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English - Turkish

Definition of -y in English Turkish dictionary

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Y

(Askeri) arama ve kurtarma birliği (SRU) hatası (search and rescue unit (SRU) error)

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of -y in Turkish Turkish dictionary

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itriyum elementinin simgesi

English - English

Definition of -y in English English dictionary

Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning "having the quality of"

blue → bluey.

Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin

Italy, Germany, Saxony, Hungary, Sicily, Lombardy, Tuscany, Albany, Brittany, Burgundy, Picardy, Normandy, Turkey.

Forming diminutive nouns

Dicky.

Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality

-logue → -logy (as in analogue → analogy).

Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to"

stick → sticky.

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Y

YMCA or YWCA

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yes

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why (in text messaging and internet conversations)

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Abbreviation for yes

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Abbreviation for youth content, usually followed by a suggested age

Y7.

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year

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

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{i} 25th letter of the alphabet

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Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y

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See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 145, 178-9, 272

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Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel

Y

{i} metallic chemical element (Chemistry)

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year. The symbol for ordinate. y Y's y's the 25th letter of the English alphabet Y chromosome, Y-fronts

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the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

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One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye

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In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use

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A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns

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A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track

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A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting

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

Turkish - English

Definition of -y in Turkish English dictionary

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(Kimya) symbol of yttrium

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on y

Etymology

() From Old English -ig, from Proto-Germanic