# ž

| ž | U+017E, &#382; LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON |
| Composition: | z [U+007A] + ◌̌ [U+030C] |
| ← Ž [U+017D] | Latin Extended-A | ſ → [U+017F] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* (international standards) Transliterates Devanagari झ़ and Perso-Arabic letter ژ in Indic languages.

### Symbol

ž
* (NAPA) a voiced postalveolar fricative (IPA [ʒ]).

#### See also

* (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 Z): Źź Ẑẑ Žž Żż Ẓẓ Ẕẕ Ƶƶ Ȥȥ Ⱬⱬ ᵶ ᶎ ʐ ʑ ɀ ᴢ Ｚｚ DZDzdz Ǳǲǳ DŽDždž Ǆǅǆ
* (Letters with háček): Ǎǎ Čč Ďď Ěě Ǧǧ Ȟȟ Ǐǐ J̌ǰ Ǩǩ Ľľ Ňň Ǒǒ Řř Šš Ťť Ǔǔ Ǚǚ Žž Ǯǯ DŽDždž Ǆǅǆ

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
* the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒeː/

### Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
* The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called žee and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Used only in loanwords.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia.

### Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
* A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-z or suhu-z and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* In the Finnish alphabet, ž is a variant of z.
* Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
* Often spelled as z or zh, mainly due to technical restrictions (e.g. ž cannot be directly typed with the standard Finnish keyboard layout).

#### See also

* (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

## Inari Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Inari Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ä ä, Á á

## Lakota
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, Ȟʼ ȟʼ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Š š, Šʼ šʼ, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ

## Latvian
### Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒ]
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

### Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
* The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called žē and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
    burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The thirty-ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called žet and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
* (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
* (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ź

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

## Samogitian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The thirty-second letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called žė or žet and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

#### Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)
* The 30th and last letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet.

##### See also

* Previous letter: z

### Etymology 2

Abbreviation of ženski rod.

#### Noun

ž m (Cyrillic spelling ж)
* (grammar) feminine gender

##### Synonyms

* ž.

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

### Further reading

* “ž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Tuareg
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* The twelfth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called že and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (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

## Wakhi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ž (upper case Ž)
* A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.