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w en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdʌb/ (letter, name)
  • (US) audio
  • /w/ (phoneme)
  • /ˈdʊbəl.juː/ (letter, name)
  • /ˈdʌb.juː/ (letter, name)
  • /ˈdʌbəl.juː/ (letter, name)
  • /ˈdʌbə.juː/ (letter, name)
  • /ˈdʌbiː.(j)uː/ (letter, name)
  • /ˈdʌb.jə/ (letter, name)
  • /ˈdʌbz/ (letter, name)

Meanings

  1. (letter, lowercase) The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ws Number=Plur lexicographic
w's Number=Plur lexicographic
W uppercase lexicographic

Deriveds

w-word · w-buffering · w-buffer · w-anchor · w-w · w-shingling

Source: en.wiktionary, “w” (character), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

w en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

  1. wide
  2. white
  3. (from noun sense 5) successful, admirable, good
    • W rizz.
Source: en.wiktionary, “w” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

w en · ADP · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of with.
    alt of with
    • This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺ 2013, Jessica Burkhart, Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special), New York, NY: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 44:
  2. with a wing (on the Enneagram)
    • When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.

Relateds

w/

Source: en.wiktionary, “w” (prep), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

w en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

  1. watt
  2. west
  3. witness
  4. work
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of win.
    alt of win