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wye en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪ/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

Meanings

1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
   • Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee. 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
   • It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh." 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
2. A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
   • A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.
   • By going around the wye, a train can change direction.

Forms

Deriveds

wye switch · wye level · wye cable

Descendants

wàyka

Translations (60)

bn ওয়াই (name of the letter Y, y) · bg и́грек (name of the letter Y, y) · ja ワイ (name of the letter Y, y) · ru уа́й (name of the letter Y, y) · it i greca (name of the letter Y, y) · ko 와이 (name of the letter Y, y) · es i griega (name of the letter Y, y) · eo ipsilono (name of the letter Y, y) · pt i grego (name of the letter Y, y) · haw ieta (name of the letter Y, y) · sk ypsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · fa ایگرک (name of the letter Y, y) · hu ipszilon (name of the letter Y, y) · vi i dài (name of the letter Y, y) · gl i grego (name of the letter Y, y) · ar إِي يُونَانِيَّة (name of the letter Y, y) · de Ypsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · el γουάι (name of the letter Y, y) · hi वाई (name of the letter Y, y) · ast y griega (name of the letter Y, y) · nl i-grec (name of the letter Y, y) · nl ypsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · id igrek (name of the letter Y, y) · sh ipsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · yo yí (name of the letter Y, y) · az iqrek (name of the letter Y, y) · th วาย (name of the letter Y, y) · io ye (name of the letter Y, y) · es ye (name of the letter Y, y) · it ipsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · nl Griekse ij (name of the letter Y, y) · de Y grec (name of the letter Y, y) · oc i grèga (name of the letter Y, y) · fo seinna i (name of the letter Y, y) · ar وَايْ (name of the letter Y, y) · ga yé (name of the letter Y, y) · ca i grega (name of the letter Y, y) · cs ypsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · cy y (name of the letter Y, y) · sh ипсилон (name of the letter Y, y) · la ȳ (name of the letter Y, y) · pl igrek (name of the letter Y, y) · fr i grec (name of the letter Y, y) · tr ye (name of the letter Y, y) · ms wai (name of the letter Y, y) · fi yy (name of the letter Y, y) · vi i-cờ-rét (name of the letter Y, y) · ru уа́й (name of the letter Y, y) · id ye (name of the letter Y, y) · ru и́грек (name of the letter Y, y) · pt ípsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · is ypsilon (name of the letter Y, y) · eu larriz (name of the letter Y, y) · ro i grec (name of the letter Y, y) · la i graeca (name of the letter Y, y) · ast ye (name of the letter Y, y) · mr वाय (name of the letter Y, y) · my ဝိုင် (name of the letter Y, y) · akz wàyka (name of the letter Y, y) · ru ипсило́н (name of the letter Y, y)

wye en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪ/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape.
   • When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines.
2. (transitive) To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.
   • Committee contend that when these trains are wyed at Springfield, the road passenger crews are performing yard work at that point to eliminate switching by yard crews.
   • Since the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city.

Forms

Relateds

wye aye