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U

See also: u, û, Ս, Ա, Մ, ∪, and Variations of "u"

U - Translingual

Letter

U (lower case u)

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

Symbol

U

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for uranium.
  2. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for uracil
  3. (physics) voltage
  4. (mathematics, statistics) uniform distribution
  5. (algebra) unitary group
  6. (linguistics) A wildcard for a rounded vowel or a back vowel
    • synonyms: O
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

U - English

Pronunciation

Letter name
  • IPA: /juː/
Phoneme
  • See u.

Letter

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

  1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
  2. Something shaped like the letter U:
    1. A U-turn ('turned a U in the road')
    2. (horticulture) A double upright cordon espalier (also double U, triple U).

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Noun

U

  1. A U-turn.
  2. Abbreviation of university.
  3. Abbreviation of Sunday.

Adjective

U (not generally comparable, comparative Uer, superlative Uest)

  1. (comparable, chiefly Britain, dated) Abbreviation of upper class (“characteristic of the upper classes, particularly in the use of language”).
  2. (not comparable) Abbreviation of united.
  3. (not comparable) Abbreviation of upper.
  4. (not comparable, education, espionage) Usually in parentheses: abbreviation of unclassified.
  5. (not comparable, Britain) In a film certificate: abbreviation of universal (“suitable for all ages”).

Preposition

U

  1. (sports) Abbreviation of under.
  2. Abbreviation of up.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of under, prefix under-.

Proper noun

U

  1. A language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family which is spoken in China.

Synonyms

  • P'uman

Proper noun

U

  1. Alternative form of Ü (“Tibetan language”)

U - Afar

Letter

U

  1. The nineteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

U - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /y/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

Noun

U (plural U's, diminutive U'tjie)

  1. U

U - Angami

Letter

U

  1. The seventh letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

U - Azerbaijani

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

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

U - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /u/, [u]

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Central Franconian

Pronunciation

  • (German spelling) IPA: (short) /u/, (long) /uː/
  • (Dutch spelling) IPA: (open short) /ø/, (closed short) /y/, (long) /yː/

Letter

U

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

  • In the German-based spelling, /ø/ is represented by Ö, while /y/, /yː/ are represented by Ü (see these).
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, both short /u/ and long /uː/ are written oe. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant: floeppe or floepe.
  • In the German-based spelling, long u may be doubled to u in the following cases:
    • when it is followed by two or more consonants: Duursch or Dursch;
    • when the German cognate has two vowel letters: Huus or Hus (German Haus);
    • when the German cognate has a short vowel: Fuuder or Fuder (German Futter).
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, both short /y/ and long /yː/ are always written uu in closed syllables, u in open syllables.

U - Chinese

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ju1

Noun

U

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) university (Classifier: 間／间 c)
    • KongU [Cantonese]  ―  kong1 ju1 [Jyutping]  ―  The University of Hong Kong
    • 讀U／读U [Cantonese]  ―  duk6 ju1 [Jyutping]  ―  to study at a university
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) a failed subject in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE
    • 拎U [Cantonese]  ―  ling1 ju1 [Jyutping]  ―  to have a subject failed in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ju1

Noun

U

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) CPU; central processing unit (Classifier: 粒 c)

Pronunciation 1

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu1, ju1
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): iu
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): iu5
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 1ieu

Letter

U

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

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): wū (wu1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄨ

Letter

U

  1. The twenty-first letter used in Pinyin.

Usage notes

  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

U - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /y/

Pronoun

U (personal & reflexive pronoun, capitalized form of u)

  1. (archaic) Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective: you (polite).

Usage notes

  • See usage notes at u.

Alternative forms

  • (Brabantian) a

Synonyms

Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

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

U - Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Finnish

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

Symbol

U

  1. (linguistics) Either the vowel u /u/ or y /y/, depending on vowel harmony.

Usage notes

Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use -nUt to refer to the suffix -nut (in e.g. juonut) or -nyt (in e.g. tehnyt).

U - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʔuː/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the German alphabet.

U - Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
Possessive forms of U

U - Ido

Letter

U (lower case u)

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

U - Italian

Pronunciation

  • (phonemic realization) IPA: /ˈu/
  • (phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA: /w/

Letter

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

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

U - Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ゆ​う [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA: [jɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

U(ユー) • (yū) 

  1. (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 mils, 11⁄1000 in, 1⁄8 倍 (bai) and 1⁄128 段 (dan)

U - Latin

Pronunciation

  • Classical: IPA: short /u/, long /u:/

Letter

U

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

U - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [u]

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA: [ju]
  • (Phoneme) IPA: [u]
  • (Phoneme, Closed ultima) IPA: [o]

Letter

U

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

U - Nupe

Pronunciation

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

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /u/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Portuguese

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /u/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

  1. (International Standard) The twenty-eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

U - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /u/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Saanich

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əw/, /u/

Letter

U

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

U - Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /u/, /w/

Letter

U (lower case u)

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

U - Slovene

Letter

U (capital, lowercase u)

  1. The 22nd letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by T and followed by V.

U - Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /ʉ/, /u/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ʔu/

Letter

U upper case (lower case u)

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

Usage notes

  1. The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by O.

U - Spanish

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

  1. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet

U - Turkish

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA: /ɨː/
  • (South Wales) IPA: /ˌiː ˈbeːdɔl/, /ˌiː ˈbɛdɔl/, /ˌiː ˈɡʊpan/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Welsh alphabet, called u, u bedol, or u gwpan and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Th and followed by W.

Mutation

  • U cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word uchelwydd (“mistletoe”):
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
uchelwydd unchanged unchanged huchelwydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

U - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /u/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ú/

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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

U - Zulu

Letter

U (upper case, lower case u)

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