w

Alternative forms

• uu, vv (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA [wːɑː, ɑwwɑː] with the sound [w]:

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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) a voiced labial-velar (or, more precisely, labialized velar) approximant.
2. (superscript ʷ, IPA) labialization ([w]-coloring) or a consonant or vowel; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [w].

   Specifically, on a vowel letter: an [u] off-glide (diphthong) or a protruded (as opposed to compressed) vowel, e.g. Swedish /yʷː/.

3. (superscript ʷ, NAPA) labialization.
4. (Cyrillic, phonetics) A voiced bilabial fricative, equivalent to IPA ⟨β⟩.

Gallery

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

See also

• (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
• Turned: ʍ
• Ƿ
• ʬ

Other representations of W:

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

w

1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of we.
3. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of were.
4. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of who and its inflection whom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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^(key): (Central) [ˈbe ˈðob.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈve ˈðob.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve ˈðo.ble]

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ve doble and written in the Latin script.

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (uppercase W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /u̯/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

Pronunciation

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

Particle

 enclitic

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

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w  

w

Noun

 m

1. area, district
2. administrative district
3. nome [since the New Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of w  

w	w
	[Old Kingdom]

Pronoun

 sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 243.1–243.8
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 198, 415.

Pronunciation

• (letter name, kaksisvee): IPA^(key): /kɑk.sisˈveːː/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• Audio; “kaksoisvee, Waltari”:

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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^(key): /du.blə.ve/

• Audio:

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Letter

w (uppercase W)

1. w

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Pronoun

w

1. Contraction of ou.

Alternative forms

• (letter name) wē

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈweː/, [ˈʋeː]
• (phoneme) [w ~ v]

Letter

w

1. The twelfth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

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

See also

• (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.

Further reading

• w in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Letter

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

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

Etymology

Short for (笑) (warai, “laughing”).

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

   • c. 2017 April, anonymous author, untitled (copypasta):

     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

     yo hol up, your tweet's crazy popular 🔥😂 you're goddamn famous 😂

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog w. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English w.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /dobolˈju/ [do.bʊlˈju]
  • Rhymes: -u
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/ [w]

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈv/ (before a voiced consonant)
• IPA^(key): /ˈf/ (before a voiceless consonant)
• Syllabification: w

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “v”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 241
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “w, we”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 2, page 1251
• “w”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before most vowels) /w/
• Silent before consonants and word-initially before ⟨o⟩ and ⟨u⟩ (but not ⟨ó⟩)

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

See also

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /w/, /ɣ/

Letter

w (upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [v] (generally)
• IPA^(key): [f] (Sylt, except at the start of a word or stressed syllable)

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

See also

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

w

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script., used in modern texts

Alternative forms

• we

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). First attested in the first half of the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/, /f/

Preposition

w

1. denotes illative movement; into [with accusative]
   1. denotes contact because of movement, i.e. to bump into something [with accusative]
2. denotes allative movement; to, towards [with accusative]
3. used in temporal constructions to create adverbs from nouns [with accusative]
4. denotes a goal or aim; for [with accusative or locative]
5. denotes function; in the role of; as [with accusative or locative]
6. denotes a manner; in [with accusative or locative]
7. denotes instrumental usage [with accusative or locative]
8. used with some nouns to denote physical or temporal measure [with accusative or locative]
9. denotes the amount of participants [with accusative]
10. denotes a change of state; into [with accusative]
11. denotes the intended addressee of a statement; at [with accusative or locative]
12. used in some syntactical constructions with verbs [with accusative]
13. denotes inessive position; in [with locative]
14. denotes position in time; in [with locative]
15. denotes cause; because of [with locative]
16. used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" [with locative]
17. denotes state; in [with locative]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “w”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN