Double-u
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double-u¹
- /ˈdʌb.(ə)l.juː/
- /ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/
- /ˈdʌb.ə.juː/ colloquial
- /ˈdʌb.juː/ colloquial
- /ˈdʌb.jə/ colloquial
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English doble W, in reference to the letter's origins as a ligature of two Us or Vs (V originally being a typographical variant of U).
The failure of the sequence /bljuː/ to simplify in this word's bisyllabic pronunciation (as in blue) is doubtlessly due to the letter U's name. For colloquial pronunciations without /l/, compare Straya.
noun double-ues · double-u's · double U · double-U · double you · double-you
- The name of the Latin script letter W/w.
- Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph ⟨UU⟩.the Latin-script digraph
- The WC; the toilet. She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u.
Double-u²
noun Double-ues
- Alternative letter-case form of double-u.double-u
