Ý

See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"

Ý U+00DD, Ý LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE Composition: Y [U+0059] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ü [U+00DC] Latin-1 Supplement Þ → [U+00DE]

Czech

Letter

Ý (upper case, lower case ý)

1. a letter of the Czech alphabet, representing a long y

Faroese

Letter

Ý (lower case ý)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

Icelandic

Letter

Ý (lower case ý)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

Ý (lower case ý)

1. The forty-fourth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

Ý (lower case ý)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 意. As for the country name, contracted from Mandarin 意大利 (Yìdàlì, Ý Đại Lợi), from a transcription from a European language.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˦˥]
• Homophones: í, ý

Proper noun

Ý

1. a female given name from Chinese
2. (colloquial) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
3. (only in compounds) Italo-; Italy

Adjective

Ý

1. (colloquial) Italian

Synonyms

• Cộng hoà I-ta-li-a (“Italian Republic”)
• I-ta-li-a
• Ý Đại Lợi

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞/
• (phoneme): (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɪ/

Letter

Ý (lower case ý)

1. The letter Y, marked for one of its short pronunciations, (/ɨ̞/ or /ɪ/), when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.