w
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of IPA [wːɑː, ɑwwɑː] with the sound [w]: (file)
Letter
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
Ligature
w (obsolete)
- ⟨uu⟩
- ⟨vv⟩
Symbol
w
- (IPA) a voiced labial-velar (or, more precisely, labialized velar) approximant.
- (superscript ⟨ʷ⟩, IPA) labialization ([w]-coloring) or a consonant or vowel; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [w].
- Specifically, on a vowel letter: an [u] off-glide (diphthong) or a protruded (as opposed to compressed) vowel, e.g. Swedish /yʷː/.
- (superscript ⟨ʷ⟩, NAPA) labialization.
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur
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:
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W, plural ws or w's)
- The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
w
- (stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of we.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of were.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of who and its inflection whom.
Noun
w
Adjective
w
Preposition
w
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of with.
- Alternative form: w/
- 2013, Jessica Burkhart, Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special), New York, NY: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 44:
- This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺
- with a wing (on the Enneagram)
- When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
See also
Pronunciation
Letter
w (uppercase W)
- the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet
See also
- (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
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet
See also
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /uː/
- Conventional anglicization: u
Particle
enclitic
- (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w
Noun
m
- area, district
- administrative district
- nome [since the New Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of w (masculine)
Alternative forms
Pronoun
sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 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, pages 51, 198, 415.
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and w for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Audio; “kaksoisvee, Waltari”: (file)
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
See also
Pronunciation
Letter
w (uppercase W)
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
See also
Romanization
w
- Romanization of 𐍅
Pronoun
w
- Contraction of ou.
Alternative forms
- (letter name) wē
Pronunciation
Letter
w
- The twelfth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | w | w-k |
| accusative | w-t | w-ket |
| dative | w-nek | w-knek |
| instrumental | w-vel | w-kkel |
| causal-final | w-ért | w-kért |
| translative | w-vé | w-kké |
| terminative | w-ig | w-kig |
| essive-formal | w-ként | w-kként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | w-ben | w-kben |
| superessive | w-n | w-ken |
| adessive | w-nél | w-knél |
| illative | w-be | w-kbe |
| sublative | w-re | w-kre |
| allative | w-hez | w-khez |
| elative | w-ből | w-kből |
| delative | w-ről | w-kről |
| ablative | w-től | w-ktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
w-é | w-ké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
w-éi | w-kéi |
| Possessive forms of w | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | w-m | w-im |
| 2nd person sing. | w-d | w-id |
| 3rd person sing. | w-je | w-i |
| 1st person plural | w-nk | w-ink |
| 2nd person plural | w-tek | w-itek |
| 3rd person plural | w-jük | w-ik |
See also
- (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.
Further reading
- w in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Pronunciation
Letter
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
w (upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronoun
w
- (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of gue.
- Synonym: gw
Letter
w f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case W)
- the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian
Usage notes
- The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.
Etymology
Punctuation mark
w
Usage notes
- w (w) can be used multiple times in a row, as in the examples above; it is sometimes repeated to quite lengthy extents.
Derived terms
- 草 (kusa)
Related terms
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog w. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English w.
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.
See also
References
- Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and w for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).
Preposition
w
- denotes inessive position; in, at, on
- denotes illative movement; into, in, to
- denotes an amount or number; in, as, in a group of
- denotes position in time; in, on
Alternative forms
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “v”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 241
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “w, we”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 2, page 1251
- “w”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Letter
w (upper case W)
- The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.
Alternative forms
- we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)
Preposition
w (with locative)
See also
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Conjunction
w
- Superseded spelling of u before or after a vowel.
Pronunciation
Letter
w (upper case W)
- A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
The letter ⟨w⟩ is used for the phoneme /w/, but also for /ɣ/ before a back vowel, where that is pronounced [ɣʷ].
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Etymology
- Word-internal and final ⟨w⟩ alternates with ⟨f⟩ in many cases. In Föhr-Amrum and Mooring Frisian this alternation simply reflects the pronunciation: voiced [v] and devoiced [f] respectively. It is true that written ⟨w⟩ might be devoiced in certain clusters, e.g. dü skreewst, but careful enunciation maintains [v] in these cases, so the spelling ⟨w⟩ is justified. On Amrum (but not on Föhr), final unstressed ⟨ew⟩ is pronounced [o].
- Sylt Frisian has lost the voice distinction in unstressed position. Therefore ⟨w⟩ frequently represents [f] in this dialect. Complicating matters more, Sylt Frisian also replaces ⟨w⟩ with ⟨v⟩ under certain circumstances (see below). This means that all of ⟨w, v, f⟩ may alternate in one word stem without there being any difference in pronunciation. Some stems are non-alternating; they keep ⟨f⟩ throughout (see e.g. Wüf, Filosoof). However, most are alternating; they use ⟨w⟩ before vowels, ⟨v⟩ word-finally after long or unstressed vowels, ⟨f⟩ word-finally after short stressed vowels and generally in consonant clusters (compare the conjugation of skriiv).
See also
Pronunciation
Letter
w
- The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Usage notes
- Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.
Pronunciation
Letter
w (lower case, upper case W)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). First attested in the first half of the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Preposition
w
- denotes illative movement; into [with accusative]
- denotes contact because of movement, i.e. to bump into something [with accusative]
- denotes allative movement; to, towards [with accusative]
- used in temporal constructions to create adverbs from nouns [with accusative]
- denotes a goal or aim; for [with accusative or locative]
- denotes function; in the role of; as [with accusative or locative]
- denotes a manner; in [with accusative or locative]
- denotes instrumental usage [with accusative or locative]
- used with some nouns to denote physical or temporal measure [with accusative or locative]
- denotes the amount of participants [with accusative]
- denotes a change of state; into [with accusative]
- denotes the intended addressee of a statement; at [with accusative or locative]
- used in some syntactical constructions with verbs [with accusative]
- denotes inessive position; in [with locative]
- denotes position in time; in [with locative]
- denotes cause; because of [with locative]
- used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" [with locative]
- denotes state; in [with locative]
Derived terms
adverb
- w jedno
preposition
Descendants
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “w”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
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