Y — English Dictionary

Character

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.

   Usage

   • letter
   • uppercase

2. Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).

   Usage

   • letter
   • uppercase

Noun

1. A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.

2. A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.

3. A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.

Noun

1. A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.

   Usage

   • Canada
   • US usage
   • Informal

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views.

   When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!”

Proper noun

1. A commune of Somme department, Hauts-de-France region, France.

Noun

1. a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys

   Synonyms

   yttriumatomic number 39

   Broader terms

   metallic elementmetal

2. the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

   Synonyms

   ywye

   Broader terms

   letterletter of the alphabetalphabetic character