z

Letter

 * 1) The twenty-sixth and last letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

 * $$f \left ( x, y, z \right ) = \sin x + \cos y + \tan z$$
 * $$x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1$$
 * $$\left \Vert z \right \Vert = z \cdot \bar z$$
 * $$P[Z > z] = 1 - P[Z < z] = 1 - \Phi(z)$$
 * 1)  a voiced alveolar sibilant.
 * 2)  -fricated release of a plosive (e.g., sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic.
 * $$\left \Vert z \right \Vert = z \cdot \bar z$$
 * $$P[Z > z] = 1 - P[Z < z] = 1 - \Phi(z)$$
 * 1)  a voiced alveolar sibilant.
 * 2)  -fricated release of a plosive (e.g., sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic.
 * 1)  a voiced alveolar sibilant.
 * 2)  -fricated release of a plosive (e.g., sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic.
 * 1)  -fricated release of a plosive (e.g., sometimes implying an affricate ); -coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic.

Derived terms

 * Prefix zepto-





Pronunciation
Letter name

Phoneme

Etymology 2
Abbreviations.


 * 1)  the sound /z/, regardless of spelling.
 * Note: plural /s/, /z/ or /əz/ in nouns is instead indicated by an optional dot under last letter; 3sg /s/, /z/ or /əz/ in verbs is not written at all, except for 'has',  'says',  'does'
 * 1)  the sound /ʃ/, /ʒ/, or the sequence /ziː/.

Article

 * : the

Article

 * 1)  the; :

Etymology
, from, from.

Preposition

 * 1) from
 * 2) out of
 * 1) out of

Usage notes

 * The more usual form is z, while ze is used before words starting with s, z and certain consonant clusters.
 * In certain contexts (in the meaning "out of the surface" or "down from the surface") the preposition, which normally requires instrumental case, can be used synonymously requiring the genitive case. This use of the preposition is dated though and is mainly seen in older literature.

Noun

 * 1) door bolt of wood or copper

Etymology 2
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) man (male person)
 * 2) someone, anyone
 * 3) * c. 1944, (year 17 of the reign of ), Stela of Mentuwoser (MMA 12.184), lines 11–12:
 * "egy"

Usage notes
This word can be placed after a type of person and before a number to indicate that many prisoners of that type were taken.

Noun

 * 1) being, creature (used of a snake)

Noun

 * 1) A type of fish

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords.

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with.

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords from Arabic, English, etc.

Etymology 2
.

Preposition

 * 1) from, out of

Etymology 3
.

Preposition

 * 1) ; with, alongside

Etymology
The minuscule form derives from the majuscule.

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




Etymology 2
From, from.

Preposition

 * 1) from, out of

Etymology 3
From, from.

Preposition

 * 1) with

Pronunciation

 * Simple is almost always . Geminated  is also predominantly voiceless, but intervocalically it may represent, notably in the verbal suffix.
 * Simple is almost always . Geminated  is also predominantly voiceless, but intervocalically it may represent, notably in the verbal suffix.

Etymology 1
, from.

Preposition

 * 1) ; out of; off of
 * 2) ; because of, from
 * 1) ; out of; off of
 * 2) ; because of, from
 * 1) ; because of, from

Etymology 2
, from.

Preposition

 * 1) ; with, alongside
 * 2) ; with, by means of
 * 1) ; with, by means of

Usage notes

 * Not used in Norwegian, only appears in loanwords from e.g. Slavic.
 * Used interchangeably with s in Internet slang and informal writing.

Etymology
, from.

Preposition

 * 1) from, out of

Etymology 1
..

Preposition

 * 1) ; off of
 * 2) ; out of
 * 3) ; since
 * 4) ; from
 * 5) ; from, out of, of
 * 6) ; because of, from
 * 7) ; by means of, from

Preposition

 * 1) ; off of

Preposition

 * 1) ; off of

Particle

 * 1) approximately, about

Etymology 2
..

Preposition

 * 1) ; with, alongside
 * 2) ; with, by means of
 * 3) ; because of, from

Pronunciation

 * , or if devoiced

Etymology 2
, from.

Preposition

 * 1) ; off of
 * 2) ; since
 * 3) ; from
 * 4) ; because of, from
 * 5) ; out of
 * 6) ; from, out of, of
 * 1) ; from, out of, of
 * 1) ; from, out of, of
 * 1) ; from, out of, of

Particle

 * 1)  approximately, about, around, ish, or so

Etymology 3
, from.

Preposition

 * 1) ; with, alongside
 * 2) ; with, by means of
 * 1) ; with, by means of

Usage notes

 * The preposition or particle generally changes to when the pronunciation of the two consecutive words becomes problematic. Some dictionaries claim that this rule applies to words starting with one of the following consonants: s, z, ś, ź, ż, rz, sz that are followed by another consonant. Examples include:


 * The form is used also before, , and forms of.


 * Both z and can be used before.

Noun

 * 1) water

Preposition

 * 1)    with
 * 2)    from, out of
 * 1)    from, out of
 * 1)    from, out of
 * 1)    from, out of

Letter

 * 1) The 29th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by  and followed by.

Etymology 2
.

Preposition

 * 1) ; from
 * 2) ; from, out of, made of
 * 1) ; from, out of, made of

Etymology 3
.

Preposition

 * 1) ; with
 * 2) ; with
 * 3) ; with, alongside
 * 4) ; with
 * 1) ; with, alongside
 * 2) ; with
 * 1) ; with

Preposition

 * 1) from

Usage notes

 * The zo form is used when the following word starts with the letter z, ž, s, š and certain consonant clusters.

Etymology 1
See Translingual section.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Preposition

 * 1)  with, by means of, using
 * 2)  (together) with, in the company of
 * 3)  from

Pronunciation

 * Letter name


 * Phoneme

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

Usage notes

 * This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
 * Some purists of Tagalog replace z in words with.