W

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Letter 1.2 Other Forms 1.3 See also 2 English 2.1 Noun 2.2 Abbreviation 3 Japanese 3.1 Abbreviation 4 Polish 4.1 Preposition 4.2 Alternative spellings 4.2.1 Translations

Translingual

Letter

W, w

1. The 23rd letter of the English alphabet, preceded by V and followed by X, and representing /w/.
2. A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiced labial-velar approximant.
3. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.
4. The nickname of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States.

Other Forms

• Uppercase: W
• With circumflex: ŵ
• Turned: ʍ
• With grave: ẁ
• With acute: ẃ
• With diaeresis: ẅ
• With dot above: ẇ
• With dot below: ẉ

See also

• U
• V
• Ƿ
• ʬ

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English

Noun

w

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

Abbreviation

W

1. watt
2. west
3. White
4. Witness
5. Work

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Japanese

Abbreviation

w

1. (Internet) lol.

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Polish

Preposition

w

1. expresses containment

Alternative spellings

• we

Translations

• English: in

Remarks: some combinations of sounds require that this preposition is used in longer form we. Examples:

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

but:

• w Warszawie (in Warsaw).de:w

el:w fr:w gl:w ko:w ia:w it:w la:w nl:w ja:w pl:w fi:w