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z (upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth and last 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 Z):  Źź  Ẑẑ  Žž  Żż  Ẓẓ  Ẕẕ  Ƶƶ  Ȥȥ  Ⱬⱬ  ᵶ  ᶎ  ʐ  ʑ  ɀ  ᴢ  Ｚｚ  DZDzdz  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  DŽDždž
• Greek ζ, Hebrew ז.

z

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zepto-.
2. (astronomy) Symbol for the redshift.
3. (mathematics) Used to denote a real variable when x and y are already in use.

   ${\displaystyle f\left(x,y,z\right)=\sin x+\cos y+\tan z}$

4. (mathematics) Used to denote the third coordinate in three-dimensional Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems.

   ${\displaystyle x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=1}$

5. (mathematics) Used to denote a complex variable.

   ${\displaystyle \left\Vert z\right\Vert =z\cdot {\bar {z}}}$

6. (statistics) Used to denote a value of a standard normal random variable.

   ${\displaystyle P[Z>z]=1-P[Z<z]=1-\Phi (z)}$

7. (chemistry) Symbol for atomic number.
8. (IPA) voiced alveolar fricative

Prefix zepto-

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

Other representations of Z:

Letter name

• (UK) IPA^(key): /zɛd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ziː/

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• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈɪzə(r)d/, /ɪˈzə(r)d/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ɪˈzɛd/, /ɪˈzɛɖ/
• Rhymes: -ɛd, -iː

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /z/

z (lower case, upper 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.

• (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.

z

1. (stenoscript) the sound /z/, regardless of spelling.

   Note: plural /s/, /z/ or /əz/ in nouns is instead indicated by an optional dot under last letter; 3sg /s/, /z/ or /əz/ in verbs is not written at all, except for hz 'has', sz 'says', dz 'does'

2. (stenoscript) the sound /ʃ/, /ʒ/, or the sequence /ziː/.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of as, was, his, she.

• IPA^(key): /t͡s/

z n

1. Synonym of s: the

   Gfallt der z Huus? ― Do you like the house?

z

1. unstressed form of of zue

   Mir wonen z Züri. ― We live in Zurich.

z

1. unstressed form of of zu

   Das isch z vill. ― This is too much.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

z lower case (upper case Z)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /s̻eta/, [s̻e̞.t̪a]

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called zeta 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

• 's (Sette Comuni)

z

1. (Luserna) the; definite article for two declensions:
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. accusative singular neuter

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

• IPA^(key): /z/

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z

1. from

   Toto víno pochází z Francie. ― This wine comes from France.

2. out of

   Pět z deseti doktorů doporučuje tuto zubní pastu. ― Five out of ten doctors recommend this toothpaste.

This preposition is followed by the genitive case.

• ze

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zɛt/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

• Previous letter: y

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛ/, /zɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: ze, za

 m

1. A door bolt of wood or copper [since the Pyramid Texts]

 m

1. man (male person) [since the Old Kingdom]
2. someone, anyone

This word can be placed after a type of person and before a number to indicate that many prisoners of that type were taken.

• z-n-wsrt

• Coptic: ⲥⲁ- (sa-)

 m

1. being, creature (used of a snake) [Pyramid Texts]

 m

1. A type of fish [22nd dynasty]

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /zo/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

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z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsetː/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

• Used only in loanwords.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

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

• (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): /zɛd/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

z

1. Romanization of 𐌶

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

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called zé 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.

• z 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): /z/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ze/

z (upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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

• IPA^(key): /z/ (usually unless before a voiced consonant)
• IPA^(key): /s/ (sometimes before a voiced consonant e.g. Mazmur)

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

• Used only in loanwords from Arabic, English, etc.

• (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

z f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Z)

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

The minuscule form derives from the majuscule Z.

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

• z in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “z”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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): [z]

Z

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

z (upper case Z)

1. The thirty-eighth 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

• ze (used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)

• IPA^(key): /z/, (before a voiceless consonant) /s/

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

z (with genitive)

1. from, out of

From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

z (with instrumental)

1. with

   Stej bratš ze sotšu. ― They are brother and sister (lit. ‘brother with sister’).

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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): /t͡s/, /d͡z/
• Simple z is almost always /t͡s/. Geminated zz is also predominantly voiceless, but intervocalically it may represent /dd͡z/, notably in the verbal suffix -izza.

z (upper case Z)

1. The thirtieth 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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /set/, /sɛt/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/, /ʃ/

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z

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

• Not used in Norwegian, only appears in loanwords from e.g. Slavic.
• Used interchangeably with s in Internet slang and informal writing.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /z/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-ninth 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): /z/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /zɛt/

z (upper case Z, lower case)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Polish alphabet, called zet 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 Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

• ze
• s (obsolete) [19th c.]

• IPA^(key): /z/, /s/

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z (+ genitive)

1. from

   Jestem z Polski. ― I'm from Poland.

2. out of

   jeden z dziesięciu ― one out of ten

3. made of

   motyka z drewna ― a hoe made of wood

4. at

   Jesteś z przodu czy z tyłu? ― Are you at the front or at the back?

   Podróżuje z prędkością światła! ― It's travelling at the speed of light?

Inherited from Old Polish s, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śun, from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

• ze
• s (obsolete) [19th c.]

• IPA^(key): /z/, /s/

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z (+ instrumental)

1. with

   Antonym: bez

• ze
• s (obsolete) [19th c.]

• IPA^(key): /z/, /s/

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z

1. (colloquial) approximately, about

   Synonyms: mniej więcej, około

• The preposition or particle generally changes to ze when the pronunciation of the two consecutive words becomes problematic. Some dictionaries claim that this rule applies to words starting with one of the following consonants: s, z, ś, ź, ż, rz, sz that are followed by another consonant. [1] Examples include:

  Ten pręt jest z żelaza. ― This rod is made of iron.

  Ten pręt jest ze stali. ― This rod is made of steel.

  Pochodzę z Francji. ― I come from France.

  Pochodzę ze Szwecji. ― I come from Sweden.

• The form ze is used also before mnie, mną, and forms of wszystko.

• Both z and ze can be used before sobą.

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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ze/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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

• IPA^(key): /z/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. (International Standard) The thirtieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-first letter of the Romani 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, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /z/

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ze, zet, zed, or zî and written in the Latin script.

• (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): /z̊³³/

z (transliteration needed)

1. water

• Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, volumes 26-27 (2003, Department of Linguistics, University of California), page 74
• Huang Bufan (editor), Xu Shouchun, Chen Jiaying, Wan Huiyin, A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon (1992; Central Minorities University, Beijing) (has z̊³³)

• (uppercase) Z

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

z (Cyrillic spelling з)

1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian, Croatia) (+ instrumental case) with
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita

     požgat su pritili sela naša stane,

     žene z dicom htili vest u svoje strane,

     inim dati rane, svih smrtno sikući;

   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga

     od svjetlosti zrak otvori,

     i ostaše razlučene,

     z bielim danom noćne sjene:

   • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Kaj

     I srce mi greje

     I z menom se smeje

     I v žalosti plače takaj.

2. (Kajkavian) (+ genitive case) from, out of
   • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Kaj vrt si senja

     Oblaček po nebu

     Si stiha putuje,

     A z trave još samo

     Šćurica se čuje.

• iz, s, sa, š

z (Cyrillic spelling з)

1. The 29th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by v and followed by ž.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/

z (upper case Z)

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

• (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

• zo (see usage notes)

• IPA^(key): /z/

z

1. from

• The zo form is used when the following word starts with the letter z, ž, s, š and certain consonant clusters.

• z in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

See Translingual section.

• IPA^(key): /s/

z

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script. Preceded by v and followed by ž.

From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

• IPA^(key): /s/

z

1. (with instrumental) with, by means of, using
2. (with instrumental) (together) with, in the company of
3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• s (before a voiceless consonant)

• “z”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /s/, /θ/
• IPA^(key): (letter name, Spain) /ˈθeta/ [ˈθe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (letter name, Latin America) /ˈseta/ [ˈse.t̪a]
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  • Rhymes: -eta

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːta/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /s/
  • Homophones: c (before front vowels), s

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Swedish alphabet, called säta or zäta and written in the Latin script.

z (lower case, upper case Z)

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

• (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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ð/, /z/

z (upper case Z)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ze 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

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-sixth 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