Y

Etymology
A late borrowing from the letter, first used to write Greek loanwords in Latin, derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph. .

Letter

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

Symbol

 * 1)  Symbol for yttrium
 * 2)  Symbol for prefix yotta-
 * 3)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any pyrimidine
 * 4)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tyrosine
 * 5)  The reservation booking designator for the highest level of economy air fare.
 * 6)  A Fixed-point combinator; especially Haskell Curry's combinator defined as &lambda; f.(&lambda; x.f (x x)) (&lambda;x.f (x x))

Noun

 * 1) A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
 * 2) A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
 * 3)  A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.

Etymology 2
Abbreviations.

Etymology 3
s.

Noun

 * 1)  A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.

Etymology 4
See.

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-second and final letter in the Afar alphabet.

Noun

 * 1) Y

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Usage notes

 * Only used rarely in loanwords, respectively after the German or Dutch cognate.

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-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Etymology
In particular, the use of for  follows the Swedish orthography, which in turn follows Latin.

Pronunciation

 * In Greek words generally, but in unstressed syllables alternatively (e.g. in ).
 * In other borrowings, e.g. from English,, etc.
 * Natively only in proper nouns, mostly in, both pronounced.
 * In Greek words generally, but in unstressed syllables alternatively (e.g. in ).
 * In other borrowings, e.g. from English,, etc.
 * Natively only in proper nouns, mostly in, both pronounced.

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-fifth letter of the German alphabet, called.

Usage notes

 * Also occurs as part of the digraphs, , , , though these are considered letters in their own right.

Letter

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

Usage notes

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

Noun

 * 1) fork area where something forks

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

Usage notes

 * 1) The twenty-second letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by H and followed by A.

Letter

 * 1) the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet

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

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by .

Mutation

 * Y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take, for example with the word :