See also: z [U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z], ʒ [U+0292 LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH], Ζ [U+0396 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA], [U+2124 DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL Z], [U+4E59 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E59], [U+31B8 BOPOMOFO LETTER GH], and Appendix:Variations of "z"

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LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
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Translingual

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Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌆 (z, ze), from the Ancient Greek letter Ζ (Z, zeta), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (z, zayin), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏭.

Letter

Z (lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

Symbol

Z

  1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zetta-.
  2. (physics) the impedance of an electrical circuit
  3. (physics, computer graphics) the depth dimension in a 3D environment
  4. (physics) atomic number
  5. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for either glutamine or glutamic acid
  6. (time zones) Zulu time
    1600Z
  7. (textiles) A right-handed twist.
    Antonym: S
  8. The symbol in bases higher than thirty-five for the number expressed as 35 in decimal.

Derived terms

See also

Other representations of Z:

English

Pronunciation

Name of letter

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z, plural Zs or Z's)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

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Noun

Z (plural Z's or Zs)

  1. A member of Generation Z.
    Alternative form: Zed
    Synonyms: Generation Z, Generation Zer, Gen Z, Gen-Zer, Zer, zoomer
    • 2017, Martha M. Ellis, Linda Garcia, Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges: New Challenges, New Leaders, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 10:
      Take that a step further for Millennials and Zs by crafting an e-mail subject header that does the same but with even fewer characters; []
    • 2020, Zerlina Maxwell, The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Books, →ISBN:
      The current progressive movement—and certainly the Millennials and Zs—understand that the Hyde Amendment is discriminatory []
    • 2022, Morgen Witzel, editor, Post-Pandemic Leadership: Exploring Solutions to a Crisis, Routledge, →ISBN:
      The current global pandemic is almost certainly a formative moment for younger Millennials and Zs as they navigate through similar challenges.
  2. (slang) Z-drug.
    • 2013, Snap Capone, “Lights Out”, in The Memoir[1], from 0:16:
      I can sell bricks, I don't need to rap
      Buj so peng it makes the fiends collapse
      Cook that coca into crack
      I was selling Zs while you was in your bed

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zɛt/

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Noun

Z (plural Z's, diminutive Z'tjie)

  1. Z

Albanian

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [z]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [zeː], [zɯː]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̻eta/, [s̻e̞.t̪a]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called zeta and written in the Latin script.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called zeta and written in the Latin script.

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Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /ts/ is from West Germanic stem-initial, geminated or post-sonorant *t.
  • For the origin of /z/, see S.

Pronunciation

  • (German-based) /ts/
  • (Dutch-based) /z/

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.
  2. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (Dutch-based), written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • /ts/ may also be represented by ts, tts, ds, dds, mostly when there is an intervening morpheme boundary.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, /ts/ is always represented by ts (or ds). In the German-based spelling, /z/ is represented by s (see there).

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. A letter of the Central Mazahua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Chinese

Etymology 1

Derived from (zhí, “straight”).

Pronunciation


Symbol

Z

  1. (Mainland China) A shorthand used to refer to direct express trains.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1


Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation 2


Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of Pinyin, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other contexts (such as English).

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by Y.

Adverb

Z

  1. abbreviation of zuid; south

Esperanto

Pronunciation

See z.

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called zo and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

Estonian

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Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Estonian alphabet, called tsett and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

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Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German, and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and Z for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called tseta or tset and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with ts.

Derived terms

compounds

See also

French

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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German

Pronunciation

Letter

Z n (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Doubling of z generally yields tz, but zz is retained in loanwords (chiefly from Italian).
  • In German handwriting, <Z> very often receives an additional stroke in the middle: Ƶ. Lack of this stroke may even make the letter look "incomplete" to many language users. However, <Ƶ> is virtually never used in printing.

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈz]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈzeː]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Possessive forms of Z
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Z-m Z-im
2nd person sing. Z-d Z-id
3rd person sing. Z-je Z-i
1st person plural Z-nk Z-ink
2nd person plural Z-tek Z-itek
3rd person plural Z-jük Z-ik

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s] (context pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛːta] (letter name)

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. A former letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script, abolished in 1973 and replaced with <S>, except in a few proper names and loanwords.

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.ta/, */ˈd͡ze.ta/[1]
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): */t͡s/, */d͡z/
    • ⟨z⟩ is spelt single stem-initially and after consonants. The pronunciation is not predictable and may be /t͡s/ or /d͡z/, though after /l, r/ it is mostly /t͡s/. It is also spelt single post-vocalically before /j/, where the pronunciation is mostly /tt͡s/.
    • Between true vowels it is usually doubled as ⟨zz⟩. The pronunciation, again, is not predictable and may be /tt͡s/ or /dd͡z/. Chiefly in learned words it may be spelt single, in which case it is predominantly /dd͡z/. A special case with /tt͡s/ are inflections in -zi derived from nominals in -zio or verbs in -ziare (e.g. inizi).

Letter

Z f or m (upper case, lower case z, invariable)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Italian alphabet, called zeta and written in the Latin script.

Symbol

Z

  1. the letter zeta in the Greek alphabet

See also

References

  1. ^ Z in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Z. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English Z.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /zi/ [zi̞]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /si/ [si̞]
    • Rhymes: -i
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /z/ [z]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /s/ [s]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called zi and written in the Latin script.

See also

References

  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and Z for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Latin

Etymology

The letter descended from the Old Italic letter 𐌆 (z) in the Old Latin period, but had long fell into native disuse by the Classical period, when it came back into use, transcribing the Ancient Greek letter Ζ (Z, zeta), which had formerly been transcribed S in initial position and SS in medial position. In writings of the Late Latin period, Z frequently takes the place of S and in the third and fourth centuries often represented word-initial prevocalic di.

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Classical Latin alphabet, called zēta and written in the Latin script.

See also

References

  • Z, z”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Z”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,700/1.
  • Z, z” on page 2,125/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Latvian

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Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

Z

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Latvian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called zet and written in the Latin script.

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Malay

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Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [zɛt̚], [zɛk̚], [zi]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [z]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [s]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Maltese

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Navajo

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Derived from Latin Z, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζ (Z), from Phoenician 𐤆 (zayin, weapon), with the early alphabetic form transmitted through Etruscan.

The letter occurred in the archaic Latin alphabet, where it originally occupied the position after ⟨F⟩. After the sound represented by the letter disappeared from native Latin, ⟨Z⟩ fell out of ordinary use. It was reintroduced under Augustus for writing Greek loanwords and was placed at the end of the Latin alphabet. Norwegian inherited the letter through the Latin alphabet and the Danish–Norwegian written tradition.

Pronunciation

Letter

Z m (lower case z, definite singular Z-en, indefinite plural Z-er, definite plural Z-ene)

  1. The uppercase form of z, the twenty-sixth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script and placed between Y and Æ.
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter, normally /s/ and more rarely /ts/

Usage notes

  • The letter occurs chiefly in loanwords, foreign names and certain technical terms.
  • In Norwegian words, ⟨Z, z⟩ is normally pronounced /s/. A pronunciation with /ts/ occurs more rarely, especially in older or less fully adapted forms; compare older zar, now normally tsar.
  • In older inscriptions and texts, ⟨Z, z⟩ may also occur where modern Norwegian uses ⟨S, s⟩.

See also

References

Nupe

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish

Etymology

    The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and Z for development of the glyph itself.

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The thirtieth letter of the Polish alphabet, called zet and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Portuguese

    Letter

    Z m (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Romani

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. (International Standard) The thirtieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Romanian

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The thirty-first letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ze, zet, zed or and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Russian

    The Z symbol used by the Russian military.
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    Etymology

    Sense 2 was derived from запад (zapad, west). The Z sign was initially used for vehicles targeted towards southeastern Ukraine, in a manner similar to invasion stripes used by the Allies in World War II. Later popularized by the Russian government on social media as a rallying symbol.

    Pronunciation

    Symbol

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. the Roman letter Z, z
      Synonym: зет (zɛt)
    2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (politics) A symbol representing support for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      Synonyms: (all derogatory) полусва́стика (polusvástika), но́вая сва́стика (nóvaja svástika), зва́стика (zvástika), зи́га (zíga)
      • #ZаМир, #ZаПобеду (hashtags using Z by Russian nationalists in support for war against Ukraine)
        #ZaMir, #ZaPobedu
        "for peace", "for victory"
      • ZOV (a symbol combining V and O, more symbols used on Russian tanks, used by the Russian government and some online users in support for war against Ukraine)
        ZOV (may also be interpreted as зов, or "call forth [to war]")
      • Zалупа, роZZия, zвери, Zло, Zомби, пиZдец (derisive online slang terms mocking Russian nationalists)
        Zalupa, roZZija, zveri, Zlo, Zombi, piZdec
        "dickhead", "RuZZia", "beaZts", "evil", "Zombie", "fucked up"

    Usage notes

    • Russian nationalists replace instances of the Cyrillic letter З (Z) and less commonly С (S) with Z in some words and usernames, and their opponents also use Latin Z's in Russian words to mock them.

    Derived terms

    • Z-бло́гер (Z-blóger, a Z-blogger, a blogger who supports the invasion of Ukraine)
    • Z-быдло (Z-bydlo, Z-rabble, supporters of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
    • Z-ме́рч (Z-mérč, Z-merch, merchandise glorifying the invasion of Ukraine)
    • Z-патрио́т (Z-patriót, a Z-patriot, fanatical Russian nationalist who supports the invasion of Ukraine)
    • Z-те́хника (Z-téxnika, Z-techniques, techniques used during the invasion)
    • zва́стика (zvástika)
    • zомби (zombi, a zombie, a fanatical Russian nationalist who supports the invasion of Ukraine)
    • зе́тник (zétnik, a vatnik who uses the Z symbol, a supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine), зэ́тник (zɛ́tnik)
    • зиговать (zigovatʹ, to use a Nazi salute), zиговать (zigovatʹ, to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    • РоZZия (RoZZija, RuZZia, Russia as the aggressor during the invasion of Ukraine)
    • ру́ZZкий мир (rúZZkij mir)

    Descendants

    • English: zwastika (internet slang, usage of Z by Russian nationalists)
    • English: Ruzzia (internet slang, Russia being militarised during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine)
    • Ukrainian: Z (a symbol used by Ukrainians to mock Russia)

    See also

    Further reading

    Saanich

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Silesian

    Etymology

    The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and Z for development of the glyph itself.

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The thirty-second letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Skolt Sami

    Pronunciation

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The thirty-third letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Slovene

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    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    2. The thirty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
    3. The twenty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

    Spanish

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish Z. Each pronunciation has a different source:

    • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English Z.
    • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish Z.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog)
      • IPA(key): /ˈzi/ [ˈzɪ], (regional) /zej/ [zeɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
        • IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈsi/ [ˈsɪ], (regional, with nativization) /sej/ [seɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
        • Rhymes: -i, -ej
      • IPA(key): /ˈzeta/ [ˈzɛː.t̪ɐ] (letter name, Abecedario)
        • IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈseta/ [ˈsɛː.t̪ɐ] (letter name, Abecedario)
        • Rhymes: -eta
      • IPA(key): /z/ [z] (phoneme)
        • IPA(key): (with nativization) /s/ [s] (phoneme)

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. the twenty-eighth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called zi and written in the Latin script
    2. (historical) the twenty-eighth letter of the Abecedario, called zeta and written in the Latin script

    Usage notes

    • This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
    • Some purists of Tagalog replace Z in words with S.

    See also

    Further reading

    • Z”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

    Turkish

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ze and written in the Latin script.

    See also

    Ukrainian

    Etymology

    Originated from Russian usage of the letter Z as a military symbol, as well as a symbol of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine (see Z).

    Pronunciation

    Symbol

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. the Roman letter Z, z
      Synonym: зет (zet)
    2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (politics) a symbol indicating that the user, or the person tagged with it, supports the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • РоZZія (derisive online slang term mocking Russian nationalists)
        RoZZija
        "RuZZia"

    Usage notes

    Often used by Ukrainian Internet users and politicians to mock or deride Russians following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Derived terms

    See also

    Zulu

    Letter

    Z (upper case, lower case z)

    1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    See also