Z

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Translingual

Letter

z

1. the last letter of the ancient Roman alphabet and most of its modern descendants, corresponding to Greek ζ, Hebrew ז.

Symbol

z

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zepto-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /zɛd/
• (US) IPA: /zi:/
• Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (UK)^{?, file}
• Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (US)^{?, file}

Noun

z

1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. Sometimes spelt out as zed or zee.
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Symbol for Atomic number.

Other Forms

Polish

Preposition

z

1. with
2. from

Slovak

Preposition

z or zo

Followed by the genitive case.

The standard form is z. The zo form is used when the following word starts with the letter z or s.

1. from

eu:z fr:z gl:z ko:z ia:z ku:z la:z nl:z ja:z pl:z fi:z