ý

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The letter y with an acute accent.

Letter

ý (lower case, upper case Ý)

1. The fortieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script., after y and before z

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): /ʊiː/
• Homophones: í, ið
• Rhymes: -ʊiː

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script., after y and before æ

Verb

ý

1. imperative of at ýa

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, 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, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, 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, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The forty-fourth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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

Further reading

• ý in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Noun

ý

1. water

References

• The Amazonian Languages (editor: Robert M. W. Dixon) (ý)
• Wolf Dietrich, Correspondências fonológicas e lexicais entre Karitiána (Arikém, Tupí) e Tupí-Guaraní (y)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

ý (upper case Ý)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ýe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 意.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˦˥]

Noun

ý

1. Short for ý tưởng (“idea”).

   Tôi có ý này.

   I have an ("this") idea.

2. a point (element in larger whole)

   ý chính

   main point; key point

   Bài có ba ý.

   There are three key points to this essay.

3. what one means

   Ý anh là sao?

   What do you mean? / What's your point?

   Ý là cần nhiều thời gian hơn.

   Basically, that means we need more time.