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Dictionary: w1 or W (dŭb'əl-yū, -yʊ) pronunciation
n., pl., w's, or W's, also ws or Ws.
  1. The 23rd letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter w.
  3. The 23rd in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter W.

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W, 23d letter of the alphabet, in form a doubled u or v. It is the usual symbol of a voiced bilabial semivowel, as in the English wing. The same semivowel occurs as second member of the dipthongs au (as in house), ō, and ū. In twice the w represents a voiceless semivowel, which is heard also in some dialects that distinguish between where and wear. In chemistry W is the symbol for the element tungsten.


Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - det 23. bogstav i alfabetet

2.
abbr. - weight; vægt, wide; bredde, with; med

1.
n. - det 23. bogstav i alfabetet

2.
abbr. - W; watt, v; vest, kvindetøjsstørrelse, wicket; gærde i cricket
symb. - [kem.] tungsten

Nederlands (Dutch)
W, watt (vermogen), west, wolfram, woensdag, werk (natuurkunde), met, week, breed(te), Wales

Français (French)
1.
n. - w (vingt-troisième lettre de l'alphabet)

2.
abbr. - (abrév) de poids, (Sport) balle écartée/qui passe hors de la portée du batteur (cricket), avec

1.
n. - W (vingt-troisième lettre de l'alphabet)

2.
abbr. - (abrév = games won) jeux/matchs remportés, watt(s), (abrév écrite = West) (Géog) Ouest, (Sport) guichet/terrain entre les guichets (cricket), femme (taille de vêtements)
symb. - (Chim) tungstène

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - w

2.
abbr. - Westen, westlich, Damen, Woche, Gewicht, Breite

1.
n. - W

2.
abbr. - Westen, westlich, Damen, Woche, Gewicht, Breite
symb. - Watt, (chem.) Wolfram

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το εικοστό τρίτο γράμμα του αγγλικού αλφαβήτου
abbr. - δύση, δυτικός, πλάτος, βάρος, εβδομάδα
symb. - βατ, (χημ.) βολφράμιο

Italiano (Italian)
w, Ovest, occidente, occidentale, Watt, tungsteno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vigésima terceira letra do alfabeto
abbr. - País de Gales, Washington, quarta-feira, oeste
symb. - tungstênio (m) (Quím.)

Русский (Russian)
ватт

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vigésima tercera letra del alfabeto inglés

2.
abbr. - peso, pelota lanzada fuera del alcance del bateador (criquet), con, esposa , semana

1.
n. - vigésima tercera letra del alfabeto inglés

2.
abbr. - partidos ganados, vatio(s), oeste u occidental, meta(s) (en criquet), talles de ropa de mujer
symb. - tungsteno

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - w
abbr. - Watt, väst
symb. - energi, Wolfram

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 字母W

2. 重, 重量, 体重, 砝码, 与...一起, 偕同, 和...

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 字母W

2.
abbr. - 重, 重量, 體重, 砝碼, 與...一起, 偕同, 和...

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 영어 알파벳의 제23째 글자 W, W자 모양[의 것], 23번째

2.
abbr. - weight(무게), wide(s) (투수의 폭투구), with(~와 함께)

1.
n. - 영어 알파벳의 제23째 글자 W, W자 모양[의 것], 23번째

2.
abbr. - games won(이긴 게임), watt(s) (와트), West (서쪽), wicket(작은 문), women's (여성용)
symb. - 텅스텐

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ダブリュー, W字型のもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحرف الثالث والعشرون في الأبجديه الإنكليزيه (اختصار) ماء, الواط أي وحدة مقياس, قوة التيار الكهربائي, أسبوع, الغرب, غربي, أبيض, باب صغير, العرض, زوجه, مع, عمل, ويلز أي منطقه في بريطانيا, الأربعاء, ويلش أي لغه منطقه ويلز (علامه) شي في المقام الثاني والعشرون أو الثالث والعشرون من الترتيب, شي على صورة حرف الدابليو الإنكليزي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האות העשרים ושלוש של האלפבית האנגלי‬
abbr. - ‮משקל, כדור(ים) מחוץ לתחום החובט (קריקט), עם (ע חרוקה)‬
n. - ‮האות העשרים ושלוש של האלפבית האנגלי‬
abbr. - ‮(קיצור) נצחונות במשחקים, ואט(ים), מערב(י), שערונ(ים) (קריקט), מידה (לבגדי נשים)‬
symb. - ‮וולפראם (לשעבר טונגסטן)‬


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