"double-u" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌbəljuː/, /ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/ Forms: double-ues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|double-ues}} double-u (plural double-ues)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W. Categories (topical): Latin letter names Translations (name of the letter W, w): دَابِلْيُو (dabelyū) [masculine] (Arabic), دَابْلِيُو (dabliyū) [masculine] (Arabic), دوبلڤه (Arabic), دُوبِلِڥِه (dubleveh) [masculine] (Arabic), uve doble [feminine] (Asturian), ডব্লিউ (ḍobliu) (Bengali), ဒဗ္ဗလျူ (dabba.lyu) (Burmese), ve doble [feminine] (Catalan), dvojité vé [neuter] (Czech), dobbelt-v [neuter] (Danish), wee (Dutch), duobla vo (Esperanto), vavo (Esperanto), vuo (Esperanto), vu (Esperanto), ĝermana vo (Esperanto), kaksoisvee (Finnish), double vé [masculine] (French), We [neuter] (German), ντάμπλ'γιου (ntámpl'giou) [neuter] (Greek), (Hawaiian), डब्ल्यू (ḍablyū) (Hindi), dupla vé (Hungarian), tvöfalt vaff (Icelandic), we (Ido), we (Indonesian), wae (Irish), doppia vu [feminine] (Italian), vu doppia [feminine] (Italian), ダブリュー (daburyū) (Japanese), 더블유 (deobeuryu) (Korean), dabliu (Malay), dabel yu (Malay), डबल-यू (ḍabal-yū) (Marathi), ve dobla [feminine] (Occitan), wu [neuter] (Polish), duplo vê (Portuguese), dáblio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), dâblio [Portugal] (Portuguese), да́бл-ю (dábl-ju) [English, neuter] (Russian), дубль-вэ́ (dublʹ-vɛ́) [neuter] (Russian), doble ve (Spanish), uve doble [feminine] (Spanish), dubbel-v [neuter] (Swedish), dobolyu (Tagalog), wa (Abakada) (Tagalog), ดับเบิลยู (dàp-bə̂n-yuu) (Thai), ดับบลิว (dàp-bliu) (Thai), w [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-double-u-en-noun-GJbhISA6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 12 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 34 1 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 6 2 Disambiguation of 'name of the letter W, w': 76 24 0
  2. Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph *UU*. Tags: alt-of, alternative, name Alternative form of: the Latin-script digraph *UU*
    Sense id: en-double-u-en-noun-pmKExjP1
  3. (euphemistic) The WC; the toilet. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-double-u-en-noun-ntB5yv4U Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: double U, double-U, double you, double-you, doubleyou Derived forms: dubya
Related terms: letter [Latin, letter-name], a [Latin, letter-name], bee [Latin, letter-name], cee [Latin, letter-name], dee [Latin, letter-name], e [Latin, letter-name], ef [Latin, letter-name], gee [Latin, letter-name], aitch [Latin, letter-name], i [Latin, letter-name], jay [Latin, letter-name], kay [Latin, letter-name], el [Latin, letter-name], em [Latin, letter-name], en [Latin, letter-name], o [Latin, letter-name], pee [Latin, letter-name], cue [Latin, letter-name], ar [Latin, letter-name], ess [Latin, letter-name], tee [Latin, letter-name], u [Latin, letter-name], vee [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], wye [Latin, letter-name], zee [Latin, letter-name], zed [Latin, letter-name]

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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dabelyū",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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          "tags": [
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        },
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          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ḍobliu",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "ডব্লিউ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "dabba.lyu",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "ဒဗ္ဗလျူ"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
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          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "duobla vo"
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          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "vavo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "vuo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "vu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "ĝermana vo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "kaksoisvee"
        },
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          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "double vé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "We"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ntámpl'giou",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ντάμπλ'γιου"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "wē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ḍablyū",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "डब्ल्यू"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "dupla vé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "tvöfalt vaff"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "we"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "we"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "wae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doppia vu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vu doppia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daburyū",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "ダブリュー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "deobeuryu",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "더블유"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "dabliu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "dabel yu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ḍabal-yū",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "डबल-यू"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ve dobla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "duplo vê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dáblio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal"
          ],
          "word": "dâblio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dábl-ju",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "English",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "да́бл-ю"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dublʹ-vɛ́",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дубль-вэ́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "doble ve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uve doble"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dubbel-v"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "dobolyu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "wa (Abakada)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dàp-bə̂n-yuu",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "ดับเบิลยู"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dàp-bliu",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "word": "ดับบลิว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 24 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "w"
        }
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          "word": "the Latin-script digraph *UU*"
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      ],
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        "Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph *UU*."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
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    },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The WC; the toilet."
      ],
      "id": "en-double-u-en-noun-ntB5yv4U",
      "links": [
        [
          "WC",
          "WC"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) The WC; the toilet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌbəljuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "double U"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "double-U"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "double you"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "double-you"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "doubleyou"
    }
  ],
  "word": "double-u"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dubya"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "dabel yu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: dabel yu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: dabel yu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "dáblio",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: dáblio, dâblio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: dáblio, dâblio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "dobolyu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: dobolyu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: dobolyu"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "double-ues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "double-ues"
      },
      "expansion": "double-u (plural double-ues)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "letter"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "bee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "cee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "dee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ef"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "gee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "aitch"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "jay"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "kay"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "em"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "en"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "pee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "cue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ess"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "tee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "vee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ex"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "wye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "zee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "zed"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Latin letter names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The name of the Latin-script letter W."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "W",
          "W#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "the Latin-script digraph *UU*"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph *UU*."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English euphemisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The WC; the toilet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "WC",
          "WC"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) The WC; the toilet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌbəljuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "double U"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-U"
    },
    {
      "word": "double you"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-you"
    },
    {
      "word": "doubleyou"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dabelyū",
      "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دَابِلْيُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dabliyū",
      "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دَابْلِيُو"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ḍablyū",
      "sense": "name of the letter W, w",
      "word": "डब्ल्यू"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "double-u"
}

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