w

• uu, vv (obsolete)

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w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations east of the Mississippi river.

w (obsolete)

1. ⟨uu⟩
2. ⟨vv⟩

w

1. (IPA) voiced labial-velar approximant

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of W, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase W in Fraktur

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter W):  Ẃẃ  Ẁẁ  Ŵŵ  Ẅẅ  Ẇẇ  Ẉẉ  W̊ẘ  Ⱳⱳ  ᴡ  Ｗｗ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ
• Turned: ʍ
• Ƿ
• ʬ

Other representations of W:

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbl̩.juː/, /ˈdʌbə.juː/, /ˈdʌbiː.(j)uː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/, /ˈdʌb/, /ˈdʌbz/

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) Rhymes: -ʌbjə, -ʌb, -ʌbəlju

w (lower case, upper case W, plural ws or w's)

1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

• (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

Abbreviations.

w

1. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /aʊ̯/.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of we.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of were.
4. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of who and its inflection whom.

w

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work
5. Abbreviation of win.

w

1. (cricket) wide
2. white

w

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of with.

   Alternative form: w/

   • 2013, Jessica Burkhart, Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest; Super Special), New York, NY: Aladdin M!X, →ISBN, page 44:

     This was supposed 2 be a SURPRISE, but the girls got it out of me. ☺ I wanted all of us 2 spend Xmas 2gether. By all, I mean r horses 2. Sooo . . . B, C, G, Z, & D, you have guests waiting @ BC. Zane, Valentino, Scout, Nero, & Polo r there! Now we can ride r horses when we r not volunteering & spend Xmas w them. ☺

2. with a wing (on the Enneagram)

   When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.

• IPA^(key): /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/, [u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

w (uppercase W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

• (Latin-script letters) bogstav; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z, Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ), Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ), Å å (Ǻ ǻ)

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet.

• Previous letter: v
• Next letter: x

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uː/
  • Conventional anglicization: u

 enclitic

1. (Old Egyptian) not; used to negate the subjunctive or prospective in wishes and commands

 m

1. area, district
2. administrative district
3. nome [since the New Kingdom]

 sg 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form of wj (“I, me”)

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 243.1–243.8
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 198, 415 page 51, 198, 415.

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w (lower case, upper case W)

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

• In the Finnish alphabet, w is a variant of v.
• Used only in loanwords and proper names with old spelling.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; 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 (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /du.blə.ve/

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w (uppercase W)

1. w

• IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

w

1. Romanization of 𐍅

w

1. Contraction of ou.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈv]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈduplɒveː]

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• w in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /we/

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; 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

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /wɛ/

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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

w

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of gue.

   Synonym: gw

w f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case W)

1. the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian

• The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

Short for (笑) (warai, “laughing”).

w

1. (Internet slang, often repeated) LOL; an expression of amusement or laughter.

   このバカｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ(´∀`*)

   kono baka wwwwwww (´ ∀ ` *)

   you silly fool lol

   ちょ ｗｗｗ お前(まえ)のツイート伸(の)びすぎ ｗｗｗ 有(ゆう)名(めい)人(じん)じゃん ｗｗｗｗｗ

   cho www omae no tsuīto nobisugi www yūmeijin jan wwwww

   dude, your tweet's getting mad attention lmaoo, you're like a goddamn celebrity lol

• w can be used multiple times in a row, as in the examples above; it is sometimes repeated to quite lengthy extents.

• 草(くさ) (kusa)

• (笑(わらい)) (warai), (藁(わら)) (wara)
• ワロス (warosu), ワロタ (warota), ワラタ (warata)

• we (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

• IPA^(key): /w/ (before vowels)
• (silent before consonants)

w (with locative)

1. in

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) 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

• IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

w

1. Superseded spelling of u before or after a vowel.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbəlt.ˌʋeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/

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w

1. The 23rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

• Only appears in loanwords from e.g. German.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

• we

Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *én. First attested in the first half of the 14th century.

w

1. denotes illative movement; into [+accusative]
   1. denotes contact because of movement, i.e. to bump into something [+accusative]
2. denotes allative movement; to, towards [+accusative]
3. used in temporal constructions to create adverbs from nouns [+accusative]
4. denotes a goal or aim; for [+accusative] or [+locative]
5. denotes function; in the role of; as [+accusative] or [+locative]
6. denotes a manner; in [+accusative] or [+locative]
7. denotes instrumental usage [+accusative] or [+locative]
8. used with some nouns to denote physical or temporal measure [+accusative] or [+locative]
9. denotes the amount of participants [+accusative]
10. denotes a change of state; into [+accusative]
11. denotes the intended addressee of a statement; at [+accusative] or [+locative]
12. used in some syntactical constructions with verbs [+accusative]
13. denotes inessive position; in [+locative]
14. denotes position in time; in [+locative]
15. denotes cause; because of [+locative]
16. used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" [+locative]
17. denotes state; in [+locative]

• Polish: w

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “w”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /vu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: w

w (upper case W, lower case)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Inherited from Old Polish w, from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *én. First attested in the first half of the 14th century.[1]

• we

• IPA^(key): /v/, /f/

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w

1. Denotes inessive position; in, at, on [+locative]

   Od roku mieszkam we Francji. ― I've lived in France for a year.

   On siedzi w więzieniu za morderstwo. ― He's in prison for murder.

   Widziałam cię wczoraj w pociągu. ― I saw you on the train yesterday.

2. Denotes position in time; in, on [+locative] or sometimes [+accusative]

   Urodziłem się w czerwcu. ― I was born in June.

   W niedzielę zawsze chodzimy do kościoła. ― We always go to church on Sundays.

   W zeszłym roku podróżowaliśmy po Europie. ― Last year we travelled around Europe.

3. Denotes state; in [+locative]

   Byłem w szoku po wypadku. ― I was in shock after the accident.

   Kupił dziewczynie naszyjnik w postaci serca. ― He bought his girlfriend a necklace in the shape of a heart.

4. Denotes approxmiate position; at [+locative]

   Musi być coś, w czym jesteś dobry? ― There must be something you're good at?

5. Denotes illative movement; into, in, to [+accusative]

   Włożył koszulę w spodnie. ― He tucked his shirt into his trousers.

   Uderzyłem go prosto w twarz. ― I hit him right in the face.

   Skręć w lewo za pocztą. ― Turn (to the) left after the post office.

6. Denotes a change of state; into [+accusative]

   Stary młyn przekształcono w nowoczesne mieszkania. ― They turned the old mill into modern apartments.

   Pokrój ziemniaki w małe kawałki. ― Cut the potatoes into small pieces.

7. Used in some noun constructions to denote "in the pattern of" decorated with [+accusative]

   Miała na sobie długą, granatową suknię w złote gwiazdki. ― She was wearing a long, dark blue dress decorated with little gold stars.

   koszula w kratkę ― plaid shirt

   geopard w cętki. ― A spotted leopard

8. Denotes length of time; within, in the space of, in [+accusative]

   Cały egzamin skończyłem w godzinę. ― I finished the whole exam within an hour.

   Synonyms: w ciągu, w przeciągu, na przestrzeni

9. Denotes an amount or number; in, as [+accusative]

   Zróbmy coś fajnego, tylko w dwójkę. ― Let's do something fun, just the two of us.

   W tę grę można grać w cztery osoby. ― You can play this game as a foursome.

Some combinations of sounds, chiefly consonant clusters at the beginning of the following noun, require that this preposition be used in the vocalized form we. Examples:

• we włosach ― in the hair
• we Wrocławiu ― in Wrocław

But:

• w Warszawie ― in Warsaw

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), w is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 3570 times in scientific texts, 4769 times in news, 3819 times in essays, 2589 times in fiction, and 1569 times in plays, totaling 16316 times, making it the 1st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

• w in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• w in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “W”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 18.01.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “w”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 435

Letter name:

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.bli.u/, [ˈda.blju] (dáblio)

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Phoneme:

• IPA^(key): /w/, /v/ (used in loanwords, varies according to the source language of the borrowed term)

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “w”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 16

• IPA^(key): /v/, /w/, /u/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]

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w (lower case, upper case W)

1. the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɵbɛlveː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /v/, (rare, in foreign loanwords) /w/
  • Homophone: v (in most positions)

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script. Previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.

• In blackletter typography, w was commonly used instead of v. When printers (gradually during the 19th century) changed to Latin typography, spelling changed from w to v, except in some family names. However, this change does not count as a spelling reform.
• In many abbreviations, Swedes say v (ve, as in German) instead of w (dubbelve), e.g. BMW (be emm ve), VW (ve ve), WC (ve se), WHO (ve hå o), WWW (ve ve ve).

w

1. (slang) weed (marijuana)

• b

• Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /β/

w (upper case W)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called we and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

• (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel): ẁ
• (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): ẃ
• (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel or disyllabicity): ŵ
• (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ẅ

• IPA^(key): /uː/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called w and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by u and followed by y.

• w cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):

• Digraph sequences: wy

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

w f (plural ŵau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter W.

• (in negative statements; also in affirmative statements in North Wales): dw
• (in affirmative statements): rw

• IPA^(key): /ʊ/, /w/

This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so may be pronounced as part of a diphthong /ʊi̯/ or as /wiː/.

w

1. (South Wales) first-person singular present colloquial of bod (in affirmative or negative statements)

   W i yn y car.

   I’m in the car.

   W i ddim yn hapus.

   I’m not happy.

• ydw (interrogative)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /wí/

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called wí and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔɯ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: w¹
• Hyphenation: w

w (1957–1982 spelling ɯ)

1. gum (in the eye)

w (lower case, upper case W)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) 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