W

• UU, Uu, VV, Vv (obsolete)

From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on German Wolfram.

W (lower case w)

1. The twenty-third 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 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

W

1. (chemistry) Symbol for tungsten.
2. (metrology) Symbol for watt.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan.
4. (physics) work
5. (Voice Quality Symbols) whisper

• (metrology): lm/W, W/m²

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

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Name of letter

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, sometimes reduced to /ˈdʌbjə/.
• (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌbəlju, -ʌbjə, -ʌb

W (upper case, lower 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.

• (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 of various words beginning with W.

W (plural Ws)

1. Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).

   Coordinate term: M (“men”)

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:

     From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.

2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.

   Coordinate terms: E (“east”), N (“north”), S (“south”)

3. Abbreviation of Wednesday.

   Synonyms: Wed, Wed.

   Coordinate terms: Su, M, Tu, Th, F, Sa

4. (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).

   Coordinate terms: L (“losses”), T (“ties”)

5. (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
6. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.
7. (Internet slang, countable) A win.

   Coordinate term: L

   Will this be a W live stream?

• (sports): OTW
• (compass): NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW
• (internet slang): dub
• (others): C of W, W particle, W-2 employee, W-sitting, W chromosome, W-League

W

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of week.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of west.

W

1. (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).

   Synonyms: Dubya, GWB

From noun sense 7 ("win"), which is in turn from noun sense 4 ("wins" as a statistic in sport).

W (comparative more W, superlative most W)

1. (slang) Excellent, top-notch.

   Antonym: L

   You, sir, are a W man.

W

1. The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /vɪə/

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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

1. W

• IPA^(key): /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/, [u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (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

• /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
• For the origin of /v/, see V.

• /ʋ/, (chiefly Moselle Franconian also) /v/, (coda) [f]

W

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

W

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of 萬／万 (wàn)

W

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

W

1. The twenty-third letter used in Pinyin.

• 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

• IPA^(key): /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

W (lowercase w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

• (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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

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W (capital, lowercase w)

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

W

1. Abbreviation of west; west

• Previous letter: V
• Next letter: X

W

1. Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

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.

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

• In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
• Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g. Wirtanen). Specifically, W was still used when Finnish was typed in fraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, V took its place.

• (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): /veː/

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  • Homophone: weh
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/, [v], [ʋ]
  • /v/ is almost invariably [ʋ] in schw-, zw- (and qu-). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency [v] is more northern, [ʋ] more southern.

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

W

1. Abbreviation of West (“west”)

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

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé 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.

• IPA^(key): /w/

W (lower case w)

1. The twenty-third 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

• (letter name):
  • like vu doppia, doppia vu or (traditional) like doppio vu
    • Rhymes: -oppja, -u
  • (in English contexts) IPA^(key): /ˈda.blju/, /ˈda.bol ˈju/
    • Rhymes: -ablju, -u
  • (for brevity in common acronyms) like vu
    • Rhymes: -u
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /v/, /w/ (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

W f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian

• The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

W

1. viva, evviva (“up with”)

   Antonym: M (“down with”)

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• W in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

W(ダブル) • (daburu) 

1. Alternative spelling of ダブル (“double”)

• ダブリュー (daburyū)

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.

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

• IPA^(key): /w/

W (lower case w)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [w]

W

1. The twenty-third 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

W (upper case W, lower case w)

1. the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of v.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-seventh 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

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /v/, or IPA^(key): /f/ if devoiced

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu 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

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third 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

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “w”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16

• IPA^(key): /v/, /w/, /u/

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (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): /w/

W

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

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ,

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u̯/, /ʉ̯/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wæʉ̯/

W upper case (lower case w)

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.

• (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]
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W (upper case, lower case w)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

   Synonyms: (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico) doble u, (Latin America) doble ve, (Spain) uve doble, (Peru) ve doble

• (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• V (variant of)
• dubbel-V (spelled out)

Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U.[1] First attested in 1717.[2]

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet

• In some situations, such as in URLs, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that of V.
• The letter is often described as an optional inclusion to the Swedish alphabet.
• Since 2006 the letter has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter V and sorted thereunder.[3]

Borrowed from English W. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English W.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).

Formerly, the letter U was used to represent /w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdobolju/ [ˈdo.bol.jʊ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -obolju
  • IPA^(key): /ˈwa/ [ˈwa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔu/ [ˈʔu] (phoneme)

W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜏ)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called wa and written in the Latin script.

• “W”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• IPA^(key): /uː/

W (upper case, lower 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.

• W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):

• However, when it represents the semivowel /w/, W cannot be mutated.

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “W”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The twenty-third 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