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See also: U, ս, and Appendix:Variations of "u"

u U+0075, u
LATIN SMALL LETTER U
← t
[U+0074] 		Basic Latin v →
[U+0076]
Character variations
ｕ U+FF55, ｕ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER U
← ｔ
[U+FF54] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｖ →
[U+FF56]

ᵘ U+1D58, ᵘ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL U
← ᵗ
[U+1D57] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵙ →
[U+1D59]
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Translingual

Etymology 1

Latin V, from which U derived

Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).

Letter

u (upper case U)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation of IPA [uː]:(file)

Symbol

u

  1. (metrology) Symbol for atomic mass unit
  2. (IPA, phonetics) a close back rounded vowel.
  3. (IPA, superscript ⟨ᵘ⟩) [u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u].
  4. (international standards) transliterates Indic उ (or equivalent).
  5. (physics) up quark
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of U, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of U:

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, ur), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation

Letter name
Phoneme

Letter

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

  1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
    I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

See also

Noun

u (plural ues)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
  2. A thing in the shape of the letter U
Alternative forms
Translations

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Pronoun

u (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner ur, possessive pronoun urs, singular reflexive urself, plural reflexive urselves)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of you.
    t8k me w u
    • 2018, Tommy Orange, “Jacquie Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 100:
      What r u doing? Jacquie texted Opal. She put her phone on the bed and went to her suitcase to get her swimsuit.
Derived terms

Adjective

u

  1. Abbreviation of underwater.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

  1. (Stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨u⟩
  2. (Stenoscript) the long vowel /uː/ or /juː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ʊə˞] (-ure, -oor etc.) counts as /uːr/.)
    Thus the words you, your; also derivative yours
  3. (Stenoscript) the prefix un-

Derived terms

Acehnese

Pronunciation

Noun

u

  1. coconut (fruit of the coco palm)

References

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch u.

Pronoun

u

  1. (formal) you (singular, subject and object)

See also

More information subjective, objective ...
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner		 possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
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1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

From Dutch uw.

Determiner

u

  1. (formal) your (singular)

See also

More information subjective, objective ...
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner		 possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
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1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Ajië

Pronunciation

Verb

u

  1. to swim

References

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *wa (“and”). Cognate with Arabic وَ (wa) and Biblical Hebrew וְ־ (wə̆-).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

u

  1. and
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by CDLI, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Prologue, lines 3-5:
      𒀭𒂗𒆤 𒁁𒂖 𒊭𒈨𒂊 𒅇 𒅕𒍢𒁴
      [Enlil bēl šamê u erṣetim]
      den-lil₂ be-el ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
      Enlil, lord of heaven and earth
  2. moreover, likewise, also, too
    𒅇 𒅆𒅅𒁕𒄠 𒋗𒁉𒇴 [u šiqdam šūbilam] ― u₃ ši-iq-da-am šu-bi-lam ― also, send me almonds
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 129:
      𒋳𒈠𒀸𒊭𒀜 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒀉𒋾𒍣𒅗𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒉌𒅎 𒄿𒈾𒄿𒌅𒅆 𒀉𒋫𒊍𒁁 𒄿𒅗𒍪𒋗𒉡𒋾𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒈨𒂊 𒄿𒈾𒀜𒁺𒌑 𒋗𒉡𒋾 𒋳𒈠𒁁𒂖 𒀸𒊭𒁴 𒀸𒊭𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜 𒅇 𒊬𒊒𒌝 𒀵𒍪𒌑𒁀𒆷𒀜
      [šumma aššat awīlim itti zikarim šanîm ina itūlim ittaṣbat, ikassûšunūtī-ma ana mê inaddûšunūti; šumma bēl aššatim aššassu uballaṭ, u šarrum warassu uballaṭ.]
      šum-ma aš-ša-at a-wi-lim it-ti zi-ka-ri-im ša-ni-im i-na i-tu-lim it-ta-aṣ-bat i-ka-su₂-šu-nu-ti-ma a-na me-e i-na-ad-du-u₂-šu-nu-ti šum-ma be-el aš-ša-tim aš-ša-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ u₃ šar-ru-um IR₃-su₂ u₂-ba-la-aṭ
      If an awīlum's wife has been caught lying with another man, they will be bound and thrown into the water; if the wife's lord wishes to spare his wife, also the king may spare his servant.
More information Phonetic ...
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒅇 (u₃)
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References

  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
  • “šiqdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wa, from Proto-Indo-European *swom, from Proto-Indo-European *swé. Compare Latin sē.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

u

  1. the reflexive pronoun
    u mblodhën ― they gathered (literally, “they gathered themselves”)

Alemannic German

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Conjunction

u

  1. (Bern) and
    • 2008, Ulrich Stuber, Der Bettleschloss-Tüfel:
      Si hei glachet u der Grossätti het gfunge: „So, jetz wärs Zyt für no chlei öppis z Znacht - u nächär göh mir de ungere.
      She laughed and the grandpa opined: „So, now is the time for a little bit of dinner - and afterwards we'll go downstairs.

Etymology 2

Adverb

u

  1. Alternative spelling of uu

Further reading

  • “u”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2025

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

  1. or

Aromanian

Etymology

Probably from an early (proto-Romanian) root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille. Compare Romanian o.

Pronoun

u f (short/unstressed accusative form of ea)

  1. (direct object) her
  • ãl (masculine equivalent)
  • li (plural)

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

u

  1. or

Etymology 2

From Latin ubi.

Pronoun

u

  1. where (relative pronoun)
    Equí ye u alcontré la fueya.
    Here is where I found the leaf.

Adverb

u

  1. where
    ¿Du yes? ¿Au vas? ¿Nu tas?
    Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are you in?

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

u lower case (upper case U)

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

See also

Bambara

Pronoun

u (tone ù)

  1. they

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

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

See also

Noun

u (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

u (lower case, upper case U)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Catalan alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Catalan numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: u, un
    Ordinal: primer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1r
Catalan Wikipedia article on 1

Noun

u m (plural uns)

  1. one
Derived terms

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

u (upper case U)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

Cora

Particle

u

  1. inside
  2. within view (of the speaker)
  3. entering a deep domain; entering a domain in an extensive manner
    utyásuuna ša'ari cahta'a
    The water is pouring into the (deep) pot.

Antonyms

  • a (“outside; out of view”)

References

  • Eugene Casad, Ronald Langacker (1985) “'Inside' and 'outside' in Cora grammar”, in International Journal of American Linguistics

Corsican

Etymology

From the earlier lu. Compare Portuguese o and Aragonese o.

Article

u m (feminine a, masculine plural i, feminine plural e)

  1. the

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

Pronoun

u m

  1. him, it (direct object)

Usage notes

  • Before a vowel, u turns into l'.

See also

More information nominative, dative ...
Corsican personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
singular 1st person eiu mi mè
2nd person tù ti tè
3rd person m ellu li u, l' ellu
f ella a, l' ella
plural 1st person noi ci noi
2nd person voi vi voi
3rd person m elli li i, l' elli
f elle e, l' elle
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References

  • “u, lu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech u, from Proto-Slavic *u.

Pronunciation

Preposition

u + genitive

  1. at
  2. by

Further reading

  • “u”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “u”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s.

Noun

u

  1. head

References

  • Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

Dutch

Esperanto

Fala

Faroese

Finnish

French

Fula

Galician

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Hungarian

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Ido

Irish

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Khasi

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Kiowa

Latin

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Lithuanian

Livonian

Lower Sorbian

Malay

Maltese

Marshallese

Mauritian Creole

Mezquital Otomi

Middle Dutch

Middle English

Middle French

Middle High German

Middle Low German

Norman

North Frisian

Norwegian

Nupe

Occitan

Old Czech

Old English

Old French

Old Galician-Portuguese

Old Polish

Polish

Portuguese

Pumpokol

Romani

Romanian

Romansch

Rumu

Salar

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian

Sicilian

Silesian

Skolt Sami

Slovak

Somali

Spanish

Sumerian

Swahili

Swedish

Tagalog

Tlingit

Tolai

Torres Strait Creole

Turkish

Turkmen

Tzotzil

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Volapük

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Yele

Yoruba

Zou

Zulu

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