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Y.

The twenty-fifth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

character/yː/

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Latin Y, a late Latin borrowing of the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “upsilon”), first used in Latin to represent the corresponding letter in Greek loanwords. The Greek letter was derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”).

symbol/yː/

  1. An unknown or unspecified person, thing, or factor, especially the second in a series and when paired with X.

  2. The symbol for the SI prefix yotta- (“yotta-”).

  3. The chemical symbol for yttrium.

Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Latin Y, a late Latin borrowing of the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “upsilon”), first used in Latin to represent the corresponding letter in Greek loanwords. The Greek letter was derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”).

noun/yː/

  1. The uppercase form of y, the twenty-fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by x and followed by z.

    masculine

  2. The vowel sound represented by the letter, /yː/ or /y/.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Latin Y, a late Latin borrowing of the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “upsilon”), first used in Latin to represent the corresponding letter in Greek loanwords. The Greek letter was derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”).

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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.