w

• uu, vv (obsolete)

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w (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.

w (obsolete)

1. ⟨uu⟩
2. ⟨vv⟩

w

1. (IPA) voiced labial-velar approximant

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

• (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:

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌbə.juː/, /ˈdʌbiː.(j)uː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/

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

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

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

• (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

Abbreviations

w

1. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of we.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of were.
4. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of who and its inflection whom.

w

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work
5. Abbreviation of win.

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white

w

1. (text messaging) Alternative form of w/
2. with a wing (on the Enneagram)

   When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.

• IPA^(key): /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/, [u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (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

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

w (uppercase W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

• (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å (Ǻ ǻ)

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

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uː/
  • Conventional anglicization: u

 enclitic

1. (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands

 m

1. area, district
2. administrative district
3. nome [since the New Kingdom]

 sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 243.1–243.8
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 198, 415 page 51, 198, 415.

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w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

• In the Finnish alphabet, w is a variant of v.
• Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling.

• (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

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /du.blə.ve/

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w (uppercase W)

1. w

• IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

w

1. Romanization of 𐍅

w

1. Contraction of ou.

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

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé 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, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• w 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) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /we/

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third 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

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /wɛ/

w (upper case W)

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

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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

w

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of gue.

   Synonym: gw

w f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian

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

Short for (笑) (warai, “laughing”).

w

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

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ(´∀`*)

   kono baka wwwwwww (´ ∀ ` *)

   you silly fool lol

   ちょｗｗｗお前(まえ)のツイート伸(の)びすぎｗｗｗ有(ゆう)名(めい)人(じん)じゃんｗｗｗｗｗ

   cho www omae no tsuīto nobisugi www yūmeijin jan wwwww

   dude, your tweet's getting mad attention lmaoo, you're like a goddamn celebrity lol

• w can be used multiple times in a row, as in the examples above; it is sometimes repeated to quite lengthy extents.

• 草(くさ) (kusa)

• (笑(わらい)) (warai), (藁(わら)) (wara)
• ワロス (warosu), ワロタ (warota), ワラタ (warata)

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

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

w (with locative)

1. in

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh 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

w

1. Superseded spelling of u before or after a vowel.

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

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w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh 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

• IPA^(key): /vu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: w

w (upper case W, lower case)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Inherited from Old Polish w, from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *én.

• we

• IPA^(key): /v/, /f/

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w

1. (+ locative) in, at, on (indicates location)

   Od roku mieszkam we Francji. ― I've lived in France for a year.

   On siedzi w więzieniu za morderstwo. ― He's in prison for murder.

   Widziałam cię wczoraj w pociągu. ― I saw you on the train yesterday.

2. (+ locative) in (e.g. a month, a year, a century)

   Urodziłem się w czerwcu. ― I was born in June.

   W zeszłym roku podróżowaliśmy po Europie. ― Last year we travelled around Europe.

3. (+ locative) in (indicates state)

   Byłem w szoku po wypadku. ― I was in shock after the accident.

   Kupił dziewczynie naszyjnik w postaci serca. ― He bought his girlfriend a necklace in the shape of a heart.

4. (+ locative) at

   Musi być coś, w czym jesteś dobry? ― There must be something you're good at?

5. (+ accusative) into, in, to (indicates movement)

   Włożył koszulę w spodnie. ― He tucked his shirt into his trousers.

   Uderzyłem go prosto w twarz. ― I hit him right in the face.

   Skręć w lewo za pocztą. ― Turn (to the) left after the post office.

6. (+ accusative) on (e.g. a day)

   W niedzielę zawsze chodzimy do kościoła. ― We always go to church on Sundays.

7. (+ accusative) into (indicates a change of state)

   Stary młyn przekształcono w nowoczesne mieszkania. ― They turned the old mill into modern apartments.

   Pokrój ziemniaki w małe kawałki. ― Cut the potatoes into small pieces.

8. (+ accusative) decorated with

   Miała na sobie długą, granatową suknię w złote gwiazdki. ― She was wearing a long, dark blue dress decorated with little gold stars.

   koszula w kratkę ― plaid shirt

   geopard w cętki. ― A spotted leopard

9. (+ accusative) within, in the space of, in

   Cały egzamin skończyłem w godzinę. ― I finished the whole exam within an hour.

   Synonyms: w ciągu, w przeciągu, na przestrzeni

10. (+ accusative) in, as (indicates an amount or number)

    Zróbmy coś fajnego, tylko w dwójkę. ― Let's do something fun, just the two of us.

    W tę grę można grać w cztery osoby. ― You can play this game as a foursome.

Some combinations of sounds, chiefly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition be used in the vocalized form we. Examples:

• we włosach ― in the hair
• we Wrocławiu ― in Wrocław

But:

• w Warszawie ― in Warsaw

• w in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• w in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Letter name:

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.bli.u/, [ˈda.blju] (dáblio)

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Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /w/, /v/ (used in loanwords, varies according to the source language of the borrowed term)

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• (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

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “w”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16

• IPA^(key): /v/, /w/, /u/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]

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w (lower case, upper case W)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /v/, (rare, in foreign loanwords) /w/
  • Homophone: v (in most positions)

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.

• 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 (ve, as in German) instead of w (dubbel ve), e.g. BMW (be emm ve), VW (ve ve), WC (ve se), WHO (ve hå o), WWW (ve ve ve).

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /β/

w (upper case W)

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

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

• (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): ẁ
• (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): ẃ
• (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity): ŵ
• (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ẅ

• IPA^(key): /uː/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called w and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by u and followed by y.

• w cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):

• Digraph sequences: wy

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

w f (plural ŵau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/, /w/

This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so may be pronounced as part of a diphthong /ʊi̯/ or as /wiː/.

w

1. (South Wales) first-person singular present colloquial 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.

• ydw (interrogative)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wí/

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔɯ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: w¹
• Hyphenation: w

w (1957–1982 spelling ɯ)

1. gum (in the eye)

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• (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