W

Etymology
From a modification of the letter, from the  letter , from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph.

Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on.

Letter

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

Symbol

 * 1)  work
 * 2)  whisper
 * 1)  work
 * 2)  whisper
 * 1)  whisper

Pronunciation

 * Name of letter
 * , sometimes reduced to.
 * , sometimes reduced to.

Etymology 2
Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

Noun

 * 1)  sign on toilet door.
 * 2)    (statistic).
 * 3)   A win.
 * 1)    (statistic).
 * 2)   A win.
 * 1)    (statistic).
 * 2)   A win.
 * 1)    (statistic).
 * 2)   A win.
 * 1)   A win.
 * 1)   A win.
 * 1)   A win.
 * 1)   A win.

Derived terms

 * OTW
 * NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW
 * dub
 * C of W, W particle, W-2 employee, W-sitting, ,

Translations

 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Swedish:


 * Swedish:


 * Hungarian:
 * Swedish:

Proper noun

 * 1)   (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).

Etymology 3
From noun ("win"), which is in turn from noun  ("wins" as a statistic in sport).

Adjective

 * 1)  Excellent, top-notch.

Letter

 * 1) The twentieth letter in the Afar alphabet.

Noun

 * 1) W

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Etymology

 * is from West Germanic stem-initial *w.
 * For the origin of, see.

Usage notes

 * is regularly represented by w in all systems.
 * In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, is normally spelt w as it is a post-vocalic allophone of.
 * In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian, is normally spelt v, but w may be used in  after the German cognate. A phonemic distinction from  is doubtful and exists at most in very rare cases.
 * In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a clear phonemic distinction between w and v, and these are thus kept apart.


 * In the German-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between w and f may be based on internal analogy, but f is often used throughout or after the German cognate.
 * In the Dutch-based spelling, w is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

Usage notes

 * 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
 * The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Letter

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

Adverb

 * 1) ; west

Usage notes

 * In the Finnish alphabet, W is a variant of.
 * Used only in loanwords, old/archaic language and proper names with old spelling (e.g. ). Specifically, W was still used when Finnish was typed in fraktur (blackletter), but as the Roman type replaced it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, took its place.

Pronunciation

 * is almost invariably in  (and ). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency  is more northern,  more southern.
 * is almost invariably in  (and ). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency  is more northern,  more southern.
 * is almost invariably in  (and ). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency  is more northern,  more southern.
 * is almost invariably in  (and ). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency  is more northern,  more southern.
 * is almost invariably in  (and ). Otherwise both are in free variation; as a broad tendency  is more northern,  more southern.

Letter

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

Pronunciation

 * like, or  like
 * like
 * like
 * like
 * like
 * like

Letter

 * 1) the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, called ' or ' in Italian

Usage notes

 * The letter W is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

Symbol

 * 1) viva,

Letter

 * 1) the 23th letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes
Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of v.

Pronunciation

 * , or if devoiced

Usage notes
Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Usage notes

 * 1) The twentieth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by N and followed by H.

Letter

 * 1) the 24th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Etymology
and, ,. .

Letter

 * 1) the 23rd (or optional) letter of the Swedish alphabet

Usage notes

 * In some situations, such as in URLs, the pronunciation of the separate letter is identical to that of.
 * The letter is often described as an optional inclusion to the Swedish alphabet.
 * Since 2006 the letter has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter and sorted thereunder.

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

Formerly, the letter was used to represent  in the Spanish-based orthography.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by .

Mutation

 * W cannot be mutated but when representing a vowel, does take, for example with the word :


 * However, when it represents the semivowel /w/, W cannot be mutated.