w

• vv (obsolete)

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.

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w

1. (IPA) voiced labial-velar approximant

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

• (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
• Turned: ʍ
• Ƿ
• ʬ

Other representations of W:

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/

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• IPA^(key): /w/
• Rhymes: -ʌbjə, -ʌb
• Rhymes: -ʌbəlju

w (lower case, upper case W, plural 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. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white

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

w (uppercase 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)

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uː/
  • Conventional anglicization: u

 enclitic

1. (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 415 page 198, 415.

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w (lower case, upper 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.

• (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

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /du.blə.ve/

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w (uppercase W)

1. w

• IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

w

1. Romanization of 𐍅

w

1. Contraction of ou.

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /we/

w (upper 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

w m or f (invariable)

1. See under W

Short for (笑) (warai, “laughing”).

w

1. (Internet slang) LOL; an expression of amusement or laughter.

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

   kono baka wwwwwww

   look at this idiot lol

   ちょｗｗｗお前 (まえ)のツイート伸 (の)びすぎｗｗｗ有 (ゆう)名 (めい)人 (じん)じゃんｗｗｗｗｗ

   cho www omae no tsuīto nobisugi www yūmeijin jan wwwww

   yo hol up, your tweet's crazy popular 🔥😂 you're goddamn famous 😂

w is most often found used multiple times in a row as in the example above.

• (笑 (わらい)) (warai)
• ワロス (warosu)
• ワロタ (warota)
• 草 (くさ) (kusa)

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

• IPA^(key): /w/ (before vowels)
• (silent before consonants)

w (with locative)

1. in

w (lower case, upper case 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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbəlt.ˌʋeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/

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w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

• Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *én.

• IPA^(key): /f/, /v/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /vu/

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w

1. (+ locative) in
2. (+ accusative) into, in
3. (+ accusative) on (time/date)

Some combinations of sounds, mostly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition is used in longer form we. Examples:

• we włosach (in the hair)
• we Wrocławiu (in Wrocław)

But:

• w Warszawie (in Warsaw)

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w (lower case, upper 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈuβe ˈdoβle/, /ˈdoβle be/

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w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /v/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.

• In blackletter typography, w was commonly used instead of v. When printers (gradually during the 19th century) changed to Latin typography, spelling changed from w to v, except in some family names. However, this change does not count as a spelling reform.
• In many abbreviations, Swedes say v (ve, as in German) instead of w (dubbel ve), e.g. BMW (be emm ve), VW (ve ve), WC (ve se), WHO (ve hå o), WWW (ve ve ve).

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /β/

w (upper case W)

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

• (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

• (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
• (in affirmative statements): rw

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/, /w/

This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so may be pronounced as part of a diphthong /ʊi̯/ or as /wiː/.

w

1. (colloquial, South Wales) first-person singular present of bod (in affirmative or negative statements)

   W i yn y car. ― I’m in the car.

   W i ddim yn hapus. ― I’m not happy.

• ydw (interrogative)

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɯ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: w¹
• Hyphenation: w

w (old orthography ɯ)

1. gum (in the eye)

w (lower case, upper 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