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See also: y', у, ყ, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

y U+0079, y
LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
← x
[U+0078] 		Basic Latin z →
[U+007A]
Character variations

ʸ U+02B8, ʸ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Y
← ʷ
[U+02B7] 		Spacing Modifier Letters ʹ →
[U+02B9]
ｙ U+FF59, ｙ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
← ｘ
[U+FF58] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｚ →
[U+FF5A]
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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation of IPA [yː]:(file)

Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

y

  1. (metrology) yocto-.
  2. (IPA) a close front rounded vowel: the German ü-sound.
  3. (NAPA) the English y-sound, IPA [j].
  4. (superscript ⟨ʸ⟩, IPA) [y]-coloring, a [y] on- or off-glide (diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [y].
  5. (superscript ⟨ʸ⟩, NAPA) palatalization, equivalent to IPA [ʲ].
  6. Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of Y:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y, plural ys or y's)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

y

  1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
  2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.
  3. (Stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry.

Noun

y

  1. Abbreviation of year.
    • 2003, Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones, Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics:
      Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.
  2. (UK, television) Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
    Y7
Derived terms

Adverb

y (not comparable)

  1. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of why.

Particle

y

  1. (computing) Abbreviation of yes.

See also

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

y

  1. and

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

y

  1. and

Pronoun

y (y (or -y), plural ys/yos or -ys/-yos)

  1. Pronoun for the third-person singular indirect object.
    da-y pan
    give him/her bread

Usage notes

  • Usually seen as -y

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

y lower case (upper case Y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i ɡreko/, [i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞]

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i greko and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called i grega and written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Conjunction

y

  1. Obsolete form of i (“and”).

Cornish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *eið, from Proto-Celtic *esyo m and *esyās f; compare Old Irish a (“his, her, its, their”) and Sanskrit अस्य (asyá, “his, its”) and अस्यास् (asyā́s, “her”).

Pronoun

y

  1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) his

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *eyes, plural of *es, from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Cognate with Breton i(nt), Irish ia(d) and Welsh hwy

Pronoun

y

  1. (Standard Cornish) they (third person plural pronoun)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Celtic *ide- (compare Breton e, ez, Welsh y, yth, Old Irish id), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰei- (compare Latin ibi (“here”), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā, “here, in the same way”), and Sanskrit इह (ihá, “here”)).

Particle

y (triggers mixed mutation)

  1. Inserted before the verb when the verb precedes the subject

Czech

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

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

See also

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • ij (in some words)

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛɪ/, /iˈɡrɛk/, /ˌɣrik.sə ˈɛɪ/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. the twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet

Usage notes

In certain dialects the letter is pronounced similar to IPA: /ji:/. In these dialects, they will actually write "y" such as in "jy" (IPA: /ji:/) instead of modern standard Dutch jij (IPA: /jɛɪ/).

See also

  • Previous letter: x
  • Next letter: z

Fala

Conjunction

y

  1. Alternative form of i

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Finnish

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 y for information on the development of the glyph itself. In particular, the use of ⟨y⟩ for /y/ follows the Swedish orthography, which in turn follows Latin.

Pronunciation

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

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

Derived terms

compounds

See also

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hīc.

Pronoun

y (ORB, broad)

  1. it (third-person singular neuter dative)

See also

More information singular, nominative ...
singular nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person jo mè min
2nd person te tè tin
3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
3rd person feminine el la lyé
3rd person neuter o y —
3rd person reflexive — sè
plural nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
1st person nos noutro
2nd person vos voutro
3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
3rd person feminine els les lor / lyés
3rd person reflexive — sè
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. 2 Generally preceded by a definite article.
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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

References

  • y in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • y in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology 1

From i grec (“Greek i”), referring to the letter upsilon (Υ), originally borrowed from the Greek alphabet, as opposed to "Latin i" (I).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /i.ɡʁɛk/

Letter

y

  1. a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z

Etymology 2

10th century; from Old French i, from Latin hīc (“here”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (“this, here”)), with meaning influenced by Old French iv (“there, thither”), itself from Latin ibī. Derivation from the latter poses difficulty from a phonetic standpoint. Compare Catalan hi.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

y (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)
    Il est dans la maison. Il y est.
    He is in the house. He is there.
  2. there, thither (to there)
    Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons.
    We are going to Mexico. We are going there.
  3. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
    Je pense à mon pays. J’y pense.
    I think about my country. I think about it.
    1. With verbs: see Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
    2. (archaic) With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
      personnes y nommées ― Persons named there(in)
      procédures y afférentes ― Related procedures
      documents y relatifs ― Related documents
      eaux y affluentes ― Tributary waters
Derived terms
More information number, person ...
French personal pronouns
number person gender nominative
(subject)		 accusative
(direct complement)		 dative
(indirect complement)		 locative
(at)		 genitive
(of)		 disjunctive
(tonic)
singular first — je, j’ me, m’ —— moi
second — tu te, t’ —— toi
third masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
feminine elle la, l’ elle
indeterminate on1 —— —— —
reflexive4 — se, s’ — — soi
plural first — nous nous —— nous
second2 — vous vous —— vous
third masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
feminine elles elles
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1 On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
2 Vous is also used as the polite singular form.
3 Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
4 These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 3

Eye dialect spelling or contraction of il and ils.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

y

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) he: alternative form of il
  2. (Quebec, colloquial) they: alternative form of ils
  3. (Quebec, colloquial) they: alternative form of elles

Further reading

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

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

Usage notes

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /yː/, /y/, /ʏ/, /i/, /ɪ/, /j/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈʏpsilɔn/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

y n (strong, genitive y, plural y)

  1. the letter y

Guaraní

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

y

  1. water

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of yo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

y

  1. Contraction of yo.

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Italian

Kabuverdianu

Kamayurá

Kankanaey

Kashubian

Khumi Chin

Ladin

Latgalian

Latin

Lithuanian

Lower Sorbian

Malay

Mandinka

Manx

Mbyá Guaraní

Middle English

Middle French

Navajo

Norwegian

Norwegian Nynorsk

Nupe

Old English

Old Tupi

Papiamentu

Polish

Portuguese

Quechua

Romanian

Silesian

Slovak

Spanish

Swedish

Tagalog

Tày

Tlingit

Turkish

Turkmen

Vietnamese

Võro

Wayampi

Welsh

Yele

Yoruba

Zulu

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