z
z - Translingual
Letter
z (upper case Z)
- The twenty-sixth and last letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Symbol
z
- (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zepto-.
- (astronomy) Symbol for the redshift.
- (mathematics) Used to denote a real variable when x and y are already in use.
- (mathematics) Used to denote the third coordinate in three-dimensional Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems.
- (mathematics) Used to denote a complex variable.
- (statistics) Used to denote a value of a standard normal random variable.
- (chemistry) Symbol for atomic number.
- (IPA) voiced alveolar sibilant
Derived terms
- Prefix zepto-
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of Z, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur
z - English
Pronunciation
Letter name
- (UK) IPA: /zɛd/
- (US) IPA: /ziː/
- (Hong Kong) IPA: /ˈɪzə(r)d/, /ɪˈzə(r)d/
- (India) IPA: /ɪˈzɛd/, /ɪˈzɛɖ/
Phoneme
- IPA: /z/
Letter
z - Alemannic German
Pronunciation
- IPA: /t͡s/
Article
z n
Preposition
z
- unstressed form of of zue
- Mir wonen z Züri. ― We live in Zurich.
Preposition
z
- unstressed form of of zu
- Das isch z vill. ― This is too much.
z - Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /z/
Letter
z lower case (upper case Z)
z - Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA: /s̻eta/, [s̻e̞.t̪a]
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- 's (Sette Comuni)
Article
z
- (Luserna) the; definite article for two declensions:
- nominative singular neuter
- accusative singular neuter
z - Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/
Preposition
z [+genitive]
- from
- Toto víno pochází z Francie. ― This wine comes from France.
- out of
- Pět z deseti doktorů doporučuje tuto zubní pastu. ― Five out of ten doctors recommend this toothpaste.
Synonyms
z - Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /zɛt/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Egyptian
Pronunciation 1
- (modern Egyptological) IPA: /zɛ/, /zɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: ze, za
Noun
m
- A door bolt of wood or copper
Inflection
singular | z |
---|---|
dual | zwj |
plural | zw |
Alternative forms
Pronunciation 2
- (reconstructed) IPA: /zuʀ/ → /suʀ/ → /suʔ/ → /søʔ/
- (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /zuʀ/ (singular); IPA: /ˈzuʀwaw/ (plural)
- (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /suʀ/ (singular); IPA: /ˈsuʀwaw/ (plural)
- (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /suʔ/ (singular); IPA: /ˈsuːwəʔ/ (plural)
- (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /søʔ/ (singular); IPA: /seːw/ (plural)
Noun
m
- man (male person)
- someone, anyone
Usage notes
This word can be placed after a type of person and before a number to indicate that many prisoners of that type were taken.
Inflection
singular | z |
---|---|
dual | zwj |
plural | zw |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲥⲁ- (sa-)
Noun
m
Inflection
singular | z |
---|---|
dual | zwj |
plural | zw |
Noun
m
- A type of fish
Inflection
singular | z |
---|---|
dual | zwj |
plural | zw |
z - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /zo/
- (phoneme): IPA: /z/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtsetː/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords.
z - Finnish
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called tseta or tset and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with ts.
z - French
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA: /zɛd/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Gothic
Romanization
z
- Romanization of 𐌶
z - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: [ˈz]
- (letter name): IPA: [ˈzeː]
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | z | z-k |
accusative | z-t | z-ket |
dative | z-nek | z-knek |
instrumental | z-vel | z-kkel |
causal-final | z-ért | z-kért |
translative | z-vé | z-kké |
terminative | z-ig | z-kig |
essive-formal | z-ként | z-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | z-ben | z-kben |
superessive | z-n | z-ken |
adessive | z-nél | z-knél |
illative | z-be | z-kbe |
sublative | z-re | z-kre |
allative | z-hez | z-khez |
elative | z-ből | z-kből |
delative | z-ről | z-kről |
ablative | z-től | z-ktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular | z-é | z-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | z-éi | z-kéi |
Possessive forms of z | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | z-m | z-im |
2nd person sing. | z-d | z-id |
3rd person sing. | z-je | z-i |
1st person plural | z-nk | z-ink |
2nd person plural | z-tek | z-itek |
3rd person plural | z-jük | z-ik |
z - Ido
Pronunciation
- (context pronunciation) IPA: /z/
- (letter name) IPA: /ze/
Letter
z (upper case Z)
z - Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/ (usually unless before a voiced consonant)
- IPA: /s/ (sometimes before a voiced consonant e.g. Mazmur)
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords from Arabic, English, etc.
z - Italian
Letter
z f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Z)
z - Latin
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
- The twenty-third letter of the Classical Latin alphabet, called zēta.
z - Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [z]
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Livonian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /z/
Letter
z (upper case Z)
z - Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- ze (used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/, (before a voiceless consonant) /s/
Preposition
z (with genitive)
Preposition
z (with instrumental)
- with
- Stej bratš ze sotšu. ― They are brother and sister (lit. ‘brother with sister’).
z - Malay
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA: /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.
Letter
z (upper case Z)
z - Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /set/, /sɛt/
- (phoneme): IPA: /s/, /ʃ/
Letter
z
Usage notes
- Not used in Norwegian, only appears in loanwords from e.g. Slavic.
- Used interchangeably with s in Internet slang and informal writing.
z - Nupe
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /z/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Old Polish
Alternative forms
Preposition
z [+genitive]
Preposition
z [+accusative]
Preposition
z [+accusative]
Particle
z
Descendants
- Polish: z
Preposition
z [+instrumental]
- denotes comitative or sociative relation; with, alongside
- denotes instrumental relation; with, by means of
- denotes origin or cause; because of, from
Descendants
- Polish: z
z - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/
- (letter name) IPA: /zɛt/
Letter
z (upper case Z, lower case)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/, /s/
Preposition
z [+genitive]
- Denotes delative movement; off of
- Jesteś z przodu czy z tyłu? ― Are you at the front or at the back?
- Denotes duration; since
- Denotes a change of state; from
- Denotes origin or cause; because of, from
- Denotes elative movement; out of
- Jestem z Polski. ― I'm from Poland.
- jeden z dziesięciu ― one out of ten
- Denotes the composition of an item; from, out of, of
- motyka z drewna ― a hoe made of wood
Particle
z
- (colloquial) ish approximately, about
- Synonyms: mniej więcej, około
- Mam z pięć jabłek ― I have five ish apples.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/, /s/
Preposition
z [+instrumental]
- Denotes comitative or sociative relation; with, alongside
- Antonym: bez
- Denotes instrumental relation; with, by means of
- Podróżuje z prędkością światła! ― It's travelling at the speed of light?
Usage notes
- 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. 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.
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), z is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 1744 times in scientific texts, 1828 times in news, 1527 times in essays, 1920 times in fiction, and 1291 times in plays, totaling 8310 times, making it the 7th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
z - Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /z/
- (letter name) IPA: /ze/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Sani
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z̊³³/
Noun
z
z - Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (uppercase) Z
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /z/
Preposition
z (Cyrillic spelling з)
- (Kajkavian, Chakavian, Croatia) (+ instrumental case) with
- (Kajkavian) (+ genitive case) from, out of
Synonyms
Letter
z (Cyrillic spelling з)
z - Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /z/
Letter
z (upper case Z)
z - Slovak
Alternative forms
- zo (see usage notes)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /z/
Preposition
z
Usage notes
- The zo form is used when the following word starts with the letter z, ž, s, š and certain consonant clusters.
z - Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA: /s/
Letter
z
Pronunciation
- IPA: /s/
Preposition
z
Alternative forms
- s (before a voiceless consonant)
z - Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: (phoneme) /s/, /θ/
- IPA: (letter name, Spain) /ˈθeta/ [ˈθe.t̪a]
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Swedish
Pronunciation
- Letter name
- IPA: /ˈsɛːta/
- Phoneme
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Turkish
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)
z - Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /ð/, /z/
Letter
z (upper case Z)
z - Zulu
Letter
z (lower case, upper case Z)