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==Translingual==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
From the {{der|mul|ett|-}} letter {{m|ett|𐌖||u}}, from the {{der|mul|grc|-}} letter {{m|grc|Υ||ypsilon}}, derived from the {{der|mul|phn|-}} letter {{m|phn|𐤅||waw}}, from the {{der|mul|egy|-}} hieroglyph {{m|egy|𓏲}}. {{doublet|mul|Y|V}}.

===Letter===
{{mul-letter|upper=U|lower=u|script=Latn}}

# The twenty-first letter of the [[Appendix:Latin script|basic modern Latin alphabet]].

====See also====
{{Latn-script}}

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{lb|mul|element symbol}} Symbol for [[uranium]].
# {{lb|mul|genetics}} [[IUPAC]] 1-letter abbreviation for [[uracil]]
# {{lb|mul|physics}} [[voltage]]
# {{lb|mul|mathematics|statistics}} [[uniform distribution]]
# {{lb|mul|algebra}} [[unitary group]]
# {{lb|mul|linguistics}} A [[wildcard]] for a [[rounded]] vowel or a [[back]] vowel
#: synonyms: [[O]]
# [[w:rack unit|rack unit]], the unit of [[length]] defined as 1.75 [[inch]]es

===Gallery===
<gallery caption="Letter styles" perrow=3 mode=packed>
Image:Latin U.png|Uppercase and lowercase versions of '''U''', in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter u.svg|Uppercase and lowercase '''U''' in [[Fraktur]]
</gallery>

===See also===
{{Letter
|page=U
|NATO=Uniform
|Morse=··–
|Character=U
|Braille=⠥
}}

{{C|mul|Actinide series chemical elements|Uranium}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
; Letter name
* {{IPA|en|/juː/}}
* {{rhymes|en|uː|s=1}}
; Phoneme
* See {{m|en|u}}.

===Etymology 1===

====Letter====
{{en-letter}}

# {{Latn-def|en|letter|21|u}}
# Something shaped like the letter U:
## A [[U-turn]] ('turned a U in the road')
## {{lb|en|horticulture}} A double upright [[cordon]] [[espalier]] (also [[double U]], [[triple U]]).

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{list:Latin script letters/en/simple}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|U engine|U of Dub|U of T|U-turn||U-joint}}

===Etymology 2===
An {{glossary|abbreviation}} of a word or term beginning with the letter ''U''. Adjective sense 1 (“characteristic of the upper classes”) was coined by British [[linguist]] {{w|Alan S. C. Ross}} (1907–1980) in a 1954 article,<ref>{{cite-journal|author=Alan S[trode] C[ampbell] Ross|authorlink=Alan S. C. Ross|title=Linguistic Class-indicators in Present-day English|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/ufy/24991_s113_150Ross.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415113336/http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/ufy/24991_s113_150Ross.pdf|archivedate=15 April 2015|journal=Neuphilologische Mitteilungen|trans-journal=Modern Language Communications|location=Helsinki|publisher=Modern Language Society|year=1954|volume=55|issue=1|section=footnote 2|page=21|issn=0028-3754|jstor=43341716|oclc=1091957817|passage=In this article I use the terms ''upper class'' (abbreviated: '''U'''), ''correct'', ''proper'', ''legitimate'', ''appropriate'' (sometimes also ''possible'') and similar expressions (including some containing the word ''should'') to designate usages of the upper class; their antonyms (''non-U'', ''incorrect'', ''not proper'', ''not legitimate'', etc.) to designate usages which are not upper class. These terms are, of course, used factually and not in reprobation [...]. ''Normal'' means common to both '''U''' and non-U.}}</ref> and popularized by the English journalist and writer {{w|Nancy Mitford}} (1904–1973).<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=adj.'' and ''n|id=128142|date=September 2003|nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=adj}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{head|en|nouns}}

# A [[U-turn]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Sinister Pig|author=Tony Hillerman|year=2003|page=115|ISBN=0061098787|passage=Do a '''U''' across the divider and get on back here to the office.}}
# {{abbreviation of|en|university}}
# {{abbreviation of|en|Sunday}}
# {{lb|en|UK}} A [[film]] with the [[film]] [[classification]] {{l|en|U||universal}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-|er}}
{{wp|U_and_non-U_English|U and non-U English}}

# {{lb|en|comparable|chiefly|Britain|dated}} {{abbreviation of|en|upper class|t=[[characteristic#Adjective|characteristic]] of the upper classes, particularly in the [[use#Noun|use]] of [[language]]}}
#: {{ant|en|non-U}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=[[w:Alan S. C. Ross|Alan S[trode] C[ampbell] Ross]]|title=Linguistic Class-indicators in Present-day English|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415113336/http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/ufy/24991_s113_150Ross.pdf|archivedate=15 April 2015|journal=Neuphilologische Mitteilungen|trans-journal=Modern Language Communications|location=Helsinki|publisher=Modern Language Society|year=1954|volume=55|issue=1|page=24|issn=0028-3754|jstor=43341716|oclc=1091957817|passage=I may also note here that the '''U'''-demarcation is of two types:&nbsp;– (1) a certain '''U'''-feature has a different, non-U counterpart as non-U ''wealthy''&nbsp;/ '''U''' ''rich''; (2) a certain feature is confined to '''U'''-speech and it has a counterpart which is not confined to non-U speech e.g. the pronunciations of girl as {{IPAfont|[ɡɛl]}}, (? {{IPAfont|[ɡjɛl]}}), {{IPAfont|[ɡæl]}}, {{IPAfont|[ɡɛəl]}} are '''U''', but many (perhaps most male) '''U'''-speakers, like all non-U-speakers, use the pronunciation {{IPAfont|[ɡəːl]}}.}}
#* '''[1956],''' Alan S. C. Ross, “U and non-U”, in David Milsted, ''Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=zy5Ilrb2Ev8C&pg=PA120 page 120]:
#*: ''To TAKE a bath'' is non-U against '''U''' ''to HAVE one’s bath.''
#* '''1956,''' Nancy Mitford, ''Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy'':
#*: In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as either '''U''' (upper class) or non-U.
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=Thought|location=Delhi|publisher=Siddhartha Publications|date=25 February 1956|volume=8|page=16|column=1|issn=0040-6449|oclc=1695469|passage=''Pudding'' when used to mean all sweet dishes at the end of a meal is non-U; the '''U''' expression is ''sweet''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=U and Non-U Today: 2. Actions|magazine=[[w:New Society|New Society: The Social Science Weekly]]|date=21 August 1968|page=267|column=2|issn=0028-6729|oclc=639635506|passage=A wedding is a great occasion for '''{{smallcaps|u}}'''/non-{{smallcaps|u}} indicators. The '''{{smallcaps|u}}''' mother will be quietly dressed; the non-{{smallcaps|u}} one will be more ostentatious and have a corsage. The '''{{smallcaps|u}}''' father will be wearing his own morning coat and a carnation. The non-{{smallcaps|u}} father will bolster his carnation—on his hired morning coat—with a sprig of fern, and perhaps even carry a pair of grey gloves.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=J[an] T. J. Srzednicki|chapter=Structure of Beliefs and Group Structure|title=Elements of Social and Political Philosophy|series=Melbourne International Philosophy Series|seriesvolume=2|location=The Hague|publisher=[[w:Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|Martinus Nijhoff]]|year=1976|page=135|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMwhBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|doi=10.1007/978-94-010-1353-6|isbn=978-90-247-1744-6|passage=The '''U'''/non-U priority rule will be in accord with servant master-type rules if masters are '''U''' and servants are non-U, for then the rules support each other. But since a master who cannot command is not a master, a non-U sergeant must take priority over a '''U'''-recruit, the same with impoverished aristocratic chauffeurs working for nouveau-riche plebeian millionaires.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=w:Beverley Nichols|title=Toilet-training|magazine=[[w:The Spectator|The Spectator: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature, Theology, and Art]]|location=London|publisher=F. C. Westley|year=1977|volume=238|page=15|column=3|issn=0038-6952|oclc=219844110|passage=Was it all a huge joke&nbsp;… this '''U''' and non-U business? Yes and no. {{w|John Betjeman}} assured me that it was. But some jokes have an element of cruelty and a great many sensitive people, particularly women, must have suffered agonies of embarrassment because they were uncertain as to what was 'done,' and what was not.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:John Algeo|chapter=Sociolinguistic Attitudes and Issues in Contemporary Britain|editors=Tim W[illiam] Machan; Charles T. Scott|title=English in Its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguistics|series=Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Oxford University Press|year=1992|page=165|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bhv3PPQlOa0C&pg=PA165|isbn=978-0-19-506499-5|passage=The concept of '''U''' (for upper-class British usage, as opposed to non-U, or everything else) was introduced by Alan S. C. Ross (1954) and was taken up by Nancy Mitford (1956), becoming for a time something of a parlor game in which the participants tested themselves and everyone else for signs of '''U''' and non-U status.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Stephan Gramley|title=Survey of Modern English|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFspRR1BX5cC&pg=PA38|page=38
|passage=Other, perhaps more contentious generalizations, which nevertheless contain a certain amount of truth, are that ''afternoon tea'' is '''U''', starts at four and typically consists of tea, thin sandwiches and cakes.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Philip Pettit|chapter=For Holism, against Atomism|title=The Common Mind: An Essay on Psychology, Society, and Politics|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Oxford University Press|year=1993|isbn=978-0-19-507818-3|edition2=1st paperback|location2=Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.|publisher2=Oxford University Press|year2=1996|section2=part II (Mind and Society)|pages2=205–206|pageurl2=https://books.google.com/books?id=OnudKj6R-0cC&pg=PA205|isbn2=978-0-19-510645-9|passage=To speak of lavatories is '''U''', of bathrooms non-U; to lay cloth napkins at table is '''U''', to lay paper napkins non-U; and so on through a myriad of equally trivial examples. I assume that there is something distinctively collusive in the way Sloanes use the '''U'''-concept: that as they individually decide whether something is '''U''' or non-U they look over their shoulders to make sure they stay in step—the community is the authority—rather than looking to the thing itself to see what profile it displays.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Stephan Gramley|title=The Vocabulary of World English|series=English Language Series|location=London|publisher=[[w:Edward Arnold (publisher)|Arnold]]; New York, N.Y.: {{w|Oxford University Press}}|year=2001|page=205|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjiEXHA-eXoC&pg=PA205|isbn=978-0-340-74071-2|passage=For this we must turn to speculations such as those offered in connection with '''U''' and non-U English.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:David Crystal|chapter=65: Lunch: U or Non-U (19th Century)|title=The Story of English in 100 Words|location=London|publisher=w:Profile Books|year=2011|page=171|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=4djICT7zgGoC&pg=PA171|isbn=978-1-84668-427-2|passage=Eventually, as we now know, the present-day use of ''lunch'' and ''dinner'' became established among the fashionable classes. As the 20th century dawned, the pages of ''Punch'' magazine are full of references to business ''lunches'' and evening ''dinner'' parties. Meanwhile, the lower orders of society continued to use ''dinner'' for their midday meal, and so the '''U'''/non-U distinction was born. But the story of ''lunch'' and ''dinner'' is not over yet. Expressions such as ''lunch-box'' and ''packed lunch'' have reinforced a change of usage among many non-U children, so that they now happily talk about ''school lunches'' (though still served by dinner ladies).}}
# {{lb|en|not comparable}} {{abbreviation of|en|united}}
# {{lb|en|not comparable}} {{abbreviation of|en|upper}}
# {{senseid|en|unclassified}}{{lb|en|not comparable|education|espionage}} ''Usually in parentheses'': {{abbreviation of|en|unclassified|nocap=1}}
# {{lb|en|not comparable|UK}} In a [[film#Noun|film]] [[certificate]]: {{abbreviation of|en|universal|t=suitable for all ages|nocap=1}}

====Preposition====
{{en-prep}}

# {{lb|en|sports}} {{abbreviation of|en|under}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Pam Mansell|title=The Girls of Southend High School 1913-2013: A Century for Women|passage=In 1992 Susan Lockhart was Captain of the England '''U'''16 Hockey Squad.}}
# {{abbreviation of|en|up}}
# {{lb|en|stenoscript}} {{abbreviation of|en|under|dot=,}} {{ng|prefix'' '''{{m|en|under-}}'''.}}

===Etymology 3===
{{rfe|en}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# A language belonging to the [[Austroasiatic]] language family which is spoken in [[China]].

=====Synonyms=====
* [[P'uman]]

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family}}{{multitrans}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|濮滿|tr=pú mǎn}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====Further reading=====
* {{ethnologue|code=uuu}}

===Etymology 4===
See {{m|en|Ü}}.

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{alt form|en|Ü||Tibetan language}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1924|author=William Montgomery McGovern|title=To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet
|passage=Among the settled communities of Central Tibet, the Tsang dialect as spoken in Shigatse and the '''U''' dialect as spoken in Lhasa hold the field.}}

===Etymology 5===
{{bor+|en|my|ဦး}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{n-g|An [[honorific]] to a [[Burmese]] [[man]]}}
#: {{ux|en|{{w|U Thant|'''U''' Thant}}; {{w|U Nu|'''U''' Nu}}}}

===References===
<references />

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|U and non-U English}}

{{C|en|Academic grades}}

==Afar==

===Letter===
{{head|aa|letters}}

# The nineteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/aa}}

==Afrikaans==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|af|/y/}}

===Letter===
{{af-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|af|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/af/simple}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|U's|U'tjie}}

# [[#English|U]]

==Angami==

===Letter===
{{head|njm|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|njm|letter|7}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/njm}}

==Azerbaijani==

===Letter===
{{az-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|az|letter|28}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/az/simple}}

==Basque==

===Pronunciation===
{{eu-IPA}}

===Letter===
{{eu-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|eu|letter|22|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/eu/simple}}

==Central Franconian==

===Etymology===
* {{IPAchar|/u/}} is from {{m+|gmh||u}} in open syllables; in Ripuarian from ''ū'' before velars.
* {{IPAchar|/uː/}} is from {{m|gmh||ū}} before non-velars in Ripuarian; from ''ō'' in Ripuarian and northern Moselle Franconian; from ''uo'' in southern Moselle Franconian.
* For the origin of {{IPAchar|/ø/}}, see {{m|gmw-cfr|Ö}}. For the origin of {{IPAchar|/y/|/yː/}}, see {{m|gmw-cfr|Ü}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|German spelling}} {{IPA|gmw-cfr|q1=short|/u/|q2=long|/uː/}}
* {{q|Dutch spelling}} {{IPA|gmw-cfr|q1=open short|/ø/|q2=closed short|/y/|q3=long|/yː/}}

===Letter===
{{head|gmw-cfr|letter}}

# {{ng|A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.}}
# {{ng|A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.}}

====Usage notes====
* In the German-based spelling, {{IPAchar|/ø/}} is represented by {{m|gmw-cfr|Ö}}, while {{IPAchar|/y/|/yː/}} are represented by {{m|gmw-cfr|Ü}} (see these).
* In the Dutch-based spelling, both short {{IPAchar|/u/}} and long {{IPAchar|/uː/}} are written ''oe''. The short vowel is optionally indicated in open syllables by doubling the following consonant: {{m|gmw-cfr|[[floeppe]] ''or'' [[floepe]]}}.
{{rel-top|Doubling of U}}
* In the German-based spelling, long ''u'' may be doubled to ''u'' in the following cases:
** when it is followed by two or more consonants: {{m|gmw-cfr|[[Duursch]] ''or'' [[Dursch]]}};
** when the German cognate has two vowel letters: {{m|gmw-cfr|[[Huus]] ''or'' [[Hus]]}} ({{m+|de|Haus}});
** when the German cognate has a short vowel: {{m|gmw-cfr|[[Fuuder]] ''or'' [[Fuder]]}} ({{m+|de|Futter}}).
* In the Dutch-based spelling, both short {{IPAchar|/y/}} and long {{IPAchar|/yː/}} are always written ''uu'' in closed syllables, ''u'' in open syllables.
{{rel-bottom}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|yue|en|U}}. The sense of {{m-g|university}}, is short for {{m|en|university}} and the sense of {{m-g|subject failed in examinations}} is short for {{m|en|unclassified}} as written on the results notice.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|c=ju1
|cat=n
}}

====Noun====
{{head|zh|nouns}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} [[university]] {{zh-mw|c:間}}
#: {{zh-x|K{k}ong{g1} U{ju1}|The {{w|University of Hong Kong|'''University''' of Hong Kong}}|C|tr=kong1 '''ju1'''}}
#: {{zh-x|讀 U{ju1}|to study at a '''university'''|C|tr=duk6 '''ju1'''}}
# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} a [[fail]]ed [[subject]] in {{w|HKCEE}}, {{w|HKALE}} or {{w|HKDSE}} {{zh-mw|c:個}}
#: {{zh-x|拎 U{ju1}|to have a subject '''failed''' in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE|C|tr=ling1 '''ju1'''}}

===Etymology 2===
From clipping of {{der|yue|en|CPU}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|c=ju1
|cat=n
}}

====Noun====
{{head|zh|nouns}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese|computing}} [[CPU]]; [[central processing unit]] {{zh-mw|c:粒}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation 1====
{{zh-pron
|m=yōu
|c=jiu1,ju1
|c_note=jiu1 - More common in Guangzhou; ju1 - More common in Hong Kong
|mn=xm:iu
|mn-t=iu5
|w=sh:1yeu
|cat=letters
}}

=====Letter=====
{{head|zh|letters}}

# {{n-g|The twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|zh|U盤}}

====Pronunciation 2====
{{zh-pron
|m=wū
|cat=letters
}}

=====Letter=====
{{head|zh|letters}}

# {{n-g|The twenty-first letter used in [[w:Pinyin#Letters|Pinyin]].}}

=====Usage notes=====
* The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/y/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-U.ogg}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|nl|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns|cat3=reflexive pronouns|personal & reflexive pronoun, capitalized form of|u}}

# {{lb|nl|archaic}} ''Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective:'' [[you]] (''polite'')

====Usage notes====
: ''See usage notes at'' [[u]].

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nl|a||Brabantian}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nl|jou}}
* {{l|nl|u}}

===Letter===
{{head|nl|letters|capital||lowercase|u}}

# the twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet

====See also====
* Previous letter: [[T#Dutch|T]]
* Next letter: [[V#Dutch|V]]

==Esperanto==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|eo|/u/}}
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|eo|/u/}}
* {{audio|eo|Eo-u.ogg}}
* {{audio|eo|LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-U.wav}}

===Letter===
{{eo-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|eo|letter|25|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/eo/simple}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
{{fi-ety-letter}}

===Letter===
{{fi-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|fi|letter|21|uu}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|U-käännös
|U-laakso
|U-palkki
}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/fi/simple}}

===Symbol===
{{head|fi|symbols}}

# {{lb|fi|linguistics}} {{n-g|Either the vowel [[u#Finnish|u]] {{IPAchar|/u/}} or [[y#Finnish|y]] {{IPAchar|/y/}}, depending on vowel harmony.}}

====Usage notes====
Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use {{m|fi||-nUt}} to refer to the suffix {{m|fi|-nut}} (in e.g. {{m|fi|juonut}}) or {{m|fi|-nyt}} (in e.g. {{m|fi|tehnyt}}).

==French==

===Letter===
{{fr-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|fr|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/fr}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ʔuː/}}
* {{audio|de|De-U.OGG}}

===Letter===
{{head|de|letters|upper case||lower case|u}}

# The twenty-first letter of the German alphabet.

==Hawaiian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|haw|ʻū|q1=letter name}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{q|letter name}} {{haw-IPA|ʻū}}
* {{q|phoneme}} {{haw-IPA}}

===Letter===
{{head|haw|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|haw|letter|5}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/haw}}

==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{hu-IPA}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{hu-IPA|u}}

===Letter===
{{hu-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|hu|letter|34|u}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|U-|o}}{{hu-pos-tok|U-}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/hu/simple}}

==Icelandic==

===Letter===
{{head|is|letter|lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|is|letter|24}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/is}}

==Ido==

===Letter===
{{head|io|letters|lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|io|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/io/simple}}

==Irish==

===Letter===
{{head|ga|letters|upper case||lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|ga|letter|18}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ga|U-bholta}}
* {{l|ga|U-chruthach}}
* {{l|ga|U-lúb}}

====See also====
* {{see-temp|list:Latin script letters/ga}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr
|Ù*<pre:{{q|letter name}}>
|u<pre:{{q|phonemic realization}}><rhyme:->
|w<pre:{{q|phonemic realization when followed by a vowel in the same syllable}}>
}}

===Letter===
{{it-letter}}

# {{Latn-def|it|letter|19|u}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/it/simple}}
* {{pedia|Italian alphabet}}

==Japanese==

===Etymology===
{{bor|ja|en|U}}, short for {{m|en|unit}}

===Pronunciation===
{{ja-pron|ゆう|acc=1}}

===Noun===
{{ja-noun|ユー}}

# {{lb|ja|typography|newspapers}} a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 {{l|en|mil}}s, {{frac|11|1000}} {{l|en|in}}, {{frac|1|8}} {{m|ja|倍|tr=bai}} and {{frac|1|128}} {{m|ja|段|tr=dan}}

{{C|ja|Units of measure}}

==Kashubian==

===Etymology===
{{csb-ety-letter}}

===Letter===
{{head|csb|letter|upper case||lower case|u|}}

# {{Latn-def|csb|letter|28|}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/csb}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
Originally took the form of the modern-day [[V]], which is derived from U.

===Pronunciation===
* Classical: IPA: short /u/, long /u:/

===Letter===
{{head|la|letters}}

# A letter of the Latin alphabet.

===References===
* "[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=U U]" in {{cite-book|author=Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short|title=[[w:A Latin Dictionary|A Latin Dictionary]]|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|year=1879}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}

==Latvian==
{{wikipedia|lang=lv}}

===Etymology===
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by [[w:Kārlis Mīlenbahs|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===
* {{lv-IPA|u}}
{{rfap|lv}}

===Letter===
[[File:Latin alphabet Uu.svg|thumb|200px|U]]
{{lv-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|lv|letter|29|u}}

====See also====
* ''Letters of the Latvian alphabet:''
*: '''{{l|lv|burts|burti}}:''' {{l|lv|A}}{{l|lv|a}}, {{l|lv|Ā}}{{l|lv|ā}}, {{l|lv|B}}{{l|lv|b}}, {{l|lv|C}}{{l|lv|c}}, {{l|lv|Č}}{{l|lv|č}}, {{l|lv|D}}{{l|lv|d}}, {{l|lv|E}}{{l|lv|e}}, {{l|lv|Ē}}{{l|lv|ē}}, {{l|lv|F}}{{l|lv|f}}, {{l|lv|G}}{{l|lv|g}}, {{l|lv|Ģ}}{{l|lv|ģ}}, {{l|lv|H}}{{l|lv|h}}, {{l|lv|I}}{{l|lv|i}}, {{l|lv|Ī}}{{l|lv|ī}}, {{l|lv|J}}{{l|lv|j}}, {{l|lv|K}}{{l|lv|k}}, {{l|lv|Ķ}}{{l|lv|ķ}}, {{l|lv|L}}{{l|lv|l}}, {{l|lv|Ļ}}{{l|lv|ļ}}, {{l|lv|M}}{{l|lv|m}}, {{l|lv|N}}{{l|lv|n}}, {{l|lv|Ņ}}{{l|lv|ņ}}, {{l|lv|O}}{{l|lv|o}}, {{l|lv|P}}{{l|lv|p}}, {{l|lv|R}}{{l|lv|r}}, {{l|lv|S}}{{l|lv|s}}, {{l|lv|Š}}{{l|lv|š}}, {{l|lv|T}}{{l|lv|t}}, {{l|lv|U}}{{l|lv|u}}, {{l|lv|Ū}}{{l|lv|ū}}, {{l|lv|V}}{{l|lv|v}}, {{l|lv|Z}}{{l|lv|z}}, {{l|lv|Ž}}{{l|lv|ž}}

==Malay==
{{wikipedia|lang=ms}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|[ju]|a=Name of letter}}
* {{IPA|ms|[u]|a=Phoneme}}
* {{IPA|ms|[o]|a=Phoneme, Closed ultima}}

===Letter===
{{head|ms|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|ms|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/ms/simple}}

==Maltese==

===Letter===
{{head|mt|letter|upper case||lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|mt|letter|25}}

===See also===
{{list:Latin script letters/mt}}

==Nupe==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|nup|/u/|/ũ/|q2=after /n/ or /m/}}

===Letter===
{{nup-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|nup|letter|25}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/nup}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{pl-ety-letter}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|h=-|r=-}}

===Letter===
{{head|pl|letters|upper case||lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|pl|letter|27|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/pl/simple}}

==Portuguese==

===Letter===
{{pt-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|pt|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/pt/simple}}

==Romani==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|rom|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{head|rom|letters|upper case||lower case|u}}

# {{lb|rom|International Standard}} {{Latn-def|rom|letter|28}}
# {{lb|rom|Pan-Vlax}} {{Latn-def|rom|letter|29}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/rom}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{ro-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|ro|letter|26|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/ro/simple}}

==Saanich==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|str|/əw/|/u/}}

===Letter===
{{head|str|letters}}

# {{Latn-def|str|letter|32}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/str}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Letter===
{{gd-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|gd|letter|18}} ''It is preceded by {{l|gd|t}}. Its traditional name is {{l|gd|ur|t=heather}}.''

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/gd}}

==Silesian==

===Etymology===
{{szl-ety-letter}}

===Letter===
{{head|szl|letter|upper case||lower case|u|}}

# {{Latn-def|szl|letter|29}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/szl}}

==Skolt Sami==

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|phoneme}} {{IPA|sms|/u/|/w/}}

===Letter===
{{head|sms|letters|lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|sms|letter|31}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/sms/simple}}

==Slovene==
{{wikipedia|lang=sl}}

===Letter===
{{head|sl|letters|capital||lowercase|u}}

# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|22}}
# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|29|alphabet name=Resian}}
# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|23|alphabet name=Natisone Valley dialect}}

==Somali==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|so|/ʉ/|/u/}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|so|/ʔu/}}

===Letter===
{{so-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|so|letter|27|u}}

====Usage notes====
# The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of the [[Somali]] alphabet, which follows [[Arabic]] [[abjad]] order. It is preceded by [[O]].

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/so}}

==Spanish==

===Letter===
{{head|es|letters|upper case||lower case|u}}

# the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet

==Swedish==

===Letter===
{{head|sv|letters|upper case||lower case|u}}

# {{Latn-def|sv|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/sv/simple}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|U}}. Each pronunciation has a different source:
* Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by {{der|tl|en|U}}.
* Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by the [[Baybayin]] character {{m|tl|ᜂ|tr=o/u}}.
* Abecedario pronunciation is from {{der|tl|es|U}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr
|yú<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet>
|ú<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario>
|-ú<qq:phoneme, stressed>
|-u<qq:phoneme, unstressed>
|syll=U
}}

===Letter===
{{tl-letter|b=yu}}

# {{tl-letter-def|23|yu|alph=fil}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/tl/simple}}

===Letter===
{{tl-letter|b=u}}

# {{tl-letter-def|18|u|alph=abak}}
# {{lb|tl|historical}} {{tl-letter-def|24|u|alph=abec}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

==Turkish==

===Letter===
{{tr-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|tr|letter|25|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/tr/simple}}

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA|u}}

===Letter===
{{vi-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|vi|letter|25|u}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/vi}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/ɨː/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/ˌiː ˈbeːdɔl/|/ˌiː ˈbɛdɔl/|/ˌiː ˈɡʊpan/|a=cy-S}}

===Letter===
{{cy-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|cy|letter|27|u|u bedol|u gwpan}} ''It is preceded by {{l|cy|Th}} and followed by {{l|cy|W}}.''

===Mutation===
* U cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take {{l|en|h-prothesis}}, for example with the word {{m|cy|uchelwydd||mistletoe}}:
{{cy-mut|uchelwydd}}

===See also===
* {{list:Latin script letters/cy/simple}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

==Yoruba==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|phoneme}} {{IPA|yo|/u/}}
* {{sense|letter name}} {{IPA|yo|/ú/}}

===Letter===
{{yo-letter|upper=U|lower=u}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|letter|23|ú}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/yo}}

==Zulu==

===Letter===
{{zu-letter}}

# {{Latn-def|zu|letter|21}}

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/zu/simple}}