See double-u on Wiktionary
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"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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"word": "ဒဗ္ဗလျူ"
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"word": "wae"
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"word": "doppia vu"
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"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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"word": "더블유"
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"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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"word": "ve dobla"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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"word": "wu"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "duplo vê"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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"word": "doble ve"
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{
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"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ดับเบิลยู"
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"word": "ดับบลิว"
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{
"ref": "1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 234:",
"text": "She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"The WC; the toilet."
],
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[
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[
"toilet",
"toilet"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) The WC; the toilet."
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"ipa": "/ˈdʌbəljuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbljuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbəjuː/",
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"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbjuː/",
"note": "in rapid speech",
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"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbjə/",
"note": "in rapid speech",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-double-u.oga",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hawaiian translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
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"2": "dabel yu",
"bor": "1"
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"2": "дабл-ю",
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"bor": "1"
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"3": "doble W",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
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{
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{
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "e"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
],
"word": "ef"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "gee"
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{
"tags": [
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"letter-name"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "i"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
"tags": [
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"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"tags": [
"Latin",
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{
"tags": [
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"letter-name"
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"word": "pee"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "cue"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "ess"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "tee"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "u"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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"word": "ex"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"letter-name"
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[
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"word": "the Latin-script digraph *UU*"
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"Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph *UU*."
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"ref": "1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 234:",
"text": "She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u.",
"type": "quote"
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"The WC; the toilet."
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[
"WC",
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[
"toilet",
"toilet"
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"(euphemistic) The WC; the toilet."
],
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"euphemistic"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbəljuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbljuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbəjuː/",
"note": "in rapid speech",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbjuː/",
"note": "in rapid speech",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdʌbjə/",
"note": "in rapid speech",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
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"audio": "En-us-double-u.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-us-double-u.oga/En-us-double-u.oga.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-us-double-u.oga"
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{
"word": "double U"
},
{
"word": "double-U"
},
{
"word": "double you"
},
{
"word": "double-you"
},
{
"word": "doubleyou"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dabelyū",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دَابِلْيُو"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "dabliyū",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "دَابْلِيُو"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "دوبلڤه"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dubleveh",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دُوبِلِڥِه"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uve doble"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ḍobliu",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ডব্লিউ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "dabba.lyu",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ဒဗ္ဗလျူ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ve doble"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dvojité vé"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dobbelt-v"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "wee"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "duobla vo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "vavo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "vuo"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "vu"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ĝermana vo"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "kaksoisvee"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "double vé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "We"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ntámpl'giou",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ντάμπλ'γιου"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "wē"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍablyū",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "डब्ल्यू"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "dupla vé"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "tvöfalt vaff"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "we"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "we"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "wae"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doppia vu"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vu doppia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daburyū",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ダブリュー"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deobeuryu",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "더블유"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "dabliu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "dabel yu"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "ḍabal-yū",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "डबल-यू"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ve dobla"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "duplo vê"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dáblio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "dâblio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dábl-ju",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"English",
"neuter"
],
"word": "да́бл-ю"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dublʹ-vɛ́",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "дубль-вэ́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "doble ve"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uve doble"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dupla ve"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ve dupla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ve doble"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "doble uve"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dubbel-v"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "dobolyu"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "wa (Abakada)"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dàp-bə̂n-yuu",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ดับเบิลยู"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dàp-bliu",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"word": "ดับบลิว"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "name of the letter W, w",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "w"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"double-u"
],
"word": "double-u"
}
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