Y

From Fresh Dictionary

See also Y

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Homophones 2.2 Other Forms 2.3 See Also 3 French 3.1 Letter 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Indirect object pronoun 4 Guaraní 4.1 Noun 5 Spanish 5.1 Letter 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Pronunciation 5.4 Conjunction

Translingual

Symbol

y

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix yocto-.

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English

"y" /wAI/ (English)

1. Twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet.
2. Twenty-fifth in a list. (Synonyms: 25, XXV)
3. (Chemistry) Symbol for yttrium.
4. Abbreviation for year. (See Y2K)
5. (TV) Abbreviation for youth content, usually proceeded with a suggested age. (E.g. Y7)
6. (Archaic computers) Abbreviation for yes.
7. Informal abbreviation for why.

Homophones

• why
• WI
• WY

Other Forms

• With acute: ý
• With diaeresis: ÿ
• With circumflex: ŷ
• With hook: ƴ
• With macron: ȳ
• With dot above: ẏ
• With ring above: ẙ
• With grave: ỳ
• With dto below: ỵ
• With hook above: ỷ
• With tilde: ỹ

See Also

• U
• V
• Υ (upsilon)
• У
• ¥ (yen)

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French

Letter

• i-grec /igrEk/

Pronunciation

• /i/

Indirect object pronoun

y

1. contraction of à le or à la

   il y a, there is

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Guaraní

Noun

y

1. water

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Spanish

Letter

• i-griega /iGrjeGa/ (lit. "Greek i")

Etymology

Latin et

Pronunciation

• y /i/

Conjunction

1. and
2. (numbers) roughly and or plus

   setenta y seis - "seventy-six"

   uno y uno son dos - "one plus one is two"

3. (colloquial) well

   ¡y por supuesto! - "well, of course!"

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af:y

ca:y de:y et:y el:y es:y eu:y fr:y gl:y ko:y ia:y it:y ku:y hu:y nl:y ja:y pl:y fi:y zh:y