W
W is the twenty-third (number 23) letter in the Latin alphabet. It is pronounced as "double-(you/yoo)"[note 1] or "double-vee". It is the only letter with three syllables.
| W | |
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| W w | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Unicode value | U+0057, U+0077 |
| Alphabetical position | 23 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | ~600 to present |
| Other | |
| The Latin alphabet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
| Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj |
| Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp |
| Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | |
| Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | ||
In words like away, what, write and women, the W is a consonant. In words like draw, few, low and cwm, the W is a vowel
Meanings for W
- On calendars, W is most times a short letter for Wednesday.
- In chemistry, W is the symbol for tungsten, after its German name, Wolfram.
- In news story writing, the "five W's" are who, what, when, where and why.
- In Electricity, W stands for watts
- In particle physics, W stands for the W boson.
Notes
- Pronounced /ˈdʌbəl.juː, ˈdʌb(ə)juː, -jə/
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