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w.

A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

character/ʋ//w/
  1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

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The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German, and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and w for information on the development of the glyph itself.

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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.