ypsilon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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ypsilon (plural ypsilons)

1. Alternative form of upsilon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) from ὖ (û) + ψιλός (psilós), “bare y”.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪpsɪlon]

ypsilon m inan or n

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

when masculine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

• (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet

From Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) from ὖ (û) + ψιλός (psilós).

• IPA^(key): /ypsilɔn/, [ˈyb̥silʌn]

ypsilon n (singular definite ypsilonet, plural indefinite ypsiloner)

1. upsilon, Υ, υ (letter of the Greek alphabet)

• ypsilon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• upsilon (superseded)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪpsilɔn/, /ˈʏpsilɔn/, /ˈypsilɔn/
• Hyphenation: yp‧si‧lon

ypsilon f (plural ypsilons)

1. upsilon

   Synonym: (less common) i-grec

2. (chiefly Belgium) Y, wye (Latin letter)

   Synonyms: i-grec, Griekse ij

< Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón)

Greek letter

Υυ	Previous:	tau
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• IPA^(key): /ˈypsilon/, [ˈyps̠ilo̞n]
• Rhymes: -ypsilon
• Hyphenation^(key): yp‧si‧lon

ypsilon

1. upsilon (Greek letter)

• “ypsilon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.psi.lon/, (careful style) /ˈy.psi.lon/
• Rhymes: -ipsilon, (careful style) -ilon
• Hyphenation: ỳ‧psi‧lon

ypsilon m or f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of ipsilon

From Koine Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /yːpˈsiː.lon/, [yːpˈs̠iːɫ̪ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈsi.lon/, [ipˈsiːlon]

ȳpsīlon f (indeclinable)

1. A name of the letter Y.

• (name of the letter Y): ī graeca, ȳ

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• ypsilon in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Ultimately, from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

• IPA^(key): /ˈipsiɫɔn/

ypsilon m inan (genitive singular ypsilonu, nominative plural ypsilony, genitive plural ypsilonov, declension pattern of dub)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
2. (Greek letter names) upsilon

• (name of the letter Yy): tvrdé í

• ypsilonový

• “ypsilon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025