Y.
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
Meaning & usage
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).
A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.
A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
Where this word comes from
Clippings.
A commune of Somme department, Hauts-de-France region, France.
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French Y.
Abbreviation of yes.
Where this word comes from
Abbreviations.
Abbreviation of year (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)
Where this word comes from
Abbreviations.
Clipping of YMCA or YWCA.
Where this word comes from
Clippings.
Obsolete form of IJ: a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Where this word comes from
See IJ.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.