Contents
- 1 Translingual
- 2 English
- 3 Asturian
- 4 Dutch
- 5 French
- 6 Guaraní
- 7 Italian
- 8 Papiamentu
- 9 Spanish
- 10 Turkish
- 11 Vietnamese
- 12 Welsh
Translingual
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y lower case (upper case Y)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
- (Latin script): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Yy Z z
- (Variations of letter Y): Ý ý Ỳ ỳ Ŷ ŷ ẙ Ÿ ÿ Ỹ ỹ Ẏ ẏ Ȳ ȳ Ỷ ỷ Ỵ ỵ Ɏ ɏ Ƴ ƴ ʏ Ｙ ｙ
Pronunciation
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IPA (file)
Symbol
y
- (metrology) Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
- (IPA) close front rounded vowel
- Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.
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Other representations of Y:
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Capital and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type |
Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur |
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file)
Letter
y lower case (upper case Y)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Abbreviation
y
- (abbreviation) year
- (TV) Abbreviation for youth content, usually followed by a suggested age.
- Y7
- (computing) Abbreviation for yes.
- (informal, abbreviation) why (in text messaging and internet conversations)
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin et.
Conjunction
y
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ɛɪ/
Letter
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
Usage notes
In certain dialects the letter is pronounced similar to IPA: /ji:/. In these dialects, they will actually write the "y" for example modern standard Dutch jij (IPA: /ɛɪ/) becomes "jy" (IPA: /ji:/).
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French
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA: /iɡʀɛk/
Letter
y
Etymology 2
Latin ibi.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /i/
Pronoun
y (adverbial)
- there (at a place)
- Il est dans la maison. Il y est. — “He is in the house. He is there.”
- there (to there)
- Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. — “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
- Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
Related terms
French personal pronouns| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) | Reflexive | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Locative (at) | Genitive (of) | Disjunctive (tonic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | je, j' | me, m' | — | — | moi | ||
| Second | — | tu, t' | te, t' | — | — | toi | |||
| Third | Masculine | il | se, s' | le, l' | lui | y | en | lui | |
| Feminine | elle | la, l' | elle | ||||||
| — | on | — | — | — | — | soi | |||
| Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | ||
| Second | — | vous | vous | — | — | vous | |||
| Third | Masculine | ils | se, s' | les | leur | y | en | eux | |
| Feminine | elles | elles | |||||||
Guaraní
Noun
y
Italian
Noun
y m. and f. inv.
- See under Y
Papiamentu
Conjunction
y
Spanish
Etymology 1
Letter
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The 28th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Etymology 2
From old Spanish e, from Latin et
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /i/
Conjunction
y
- and
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
- Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta afición y gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la caza y aun la administración de su hacienda; y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto , que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.
- You must know, then, that the above-named gentleman whenever he was at leisure (which was mostly all the year round) gave himself up to reading books of chivalry with such ardour and avidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports, and even the management of his property; and to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.
- Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta afición y gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la caza y aun la administración de su hacienda; y llegó a tanto su curiosidad y desatino en esto , que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer, y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
- (in names of number) and
- setenta y seis - “seventy-six”
- (in arithmetic) plus
- uno y uno son dos - “one plus one is two”
- (informal) well
- ¡y por supuesto! - “well, of course!”
Usage notes
- Before words that begin with the /i/ sound, the form e is used instead.
Turkish
Letter
y (lower case, upper case Y)
- The 28th letter of the Turkish alphabet.
Vietnamese
Noun
y
Welsh
Article
y (after vowels, 'r; before vowels, yr)
- the.
Particle
y (after vowels, 'r; before vowels, yr)
- that (preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause)
- Wyt ti'n meddwl y gall hi'n dod? - Do you think that she can come?
- Mae hi'n gwybod y byddet ti'n gwrando arni hi - She knows that you would listen to her
- Dyni moyn y bo'n wŷch - We want that it be splendid
- Byddai hi wedi bod yn wŷch y baen nhw yma - It would have been splendid that they were to be here
Usage notes
- y is sometimes omitted in speech.
- y is used to mean 'that' (i.e. mark a subordinate clause) when the subordinate clause begins with an affirmative form of bod not in the present tense, or another affirmative verb in any tense.
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y is the sides of my nose peeling and the tips of my eyebrows?
Q. my nose and the tips of my eyebrows have been peeling for the last year!!! like badly peeling i put neosporin on it and thats all that helps! but it still hasnt stop ! y am i peeling and how do i fix this? i dont use face wash bc the one i used didnt help so i only wash my face with water.so that cant be it.
Asked by Tina - Fri Jun 12 19:50:24 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Try using lotion, this happens with me quite a bit. I don't know how this would work for you, but it does for me. Sorry about your peeling problem. :(
Answered by StormChaserGirl - Fri Jun 12 22:04:38 2009
Q. my nose and the tips of my eyebrows have been peeling for the last year!!! like badly peeling i put neosporin on it and thats all that helps! but it still hasnt stop ! y am i peeling and how do i fix this? i dont use face wash bc the one i used didnt help so i only wash my face with water.so that cant be it.
Asked by Tina - Fri Jun 12 19:50:24 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Try using lotion, this happens with me quite a bit. I don't know how this would work for you, but it does for me. Sorry about your peeling problem. :(
Answered by StormChaserGirl - Fri Jun 12 22:04:38 2009
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