w

Alternative forms

• uu, vv (obsolete)

Letter

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.

Ligature

w (obsolete)

1. ⟨uu⟩
2. ⟨vv⟩

Symbol

w

1. (IPA) voiced labial-velar approximant

Gallery

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

Pronunciation

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

• (phoneme): IPA: /w/

Letter

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.

Noun

w

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

Adjective

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white

Preposition

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/, [u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

Letter

w (uppercase W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ʋeː/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

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

Particle

 enclitic

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

Noun

 m

1. area, district
2. administrative district
3. nome

Pronoun

 sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA: /du.blə.ve/

Letter

w (uppercase W)

1. w

Pronunciation

• IPA: /w/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Romanization

w

1. Romanization of 𐍅

Pronoun

w

1. Contraction of ou.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA: /w/
• (letter name) IPA: /we/

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

Pronoun

w

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of gue.
   • Synonym: gw

Letter

w m or f (invariable)

1. see under W

Punctuation mark

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

Alternative forms

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

w (with locative)

1. in

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /w/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Conjunction

w

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /w/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vu/
• Syllabification: w

Letter

w (upper case W, lower case)

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

Alternative forms

• we

Pronunciation

• IPA: /v/, /f/

Preposition

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.

Pronunciation

Letter name:

Phoneme:

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /v/, /w/, /u/

Letter

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.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Pronunciation

Letter name

• IPA: /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

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

Letter

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.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /β/

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

Alternative forms

• (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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /uː/

Letter

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.

Noun

w f (plural ŵau)

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

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʊ/, /w/

Verb

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.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

w (1957–1982 spelling ɯ)

1. gum (in the eye)

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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