Y
pronunciation
How to pronounce Y in British English:
UK [waɪ]
How to pronounce Y in American English:
US [waɪ]
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- Noun:
- a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
- the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
Word Origin
- Y
- a late-developing letter in English. Called ipsilon in German, upsilon in Greek, the English name is of obscure origin. The sound at the beginning of yard, yes, yield, etc. is from Old English words with initial g- as in got and y- as in yet, which were considered the same sound and often transcribed as Ȝ, known as yogh. The system was altered by French scribes, who brought over the continental use of -g- and from the early 1200s used -y- and sometimes -gh- to replace Ȝ. As short for YMCA, etc., by 1915.
Example
- 1. Good results should go up on the y axis .
- 2. You want project x to support version y of z ?
- 3. Delorme is typical of europe 's gen y these days .
- 4. Does region x control function y ?
- 5. What happens if x is smaller than y ?