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ȳ

ȳ symbol: an orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".

Symbol

ȳ

  1. An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".
    Synonyms:
    a᷍i, e᷍i, ī

Synonyms of ȳ

Questions about ȳ

What does ȳ mean?
Ȳ means an orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".
What part of speech is ȳ?
Ȳ is a symbol.

Words near ȳ in the dictionary

  1. Țițești
  2. Țânțăreni
  3. ȝogh
  4. ȧ
  5. ȯ
  6. ȳ
  7. ə
  8. Əlimədədli
  9. ɢ
  10. ɤ
  11. ɴ

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