W
letter of the Latin alphabet
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.
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
Unicode value | U+0057, U+0077 |
Alphabetical position | 23 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~600 to present |
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The Latin alphabet | |||||
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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. Some words sound as if they start with an R, but they start with a silent W, like wrong, and wreck, which is why you never hear the W at the beginning of these words, as you can see. Note that only the R sound can be heard, because it comes after the silent W starting the words.
- In slang, W stands for Win.
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