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Translingual

Image:Latin U.png|thumb|The letter u

Etymology 1

Image:Latin V.png|left|50px|Latin V, from which U derived Miniscule variation of , a modern variation of classical Latin , from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .

Letter

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1. A letter of many modern variations of the Latin alphabet, including the English alphabet.

Usage notes

The letter is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a w:Close back rounded vowel|close back rounded vowel (IPA: /u/).

See also

• ü ú ŭ û
• Cyrillic {{term|sc=Cyrl|у|tr=u}}, Greek {{term|sc=Grek|υ|tr=y||upsilon}}, Hebrew {{term|sc=Hebr|ו|tr=w||vav}}
• For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "u".
• Appendix:Roman script

Etymology 2

Symbol

1. In the Context of symbol for unified atomic mass unit

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English

Etymology

Image:Runic letter uruz.png|left|50px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”) From lower case letter (also written ), from lower case , from 7th century replacement by lower case of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter {{term|ᚢ|tr=u||ur}}, derived from Raetic letter .

Before the 1700s, the pointed form was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas and appeared as in modern printing, and were printed and . Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the form was used to represent the consonant, and the vowel sound. then preceded in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juː/
• {{IPA|/ʌ/|/uː/|/ʊ/}}
• {{IPA|/ʌ/|/u/|/ʊ/}}
• {{IPA|/a/|/ʉː/|/ʊ/}}

An audio transcript can be found at en-ca-u.ogg

Letter

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1. The twenty-third (23rd) letter of the Appendix:Roman script|English alphabet.
2. : I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

See also

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: v

Noun

1. A thing in the shape of the letter U

Derived terms

• u-turn
• u-bolt

Abbreviation

u

1. underwater|Underwater.
2. you

Derived terms

• u-boat (1)

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Bosnian

Preposition

1. in
2. inside
3. at
4. In the possession of

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Croatian

Preposition

1. in

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Czech

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Cs-u.ogg

Preposition

u

1. at
2. by

Category:Czech prepositions

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Nl-u.ogg

Pronoun

1. you (polite).
2. : Bent u klaar? — “Are you ready?”
3. : Bent u er nog? — “Are you still there?”
4. you (polite).
5. : Ik zal het aan u geven. — “I will give it to you.”
6. : Dit zal niet werken voor u. — “This won’t work for you.”
7. thee (dialectal'').
8. : Ik doe dat wel voor u. — “I’ll do it for thee.”
9. you (polite).
10. : Hebt u die oefening gemaakt? — “Have you prepared that exercise?”
11. you (polite).
12. : Ze zullen dat wel voor u doen. — “They’ll do it for you.”
13. thyself (dialectal)
14. : Gij hebt u niet gewassen. — “Thou hast not washed thyself.”
15. thyselves (dialectal)
16. : Wast u eens. — “Wash thyselves.”

Usage notes

• The capitalization of (as in U or Uw) is now considered old-fashioned, and no longer compulsory. In religious contexts, it is still often capitalized.
• See usage notes at .

Related terms

See Wiktionary:Dutch inflection#Pronouns|Wiktionary:Dutch inflection

Category:Dutch reflexive pronouns

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Japanese

Noun

1. 鵜: cormorant
2. う: hiragana letter u
3. ウ: katakana letter u

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [u]

Preposition

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1. at

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /u/

Letter

u (lowercase, capital U)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /t/. Preceded by ţ and followed by v.

Category:Romanian alphabet

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Romansch

Etymology

Conjunction

u

1. or

Category:Romansch conjunctions

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Serbian

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Sr-u.ogg

Preposition

1. in
2. inside
3. at
4. In the possession of

See also

• у#Serbian|у

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Spanish

Conjunction

1. or

Usage notes

Used instead of when the following word starts with a vowel sound which is pronounced .

See also

• e#Spanish|e

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Swahili

Prefix

u-

1. Marks noun class 11, denoting abstract nouns, singulatives, elongated objects, and countries.

Category:Swahili noun classes

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Torres Strait Creole

Noun

u

1. (eastern dialect) a mature coconut

Usage notes

U is the sixth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by pes and followed by drai koknat.

Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns Category:Latin letters|U

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Uzbek

Pronoun

u (у)

1. Demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing that is far away from the speaker. that.
2. * U eshik.
3. *:That is a door. / That door.

Category:Uzbek pronouns

af:u ang:u an:u zh-min-nan:u cs:u co:u de:u el:u es:u fa:u fr:u gl:u ko:u hr:u id:u ia:u it:u csb:u ku:u la:u lt:u ms:u nl:u ja:u pl:u pt:u ru:u sq:u scn:u simple:u sk:u sl:u fi:u sv:u vi:u tr:u vo:u zh:u