Meaning

2 senses

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

    Ypsilon, Y grec

    уа́йuáj, уа́йuáj, и́грекígrek

    the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

  2. A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.

    A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.

    By going around the wye, a train can change direction.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
name of the letter Y, y:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
name of the letter Y, y:

Origin

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

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Forms

plural: wyes

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet:Yy

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwye switch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wryC1wuduxxenobiologyxenoglossia

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