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A late borrowing from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), first used to write Greek loanwords in Latin, derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of U and V.

Y (lower case y)

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

Y

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for yttrium
  2. (metrology) Symbol for prefix yotta-
  3. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any pyrimidine
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tyrosine
  5. (travel, aviation) The reservation booking designator for the highest level of economy air fare.
  6. (mathematics, computer science) A Fixed-point combinator; especially Haskell Curry's combinator defined as λ f.(λ x.f (x x)) (λx.f (x x))
  • Letter styles

  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur

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

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
  2. Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).

Y (plural Ys)

  1. A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
  2. A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
  3. (lepidopterology) A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.

Abbreviations.

Y

  1. Abbreviation of yes.

Y (plural Ys)

  1. Abbreviation of year. (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)

Y

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of year.

Clippings.

the Y

  1. (Canada, US) Clipping of the YMCA or YWCA.

    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

      He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.

Y (plural Ys)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.

    • a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:

      Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views.

    • 2021 May 17, Jane E. Brody, “A Birthday Milestone: Turning 80!”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:

      When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!”

See IJ.

Y

  1. Obsolete form of IJ (“a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands”).

    • 1813, William Müller, D. P., Topographical and Military Description of Germany and the Surrounding Country, 2nd edition, London: T. Egerton, pages 4–5:

      Amsterdam, Hol. fortif. on the gulf Y and the Amstel river, 27,000 ho. in the town, nearly as many in the suburbs; 210,000 inh. 1000 rp. 50,000 lm. 6000 sailors; well built, many canals, ground very damp and marshy, very clean streets, […]

Y

  1. The twenty-second and final letter in the Afar alphabet.
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /əɪ̯/

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

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

  1. Y

Y upper case (lower case y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  • IPA(key): /i ɡreko/, [i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞]

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i greko and written in the Latin script.
  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
  • /i/, (German-based also) /y/, /yː/

Y

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  • Only used rarely in loanwords, respectively after the German or Dutch cognate.

Note: Often realised as one syllable.

Note: Often realised as one syllable.

Y

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

Y

  1. The twenty-fifth 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).
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛɪ/

Y (capital, lowercase y)

  1. the twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet
  • Previous letter: X
  • Next letter: Z

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.

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

From Old French Y, Hy, I from Latin Iacum.[1]

 
Y
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /i ɡʁɛk/

Y (capital, lowercase y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the French alphabet.
  • Previous letter: X
  • Next letter: Z

Y ?

  1. A French commune in the Somme département.
  1. ^ https://dicotopo.cths.fr/places/P97397572
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈʏpsilɔn/
  • (phoneme)
    • In Greek words generally /ʏ/, /yː/, but in unstressed syllables alternatively /i/ (e.g. in poly-).
    • In other borrowings, e.g. from English, /j/, /i/, /aɪ̯/, etc.
    • Natively only in proper nouns, mostly in -ay-, -ey-, both pronounced /aɪ̯/.

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the German alphabet, called Ypsilon.
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈi]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈipsilon]

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called ipszilon and written in the Latin script.
  • Also occurs as part of the digraphs Gy, Ly, Ny, Ty, though these are considered letters in their own right.
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Y Y-ok
accusative Y-t Y-okat
dative Y-nak Y-oknak
instrumental Y-nal Y-okkal
causal-final Y-ért Y-okért
translative Y-ná Y-okká
terminative Y-ig Y-okig
essive-formal Y-ként Y-okként
essive-modal — —
inessive Y-ban Y-okban
superessive Y-on Y-okon
adessive Y-nál Y-oknál
illative Y-ba Y-okba
sublative Y-ra Y-okra
allative Y-hoz Y-okhoz
elative Y-ból Y-okból
delative Y-ról Y-okról
ablative Y-tól Y-októl
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Y-é Y-oké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Y-éi Y-okéi
Possessive forms of Y
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Y-om Y-aim, Y-jaim
2nd person sing. Y-od Y-aid, Y-jaid
3rd person sing. Y-a, Y-ja Y-ai, Y-jai
1st person plural Y-unk Y-aink, Y-jaink
2nd person plural Y-otok Y-aitok, Y-jaitok
3rd person plural Y-uk, Y-juk Y-aik, Y-jaik

Y (lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /i‿ɡˈɡrɛ.ka/, /i‿ɡˈɡrɛ.ko/, /ˈi.psi.lon/[1]
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /j/, /i/ (varies depending on the loanword)

Y f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case y)

  1. the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ipsilon, i greco or i greca in Italian
  • The letter Y is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.
  1. ^ Y in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

Y (lower case y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.

Y

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

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

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 Y for development of the glyph itself.

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called y or igrek and written in the Latin script.

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Y m (plural Ys)

  1. fork (area where something forks)
    Synonyms: forquilha, bifurcação, ramificação

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called igrec or i grec and written in the Latin script.

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Y

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

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

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

Y (capital, lowercase y)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ʝ/, /ɪ̯/, /i̯/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʝæ/

Y upper case (lower case y)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, called ya and written in the Latin script.
  1. The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by H and followed by A.

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Borrowed from Spanish Y. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English Y.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜌ (ya).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish Y.
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈwaj/ [ˈwaɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈja/ [ˈja] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
      • Rhymes: -a
    • IPA(key): /ˈje/ [ˈjɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
      • Rhymes: -e
    • IPA(key): /j/ [j] (phoneme)
    • IPA(key): /i/ [ɪ] (phoneme, used as a vowel)
      • Rhymes: -i

Y (upper case, lower case y, Baybayin spelling ᜏᜌ᜔)

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

Y (upper case, lower case y, Baybayin spelling ᜌ)

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

Y (upper case, lower case y, Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)

  1. (historical) The twenty-seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ye and written in the Latin script.
  • “Y”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ye and written in the Latin script.
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧ zaːj˨˩], [ʔi˧˧ ɣəː˨˩ zɛt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ jaːj˦˩], [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˦˩ ʐɛt̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ jaːj˨˩], [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˨˩ ɹɛk̚˦˥]
  • Phonetic spelling: i dài, i gờ rét

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i dài or i gờ-rét and written in the Latin script.
  • (standard) IPA(key): /ə/, /əː/

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by W.
  • Y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word ysgol (“school; ladder”):
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Y”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

Y (upper case, lower case y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.