U

Etymology
From the letter, from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph. .

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

 * 1)  Symbol for uranium.
 * 2)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for uracil
 * 3)  voltage
 * 4)  uniform distribution
 * 5)  unitary group
 * 6)  A wildcard for a rounded vowel or a back vowel
 * synonyms: O
 * 1) rack unit, the unit of length defined as 1.75 inches

Pronunciation

 * Letter name
 * Phoneme
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 * Phoneme
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Letter

 * 1) Something shaped like the letter U:
 * 2) A U-turn ('turned a U in the road')
 * 3)  A double upright cordon espalier (also double U, triple U).
 * 1)  A double upright cordon espalier (also double U, triple U).

Etymology 2
An of a word or term beginning with the letter U. Adjective sense 1 (“characteristic of the upper classes”) was coined by British linguist (1907–1980) in a 1954 article, and popularized by the English journalist and writer  (1904–1973).

Noun

 * 1) A U-turn.
 * 2)  A film with the film classification.
 * 1)  A film with the film classification.
 * 1)  A film with the film classification.
 * 1)  A film with the film classification.

Adjective

 * 1) * [1956], Alan S. C. Ross, “U and non-U”, in David Milsted, Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English, page 120:
 * To TAKE a bath is non-U against U to HAVE one’s bath.
 * 1) * 1956, Nancy Mitford, Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy:
 * In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as either U (upper class) or non-U.
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as either U (upper class) or non-U.
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * 1)  Usually in parentheses:
 * 2)  In a film certificate:
 * 1)  In a film certificate:

Proper noun

 * 1) A language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family which is spoken in China.

Synonyms

 * P'uman

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 濮滿

Etymology 4
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Etymology 5
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Letter

 * 1) The nineteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

Noun

 * 1) U

Etymology

 * is from in open syllables; in Ripuarian from ū before velars.
 * is from before non-velars in Ripuarian; from ō in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; from uo in southern Moselle Franconian.
 * For the origin of, see . For the origin of , see.

Usage notes

 * In the German-based spelling, is represented by, while  are represented by  (see these).
 * In the Dutch-based spelling, both short and long  are written oe. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant:.


 * In the German-based spelling, long u may be doubled to u in the following cases:
 * when it is followed by two or more consonants: ;
 * when the German cognate has two vowel letters: ;
 * when the German cognate has a short vowel:.
 * In the Dutch-based spelling, both short and long  are always written uu in closed syllables, u in open syllables.

Etymology 1
From. The sense of, is short for and the sense of  is short for  as written on the results notice.

Noun

 * 1)  university
 * 2)  a failed subject in,  or
 * 1)  a failed subject in,  or
 * 1)  a failed subject in,  or

Etymology 2
From clipping of.

Noun

 * 1)  CPU; central processing unit

Usage notes

 * The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Pronoun

 * 1)  Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective: you (polite).

Usage notes

 * See usage notes at u.

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Usage notes
Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use to refer to the suffix  (in e.g. ) or  (in e.g. ).

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-first letter of the German alphabet.

Etymology
, short for

Noun

 * 1)  a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 s, $11/1000$, $1/8$  and $1/128$

Etymology
Originally took the form of the modern-day V, which is derived from U.

Pronunciation

 * Classical: IPA: short /u/, long /u:/

Letter

 * 1) A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Letter




Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by . Its traditional name is .

Usage notes

 * 1) The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by O.

Letter

 * 1) the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet

Etymology
. Each pronunciation has a different source:
 * Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by.
 * Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by the Baybayin character.
 * Abecedario pronunciation is from.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by .

Mutation

 * U cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take, for example with the word :