"y" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Abbreviations. y # (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/. # (stenoscript) Abbreviation of why. # (stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry. Etymology templates: {{lb|en|stenoscript}} (stenoscript), {{lb|en|stenoscript}} (stenoscript), {{no deprecated lang param usage|Abbreviation of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">why</i></span>.|lang=}} Abbreviation of why., {{abbreviation of|en|why}} Abbreviation of why., {{lb|en|stenoscript}} (stenoscript), {{m|en|-ry}} -ry Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} y (not comparable)
  1. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang, stenoscript) Abbreviation of why. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang Alternative form of: why Related terms: U, V
    Sense id: en-y-en-adv-G8xtGGJ1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character

IPA: /ˈwaɪ/ [letter, name], /i/ [phoneme], /ɪ/ [phoneme], /aɪ/ [phoneme], /ə/ [phoneme], /j/ [phoneme] Audio: en-us-y.ogg [General-American] Forms: Y [uppercase], ys [plural], y's [plural]
Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lower case||upper case|Y|plural|ys|or|y's}} y (lower case, upper case Y, plural ys or y's), {{en-letter}} y (lower case, upper case Y, plural ys or y's)
  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase
    Sense id: en-y-en-character-b3Mc1spY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 3 34 17 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter], A [Latin, letter], a [Latin, letter], B [Latin, letter], b [Latin, letter], C [Latin, letter], c [Latin, letter], D [Latin, letter], d [Latin, letter], E [Latin, letter], e [Latin, letter], F [Latin, letter], f [Latin, letter], G [Latin, letter], g [Latin, letter], H [Latin, letter], h [Latin, letter], I [Latin, letter], i [Latin, letter], J [Latin, letter], j [Latin, letter], K [Latin, letter], k [Latin, letter], L [Latin, letter], l [Latin, letter], M [Latin, letter], m [Latin, letter], N [Latin, letter], n [Latin, letter], O [Latin, letter], o [Latin, letter], P [Latin, letter], p [Latin, letter], Q [Latin, letter], q [Latin, letter], R [Latin, letter], r [Latin, letter], S [Latin, letter], s [Latin, letter], T [Latin, letter], t [Latin, letter], U [Latin, letter], u [Latin, letter], V [Latin, letter], v [Latin, letter], W [Latin, letter], w [Latin, letter], X [Latin, letter], x [Latin, letter], Y [Latin, letter], y [Latin, letter], Z [Latin, letter], z [Latin, letter], Historically, this letter was sometimes used to approximate þ, as in yt (english: that), (english: thou), and ye (english: the; which see for more)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviations. y # (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/. # (stenoscript) Abbreviation of why. # (stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry. Etymology templates: {{lb|en|stenoscript}} (stenoscript), {{lb|en|stenoscript}} (stenoscript), {{no deprecated lang param usage|Abbreviation of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">why</i></span>.|lang=}} Abbreviation of why., {{abbreviation of|en|why}} Abbreviation of why., {{lb|en|stenoscript}} (stenoscript), {{m|en|-ry}} -ry Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} y
  1. Abbreviation of year. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: year
    Sense id: en-y-en-noun-KbY9iqcy
  2. (UK, television) Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-y-en-noun-2wDk4cva Categories (other): British English Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  3. (computing) Abbreviation of yes. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: yes Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-y-en-noun-6uEoJNMX Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Y2K, y-axis, y-direction, y-front, y-intercept, y-wing
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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