Y

Letter

Y (lower case y)

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

Symbol

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) Symbol for an unrestricted 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))

Gallery

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

See also

Other representations of Y:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: wye, why (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Interjection

Y

1. Abbreviation of yes.

Proper noun

Y

1. (the Y) YMCA or YWCA

Letter

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.

Noun

Y (plural Ys)

1. A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.

Letter

Y

1. The twentysecond and final letter in the Afar alphabet.

See Also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe Y)

1. The letter Y

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛɪ/

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Letter

Y (capital, lowercase y)

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

See also

• Previous letter: X
• Next letter: Z

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔʏpsilɔn/

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "Y".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “Y” shape.

Letter

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter Y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

Y (lower case y)

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

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈip.si.lon/, /iˈɡrɛ.ko/, /iˈɡrɛ.ka/
• (phonetic realization) IPA^(key): [j], [i] (varies depending on the loanword)

Letter

Y m, f (invariable, lower case y)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ipsilon or i greca in Italian.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [wai̯]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [j]

Letter

Y

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

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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

Noun

Y m (plural Ys)

1. fork (area where something forks)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/, /jʼ/

Letter

Y

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʝ/, /ɪ̯/, /i̯/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʝæ/

Letter

Y upper case (lower case y)

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

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

1. The 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ye and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧ zaːj˨˩], [ʔi˧˧ ɣəː˨˩ zɛt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ jaːj˦˩], [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˦˩ ʐɛt̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ jaːj˨˩], [ʔɪj˧˧ ɣəː˨˩ ɹɛk̚˦˥]
• Phonetic: i dài, i gờ rét

Letter

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.

Letter

Y (upper case, lower case y)

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