# W

| W | U+0057, &#87; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W |
| ← V [U+0056] | Basic Latin | X → [U+0058] |
| Ｗ | U+FF37, &#65335; FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W |
| ← Ｖ [U+FF36] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Ｘ → [U+FF38] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* UU, Uu, VV, Vv (obsolete)

### Etymology

From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.
Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on German Wolfram.

### Letter

W (lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

#### 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 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

### Symbol

W
* (chemistry) Chemical symbol for tungsten.
* (metrology) Symbol for watt.
* (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan.
* (physics) work
* (historical) Wedgwood scale of temperature
* (Voice Quality Symbols) whisper

#### Derived terms

* (metrology): lm/W, W/m²

### Gallery

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

### See also

Other representations of W:
| NATO phonetic: Whiskey Morse code: ·–– Braille: ⠺ ASL Manual: W | Signal flag: | Semaphore: |

## English
### Pronunciation
#### Name of letter

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, sometimes reduced to /ˈdʌbjə/.
* (US, abbreviation, rare, nonstandard) IPA: /ˈdʌb/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌbəlju, -ʌbjə, -ʌb

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's)
* The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (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

### Etymology 2

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

#### Noun

W (plural Ws)
* Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).
    Coordinate term: M (“men”)
** 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
* (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
    Coordinate terms: E (“east”), N (“north”), S (“south”)
* Abbreviation of Wednesday.
    Synonyms: Wed, Wed.
    Coordinate terms: Su, M, Tu, Th, F, Sa
* (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
    Coordinate terms: L (“losses”), T (“ties”)
* (countable, Internet slang) Abbreviation of win.
    Coordinate term: L (“loss”)
    You say that like it's not an absolute W.
* (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
* (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.

##### Derived terms

* (sports): OTW
* (compass): NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW
* (internet slang): dub, W community, W/L community
* (others): C of W, W particle, W-2 employee, W-sitting, W chromosome, W-League, Lambert W function, W in the chat

##### Translations
#### Adjective

W (comparative more W, superlative most W)
* (slang) Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun sense 4 and sense 5.)
    Antonym: L (“bad, subpar”)
    You, sir, are a W man.
    You got her number? W rizz!

#### Proper noun

W
* (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).
    Synonyms: Dubya, GWB

#### Noun

W
* (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of week.
* (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of west.

## Afar
### Letter

W
* The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /vɪə/

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

### Noun

W (plural W's, diminutive W'tjie)
* W

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ube bikoi̯t͡s̻/, [u.β̞e̞ β̞i.ko̞i̯t͡s̻]

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve bikoitz and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

#### See also

* (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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbe ˈðob.blə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈve ˈðob.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈve ˈðo.ble]

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ve doble and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

* /ʋ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
* For the origin of /v/, see V.

### Pronunciation

* /ʋ/, (chiefly Moselle Franconian also) /v/, (coda) [f]

### Letter

W
* A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
* A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

#### Usage notes

* /ʋ/ is regularly represented by w in all systems.
* In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, /v/ is normally spelt w as it is a post-vocalic allophone of /ʋ/.
* In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian, /v/ is normally spelt v, but w may be used in iwig, Löw, Möw after the German cognate. A phonemic distinction from /ʋ/ is doubtful and exists at most in very rare cases.
* In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a clear phonemic distinction between w /ʋ/ and v /v/, and these are thus kept apart.
* In the German-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between w and f may be based on internal analogy, but f is often used throughout or after the German cognate.
* In the Dutch-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wàn (wan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wàn
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^4$
*** Yale: wàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
*** Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän⁵¹/

#### Numeral

W
* (Internet slang) Alternative form of 萬 / 万 (wàn)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dábuliu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄌㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dap$^1$ bu$^4$ liu$^4$ / dap$^1$ bou$^4$ ju$^4$ / dap$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tâ bu-liù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dab$^8$ liu$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$daq $^7$beq $^6$li $^7$eq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dábuliu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄌㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dábůlio̊u
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^2$-pu$^5$-liu$^5$
*** Yale: dá-bu-lyou
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dar.bu.liou
*** Palladius: дабулю (dabulju)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä³⁵ b̥u³ li̯oʊ̯¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dap$^1$ bu$^4$ liu$^4$ / dap$^1$ bou$^4$ ju$^4$ / dap$^1$
*** Yale: dāp bùh lìuh / dāp bòuh yùh / dāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dap$^7$ bu$^4$ liu$^4$ / dap$^7$ bou$^4$ ju$^4$ / dap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deb$^1$ bu$^4$ liu$^4$ / deb$^1$ bou$^4$ yu$^4$ / deb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɐp̚⁵ puː²¹ liːu̯²¹/, /tɐp̚⁵ pou̯²¹ juː²¹/, /tɐp̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâ bu-liù
*** Tâi-lô: tâ bu-liù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daa buliux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ta²⁴⁻²² bu⁴⁴⁻²² liu²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dab$^8$ liu$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ta̍p liū
*** Sinological IPA : /tap̚⁴⁻² liu¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$daq $^7$beq $^6$li $^7$eq
*** MiniDict: dah$^入$ beh$^入$ li$^去$ eh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$daq $^4$beq $^3$li $^4$eq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /daʔ¹² bəʔ⁵⁵ li²³ əʔ⁵⁵/

##### Letter

W
* The twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet.

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wū, wā (wu$^1$, wa$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨ, ㄨㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, common)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wū
*** Zhuyin: ㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wu
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^1$
*** Yale: wū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: u
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, official)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wā
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wa
*** Wade–Giles: wa$^1$
*** Yale: wā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
*** Palladius: ва (va)
*** Sinological IPA : /wä⁵⁵/

##### Letter

W
* The twenty-third letter used in Pinyin.

##### Usage notes

* 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
* The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔbəlveː/, [ˈd̥ʌb̥əlˌveːˀ]

### Letter

W (lowercase w)
* the twenty-third letter of the Danish alphabet

#### See also

* (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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʋeː/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

W (capital, lowercase w)
* the twenty-third letter of the Dutch alphabet

### Adverb

W
* Abbreviation of west; west

### See also

* Previous letter: V
* Next letter: X

## Esperanto
### Noun

W
* Abbreviation of uesto (“west”).

## Finnish
### Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and W for information on the development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kaksoisvee and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of V.
* Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g. Wirtanen). Specifically, W was still used when Finnish was typed in fraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, V took its place.

#### Derived terms

* W-bosoni

#### 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

## German
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /veː/
** Audio:(file)
** Homophone: weh
* (phoneme) IPA: /v/, [v], [ʋ]
** /v/ is almost invariably [ʋ] in schw-, zw- (and qu-). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency [v] is more northern, [ʋ] more southern.

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the German alphabet.

### Noun

W
* Abbreviation of West (“west”)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: [ˈv]
* (letter name): IPA: [ˈduplɒveː]

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called dupla vé and written in the Latin script.

#### Declension
### See also

* (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.

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /w/

### Letter

W (lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name):
** like vu doppia, doppia vu or (traditional) like doppio vu
*** Rhymes: -oppja, -u
** (in English contexts) IPA: /ˈda.blju/, /ˈda.bol ˈju/
*** Rhymes: -ablju, -u
** (for brevity in common acronyms) like vu
*** Rhymes: -u
* (phonemic realization) IPA: /v/, /w/ (varies depending on the source language of the loanword)

### Letter

W f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case w)
* the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called doppia vu or vu doppia in Italian

#### Usage notes

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

### Symbol

W
* viva, evviva (“up with”)
    Antonym: M (“down with”)

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
* Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Further reading

* W in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Japanese
### Noun

W(ダブル) • (daburu)
* Alternative spelling of ダブル (“double”)

### See also

* ダブリュー (daburyū)

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog W. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English W.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /dobolˈju/ [do.bʊlˈju]
** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /doborˈju/ [do.bʊrˈju]
** Rhymes: -u
* (phoneme) IPA: /w/ [w]

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### References

* Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

## Kashubian
### Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The thirtieth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /w/

### Letter

W (lower case w)
* The thirtieth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called wej 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, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [dabliu], [dabəliu], [dabəlju], [dablju]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [w]

### Letter

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

#### See also

* (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

## Navajo
### Letter

W (lower case w)
* A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Norwegian
### Letter

W (upper case W, lower case w)
* the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet

#### Usage notes

Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of v.

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /w/

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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

## Polish
### Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvu/

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called wu and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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

## Portuguese
### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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

## Romani
### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* A letter used to represent the voiced labial-velar approximant (/w/) in the International Standard orthography.

### References

* 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

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /v/, /w/, /u/

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called dublu ve or dublu vî and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, 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

## Saanich
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /w/

### Letter

W
* The thirty-third letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

## Silesian
### Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and W for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The thirtieth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Slovene
### Letter

W (capital, lowercase w)
* The thirty-second letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.

## Somali
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /w/, /u̯/, /ʉ̯/
* (letter name): IPA: /wæʉ̯/

### Letter

W upper case (lower case w)
* The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, called waw and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (phoneme) /w/, /ɡw/, /β/
* IPA: (letter name) /ˌube ˈdoble/ [ˌu.β̞e ˈð̞o.β̞le]
* IPA: (letter name) /ˈdoble ˌbe/ [ˈd̪o.β̞le ˌβ̞e]
** Audio (Spain):(file)

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet
    Synonyms: (Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico) doble u, (Latin America) doble ve, (Spain) uve doble, (Peru) ve doble

### Usage notes

Although W is part of the Spanish Alphabet, it is only used in loanwords.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* V (variant of)
* dubbel-V (spelled out)

### Etymology

Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U. First attested in 1717.

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet

#### Usage notes

* Within most acronyms, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that of V.
* The letter is often described as an optional inclusion to the Swedish alphabet.
* Since 2006 the letter has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter V and sorted thereunder.

### References

* ↑ W in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* ↑ W in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ↑ 21 April 2006, Svenska språket har fått en ny bokstav (The Swedish language has received a new letter) in SVT Nyheter.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English W. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English W.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜏ (wa).
Formerly, the letter U was used to represent /w/ in the Spanish-based orthography.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈdobolju/ [ˌd̪oː.bolˈju] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -obolju
** IPA: /ˈwa/ [ˈwa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈʔu/ [ˈʔu] (phoneme)

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called dobolyu and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w, Baybayin spelling ᜏ)
* The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called wa and written in the Latin script.

### Further reading

* “W”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uː/

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* 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.

### Mutation

* W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word wy (“egg”):
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
* However, when it represents the semivowel /w/, W cannot be mutated.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â 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, Î î, 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)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “W”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /w/
* (letter name): IPA: /wí/

### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-fourth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called wí and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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
* (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

## Zulu
### Letter

W (upper case, lower case w)
* The twenty-third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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