U

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U englannista suomeksi

1. U

0. Substantiivi

U englanniksi

1. u

1. The twenty-first letter of the script|basic modern Latin alphabet.

2. (chemical symbol)

3. IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for uracil

4. voltage

5. distribution

6. group

7. A wildcard for a rounded vowel or a back vowel

synonyms: O

8. unit|rack unit, the unit of length defined as 1.75 inches

9. (Latn-def)

10. Something shaped like the letter U:

11. A U-turn ('turned a U in the road')

12. A double upright cordon espalier (also U, U).

13. A U-turn.

14. (quote-book)

15. (abbreviation of)

16. A film with the film classification (l).

17. (abbreviation of)

(ant)

18. (quote-journal), (? (IPAfont)), (IPAfont), (IPAfont) are U, but many (perhaps most male) U-speakers, like all non-U-speakers, use the pronunciation (IPAfont).

19. 1956, Alan S. C. Ross, “U and non-U”, in David Milsted, ''Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English'', page 120:

''To TAKE a bath'' is non-U against U ''to HAVE one’s bath.''

20. 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.

21. (quote-journal)

22. (quote-journal)/non-(smallcaps) indicators. The (smallcaps) mother will be quietly dressed; the non-(smallcaps) one will be more ostentatious and have a corsage. The (smallcaps) father will be wearing his own morning coat and a carnation. The non-(smallcaps) father will bolster his carnation—on his hired morning coat—with a sprig of fern, and perhaps even carry a pair of grey gloves.

23. (quote-journal) 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.

24. {{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

25. (quote-book)|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.

26. (senseid) ''Usually in parentheses'': (abbreviation of)

27. In a film certificate: (abbreviation of)

28. (abbreviation of) (ng).

29. A language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family which is spoken in China.

30. (alt form)

31. {{quote-text|en|year=1924|author=William Montgomery McGovern|title=To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet

32. (n-g)

(ux); (w)

33. The nineteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

34. U

35. (ng)

36. university (zh-mw)

{{zh-x|K{k}ong{g1} U{ju1}|The (w)|C|tr=kong1 ju1

{{zh-x|讀 U{ju1}|to study at a university|C|tr=duk6 ju1

37. a failed subject in (w), (w) or (w) (zh-mw)

{{zh-x|拎 U{ju1}|to have a subject failed in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE|C|tr=ling1 ju1

38. CPU; processing unit (zh-mw)

39. ''Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective:'' you (''polite'')

40. the twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet

41. (n-g) or y (IPAchar), depending on vowel harmony.

42. The twenty-first letter of the German alphabet.

43. a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 (l)s, (frac) (l), (frac) (m) and (frac) (m)

44. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

45. (Latn-def)

46. (Latn-def) ''It is preceded by (l). Its traditional name is (l).''

47. The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by O.

48. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet

49. (tl-letter-def)

50. (tl-letter-def)

51. (Latn-def) ''It is preceded by (l) and followed by (l).''