See u in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "U",
"tags": [
"uppercase"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"lower": "u",
"upper": "U"
},
"expansion": "u (upper case U)",
"name": "mul-letter"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet."
],
"id": "en-u-mul-character-ueZJa8dB",
"links": [
[
"basic modern Latin alphabet",
"Appendix:Latin script"
]
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "A"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "a"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "B"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "b"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "C"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "c"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "D"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "d"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "E"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "e"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "F"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "f"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "G"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "g"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "H"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "h"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "I"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "i"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "J"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "j"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "K"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "k"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "L"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "l"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "M"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "m"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "N"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "n"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "O"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "o"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "P"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "Q"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "q"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "R"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "S"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "ſ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "s"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "T"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "U"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "u"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "V"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "v"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "W"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "w"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "X"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "x"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "Y"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "y"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "Z"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "z"
},
{
"roman": "upsilon",
"word": "Greek υ"
},
{
"roman": "vav",
"word": "Hebrew ו"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ú"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ú"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ù"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ù"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ŭ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ŭ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Û"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "û"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǔ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǔ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ů"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ů"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ü"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ü"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǘ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǘ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǜ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǜ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǚ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǚ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǖ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǖ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ű"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ű"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ũ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ũ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṹ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṹ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ų"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ų"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ū"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ū"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṻ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṻ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ủ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ủ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ȕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ȕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ȗ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ȗ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ư"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ư"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ứ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ứ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ừ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ừ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ữ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ữ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ử"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ử"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ự"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ự"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ụ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ụ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṳ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṳ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṵ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṵ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ʉ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ʉ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᵾ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᶙ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᴜ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ｕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ｕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ꜷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ꜷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ȣ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ȣ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᵫ"
},
{
"sense": "other scripts",
"word": "Cyrillic у"
}
],
"tags": [
"letter"
]
}
],
"word": "u"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "symbols"
},
"expansion": "u",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "NATO phonetic",
"translation": "NATO phonetic",
"word": "Uniform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "Morse code",
"translation": "Morse code",
"word": "··–"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "Braille",
"translation": "Braille",
"word": "⠥"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "ASL Manual",
"translation": "ASL Manual",
"word": "U"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "atomic mass unit"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mul",
"name": "Metrology",
"orig": "mul:Metrology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 29 30 9 16 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 27 26 8 16 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Symbol for atomic mass unit"
],
"id": "en-u-mul-symbol-tNhhr3Gm",
"links": [
[
"metrology",
"metrology"
],
[
"atomic mass unit",
"atomic mass unit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(metrology) Symbol for atomic mass unit"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"symbol"
],
"topics": [
"metrology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "IPA symbols",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mul",
"name": "Phonetics",
"orig": "mul:Phonetics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 29 30 9 16 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 18 31 23 10 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "IPA symbols",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 27 26 8 16 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a close back rounded vowel."
],
"id": "en-u-mul-symbol-CnCPGfZC",
"links": [
[
"phonetics",
"phonetics"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(IPA, phonetics) a close back rounded vowel."
],
"tags": [
"IPA"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonetics",
"phonology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "IPA symbols",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"[u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u]."
],
"id": "en-u-mul-symbol-kSsYSYUn",
"raw_glosses": [
"(IPA, superscript ⟨ᵘ⟩) [u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u]."
],
"tags": [
"IPA"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 29 30 9 16 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 27 26 8 16 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"transliterates Indic उ (or equivalent)."
],
"id": "en-u-mul-symbol-8spfoq~V",
"links": [
[
"उ",
"उ"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards) transliterates Indic उ (or equivalent)."
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "mul",
"name": "Subatomic particles",
"orig": "mul:Subatomic particles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 29 30 9 16 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 27 26 8 16 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"up quark"
],
"id": "en-u-mul-symbol-C0j3~57~",
"links": [
[
"particle physics",
"particle physics"
],
[
"up quark",
"up quark"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(particle physics) up quark"
],
"tags": [
"particle"
],
"topics": [
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Close back rounded vowel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Close_back_rounded_vowel.ogg/Close_back_rounded_vowel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Close_back_rounded_vowel.ogg",
"text": "Pronunciation of IPA [uː]"
}
],
"word": "u"
}
{
"categories": [
"American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"IPA symbols",
"Pages with 104 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with raw sortkeys",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual letters",
"Translingual symbols",
"Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "U",
"tags": [
"uppercase"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"lower": "u",
"upper": "U"
},
"expansion": "u (upper case U)",
"name": "mul-letter"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "character",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "A"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "a"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "B"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "b"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "C"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "c"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "D"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "d"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "E"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "e"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "F"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "f"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "G"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "g"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "H"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "h"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "I"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "i"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "J"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "j"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "K"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "k"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "L"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "l"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "M"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "m"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "N"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "n"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "O"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "o"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "P"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "p"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "Q"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "q"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "R"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "S"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "ſ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "s"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "T"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "t"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "U"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "u"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "V"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "v"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "W"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "w"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "X"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "x"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "Y"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "y"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "Z"
},
{
"tags": [
"Latin",
"character"
],
"word": "z"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ú"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ú"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ù"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ù"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ŭ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ŭ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Û"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "û"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǔ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǔ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ů"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ů"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ü"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ü"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǘ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǘ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǜ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǜ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǚ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǚ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ǖ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ǖ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ű"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ű"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ũ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ũ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṹ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṹ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ų"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ų"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ū"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ū"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṻ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṻ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ủ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ủ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ȕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ȕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ȗ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ȗ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ư"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ư"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ứ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ứ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ừ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ừ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ữ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ữ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ử"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ử"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ự"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ự"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ụ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ụ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṳ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṳ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ṵ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ṵ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ʉ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ʉ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᵾ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᶙ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᴜ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ｕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ｕ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ꜷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ꜷ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "Ȣ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ȣ"
},
{
"sense": "Variations of letter U",
"tags": [
"letter"
],
"word": "ᵫ"
},
{
"sense": "other scripts",
"word": "Cyrillic у"
},
{
"roman": "upsilon",
"word": "Greek υ"
},
{
"roman": "vav",
"word": "Hebrew ו"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet."
],
"links": [
[
"basic modern Latin alphabet",
"Appendix:Latin script"
]
],
"tags": [
"letter"
]
}
],
"word": "u"
}
{
"categories": [
"American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"IPA symbols",
"Pages with 104 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with raw sortkeys",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual symbols"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "symbols"
},
"expansion": "u",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "symbol",
"related": [
{
"english": "NATO phonetic",
"translation": "NATO phonetic",
"word": "Uniform"
},
{
"english": "Morse code",
"translation": "Morse code",
"word": "··–"
},
{
"english": "Braille",
"translation": "Braille",
"word": "⠥"
},
{
"english": "ASL Manual",
"translation": "ASL Manual",
"word": "U"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "atomic mass unit"
}
],
"categories": [
"mul:Metrology"
],
"glosses": [
"Symbol for atomic mass unit"
],
"links": [
[
"metrology",
"metrology"
],
[
"atomic mass unit",
"atomic mass unit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(metrology) Symbol for atomic mass unit"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"symbol"
],
"topics": [
"metrology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"IPA symbols",
"mul:Phonetics"
],
"glosses": [
"a close back rounded vowel."
],
"links": [
[
"phonetics",
"phonetics"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(IPA, phonetics) a close back rounded vowel."
],
"tags": [
"IPA"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonetics",
"phonology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"IPA symbols"
],
"glosses": [
"[u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u]."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(IPA, superscript ⟨ᵘ⟩) [u]-coloring, a [u] on-glide or off-glide (a diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [u]."
],
"tags": [
"IPA"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"transliterates Indic उ (or equivalent)."
],
"links": [
[
"उ",
"उ"
]
],
"qualifier": "international standards",
"raw_glosses": [
"(international standards) transliterates Indic उ (or equivalent)."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Subatomic particles"
],
"glosses": [
"up quark"
],
"links": [
[
"particle physics",
"particle physics"
],
[
"up quark",
"up quark"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(particle physics) up quark"
],
"tags": [
"particle"
],
"topics": [
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Close back rounded vowel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/Close_back_rounded_vowel.ogg/Close_back_rounded_vowel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Close_back_rounded_vowel.ogg",
"text": "Pronunciation of IPA [uː]"
}
],
"word": "u"
}
Download raw JSONL data for u meaning in Translingual (11.0kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: IPA, superscript ⟨ᵘ⟩",
"path": [
"u"
],
"section": "Translingual",
"subsection": "symbol",
"title": "u",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: IPA, superscript ⟨ᵘ⟩",
"path": [
"u"
],
"section": "Translingual",
"subsection": "symbol",
"title": "u",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Translingual dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.