W

W (lower case w)

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

• (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

W

1. (chemistry) Symbol for tungsten.
2. (metrology) Symbol for watt.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan
4. (physics) work

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

Other representations of W:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/
• (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌb/

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W (upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's)

1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

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

W

1. Wednesday
2. (informal) George W. Bush, US politician

• (Wednesday): Wed
• (George W. Bush): Dubya

W

1. (sports) The number of wins by a team or player
2. (cricket) wicket
3. west
4. (law enforcement) warrant

• (sports): OTW
• (compass): NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW

• (sports): L, T, OTL
• (compass): E, N, S

W

1. The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (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

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe W)

1. The letter W

W

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of 萬／万 (wàn).

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

W (lowercase w)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

• (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, 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, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å (Ǻ ǻ)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

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W (capital, lowercase w)

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

W

1. Abbreviation of west; west

• Previous letter: V
• Next letter: X

W

1. Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

• In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
• Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling (compare Wirtanen).

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

• IPA^(key): /veː/

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• Homophone: weh

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

W

1. Abbreviation of West; west

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

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

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

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter W

• IPA^(key): /w/

W (lower case w)

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

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

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /vudˈdoppjo/, /ˈdoppjovu/
• (name of letter, for brevity in common acronyms) IPA^(key): /vu/
• Homophones: V, vu
• (phonetic realization) IPA^(key): [v], [w] (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

W m or f (invariable, lower case w)

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

• The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

W

1. viva, evviva (“up with”)

• M (down with)

• (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

W (katakana ダブル, rōmaji daburu)

1. Alternative spelling of ダブル (“double”)

• ダブリュー (daburyū)

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [w]

W

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

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

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /w/

W

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

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u̯/, /ʉ̯/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wæʉ̯/

W upper case (lower case w)

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.

1. The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

• IPA^(key): /ˌuβe ˈðoble/, /ˈðoble βe/

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

• doble u (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico)
• doble ve (Latin America)
• uve doble (Spain)
• ve doble (Peru)

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

W (upper case, lower case w)

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

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