― also, send me almonds

   • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, OMNIKA Foundation, transl., Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 129:

     𒋳𒈠𒀸𒊭𒀜 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒀉𒋾𒍣𒅗𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒉌𒅎 𒄿𒈾𒄿𒌅𒅆 𒀉𒋫𒊍𒁁 𒄿𒅗𒍪𒋗𒉡𒋾𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒈨𒂊 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑 𒋗𒉡𒋾 𒋳𒈠𒁁𒂖 𒀸𒊭𒁴 𒀸𒊭𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜 𒅇𒊬𒊒𒌝 𒀵𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜
     šum-ma aš-ša-at a-wi-lim it-ti zi-ka-ri-im ša-ni-im i-na i-tu-lim it-ta-aṣ-bat i-ka-su₂-šu-nu-ti-ma a-na me-e i-na-ad-du-u₂-šu-nu-ti šum-ma be-el aš-ša-tim aš-ša-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ u₃ šar-ru-um IR₃-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ

     šumma aššat awīlim itti zikarim šanîm ina itūlim ittaṣbat, ikassûšunūtī-ma ana mê inaddûšunūti; šumma bēl aššatim aššassu uballaṭ, u šarrum warassu uballaṭ.

     If an awīlum's wife has been caught lying with another man, they will be bound and thrown into the water; if the wife's lord wishes to spare his wife, also the king may spare his servant.

• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
• “šiqdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

From Proto-Albanian *wa, from Proto-Indo-European *swom, from Proto-Indo-European *swé. Compare Latin sē.

• IPA^(key): /u/

u

1. the reflexive pronoun

   u mblodhën ― they gathered (literally, “they gathered themselves”)

• un, und

• (Bern) IPA^(key): /ʊ/

u

1. (Bern) and
   • 2008, Ulrich Stuber, Der Bettleschloss-Tüfel:

     Si hei glachet u der Grossätti het gfunge: „So, jetz wärs Zyt für no chlei öppis z Znacht - u nächär göh mir de ungere.

     She laughed and the grandpa opined: „So, now is the time for a little bit of dinner - and afterwards we'll go downstairs.

u

1. Alternative spelling of uu

• “u”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2023

From Latin aut.

u

1. or

Probably from an early (proto-Romanian) root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille. Compare Romanian o.

u f (short/unstressed accusative form of ea)

1. (direct object) her

• ãl (masculine equivalent)
• li (plural)

From Latin aut.

u

1. or

From Latin ubi.

u

1. where (relative pronoun)

   Equí ye u alcontré la fueya.

   Here is where I found the leaf.

u

1. where

   ¿Du yes? ¿Au vas? ¿Nu tas?

   Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are you in?

• ú

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

u lower case (upper case U)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

u (tone ù)

1. they

• olu

• IPA^(key): /u/, [u]

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

u (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈu/
• Rhymes: -u

u f (plural us)

1. The Latin letter U (lowercase u).

u m (plural uns)

1. one

From the earlier lu. Compare Portuguese o and Aragonese o.

u m (feminine a, masculine plural i, feminine plural e)

1. the

• Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

u m

1. him, it (direct object)

• Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

• “u, lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

• IPA^(key): /u/

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u + genitive

1. at
2. by

• u in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• u in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s.

u

1. head

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

Originally the dative and accusative form of jij/gij, from Middle Dutch u, from Old Dutch iu, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, West Germanic variant of *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Doublet of jou.

The use as a nominative form is linked to the polite address uwe edelheid (“your nobility, your gentility”), which was shortened to U E. in writing and at times accordingly pronounced /yˈ(w)eː/. It is debated, however, whether this was the actual cause of the development or whether it merely reinforced it. Compare English you, which was originally an object form, as well as Afrikaans ons and nonstandard Dutch hun.

Cognate with West Frisian jo, Low German jo, ju, English you, German euch.

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• IPA^(key): /y/

u

1. (personal, second-person singular, subjective) you (polite).

   Bent u klaar? ― Are you ready?

   Bent u er nog? ― Are you still there?

2. (personal, second-person singular, objective) you (polite).

   Ik zal het aan u geven. ― I will give it to you.

   Dit zal niet werken voor u. ― This won’t work for you.

3. (personal, second-person singular, objective) thee (dialectal).

   Ik doe dat wel voor u. ― I’ll do it for thee.

4. (personal, second-person plural, subjective) you (polite).

   Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? ― Have you prepared that exercise?

5. (personal, second-person plural, objective) you (polite).

   Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. ― They’ll do it for you.

6. (reflexive, second-person singular) thyself (dialectal)

   Gij hebt u niet gewassen. ― Thou hast not washed thyself.

7. (reflexive, second-person plural) yourselves (dialectal)

   Wast u eens. ― Wash yourselves.

• The capitalization of u (as in U or Uw) is now considered old-fashioned, and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized, when addressing God.
• In verbs whose second and third persons singular are distinct, u may be construed with either of them. In formal context, the second person form is generally preferred except for the verb hebben (“to have”). Thus predominantly u bent, kunt, wilt, zult, whereas u heeft is commoner than (or at least equally common as) u hebt.
• See also the usage notes at gij.

• (Brabantian) a

• jou
• U

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: v

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /u/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/

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u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

u (accusative singular u-on, plural u-oj, accusative plural u-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

From Old Portuguese o, from Latin illo (“he”).

u m sg (plural us, feminine a, feminine plural as)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Masculine singular definite article; the

u

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) Third person singular masculine accusative pronoun; him

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 276

• IPA^(key): /uː/

u (upper case U)

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

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

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u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /y/

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• Rhymes: -y

u m (plural u)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

From Latin ū.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/

u m (plural us)

1. the name of the letter U.

From Latin ubi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/

u

1. (archaic) where, whereby
   • 1264, E. Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 364:

     pelo camino que vay peraa devesa de valadares asy como vay o porto do rrio u pasan os carros

     by the road that goes to the wood of Valadares as it goes by the ford of the river where the carts cross

   Synonym: onde

2. where (interrogative adverb)

   U-los libros? Ulos? ― Where are the books? Where are they?

   Synonym: onde

• “u” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “u” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “u” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

u

1. Romanization of 𐌿

From Portuguese tu.

u

1. you (second person singular).

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈu]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈu]

u (lower case, upper case U)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

• (sound and letter): u in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([onomatopoeia] imitation of barking): u in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /u/

u (upper case U)

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

• (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

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/^*
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ù

u f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case U)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

u f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

• u in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

u

1. Rōmaji transcription of う
2. Rōmaji transcription of ウ

u

1. his, her, its

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu (“egg, bird”). Cognates include Burmese ဥ (u., “egg”) and Chinese 嫗／妪 (yǔ, “to incubate”).

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

u

1. egg

u

1. to lay an egg

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uː/, [uː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u/, [uː]

ū f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter V.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• u in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• u in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

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.

• IPA^(key): [u]

U

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• 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

• IPA^(key): [u]

u m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʊ/

u (upper case U)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u trumpoji and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /u/

u (upper case U)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /u/ (short phoneme)
• IPA^(key): /uː/ (long phoneme)
• IPA^(key): /ɔw/, /aw/ (after għ; variation is regional and idiolectal)
• In inherited words, short u occurs almost exclusively in unstressed syllables. In borrowings, it is a full phoneme and commonly stressed.

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

From Arabic وَ‎ (wa), from Proto-Semitic *wa. Cognate with Hebrew וְ־‎ (wə-).

• IPA^(key): /u/ (between consonants)
• IPA^(key): /w/ (before or after a vowel)
• Homophone: hu

u

1. and; used to connect words, phrases, etc.

   il-kelb u l-qattus ― the dog and the cat

   tpejjep u tixrob ― she smokes and drinks

2. when, as; used after a personal pronoun and followed by an active participle or imperfect verb

   huma u reqdin

   when they were sleeping

   (literally, “they and sleeping”)

   aħna u nitkellmu

   when we were talking

   (literally, “we and we talk”)

• w (superseded representation of the consonantal pronunciation)

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wu]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wiw/
• Bender phonemes: {wiw}

u (construct form uin)

1. (alienable) a fish trap

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

u (informal to)

1. Alternative spelling of ou

• ʼų́ (obsolete)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ú

1. salt

ú

1. sweet

• Andrews, Enriqueta (1950) Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 36, 76
• Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎ (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 360

From Old Dutch iuwa, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.

u

1. your (plural)
2. your (singular, informal)

See the usage notes for gi.

• Dutch: uw
• Limburgish: eur

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

u

1. accusative/dative of gi

• Dutch: u

• “uwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “u (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

u

1. Alternative form of ew

From Latin u, v.

u

1. u (letter)
2. v (letter)

• u and v were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

ū

1. (personal pronoun, dative, Middle German) Alternative form of iu.

• IPA^(key): /uː/

û

1. (personal pronoun, dative, accusative) Alternative form of jû.
2. (possessive) Alternative form of jû.

Possessive pronoun:

• ieil (Guernsey)
• yi (Jersey)

From Old French ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

u m (plural uûs or uur)

1. (France, anatomy) eye

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʉː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʉː/, /ʉ/, /ʊ/

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u

1. The twenty-first letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ũ/

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

u f (plural us)

1. u (the letter u, U)

From Latin ubi.

u

1. Alternative form of ou (“where”)
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou‎:

     Dez ke Richart le sout, un espie enveia
     Saveir u Thiebaut ert, e combien gent il a.

     As soon as Richard knew about it, he sent a spy
     to know where Thibalt was, and how many people he had with him.

• Middle French: ou
  • French: où

From Latin u, v.

u

1. u (letter)
2. v (letter)

• u and v were represented by a single character in Old French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

From Latin ubi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu/

u

1. where
   • 13th century, Vindel manuscript, Martín Codax, Mia irmana fremosa, treides comigo (facsimile)

     Mia irmana fremoſa treides de grado / ala ygreia de uigo u e o mar leuado / E miraremos las ondas.

     Lovely sister, come willingly / To the church in Vigo, where the sea is up, / And we will gaze at the waves.

• Galician: u
• Portuguese: u (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /u/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: u