double-u

== English == === Alternative forms === double U, double-U double you, double-you, doubleyou === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English doble W, in reference to the letter's origins as a ligature of two Us or Vs (V originally being a typographical variant of U). The failure of the sequence /bljuː/ to simplify in this word's bisyllabic pronunciation (as in blue) is doubtlessly due to the letter U's name. For colloquial pronunciations without /l/, compare Straya. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʌb.(ə)l.juː/, /ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/ (colloquial or in rapid speech) IPA(key): /ˈdʌb.ə.juː/, /ˈdʌb.juː/, /ˈdʌb.jə/ Hyphenation: dou‧ble-u === Noun === double-u (plural double-ues or double-u's) The name of the Latin script letter W/w. Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph ⟨UU⟩. (euphemistic) The WC; the toilet. ==== Derived terms ==== dubya ==== Descendants ==== → Alabama: dabiyo → Malay: dabel yu → Portuguese: dáblio / dâblio → Russian: дабл-ю (dabl-ju) → Tagalog: dobolyu ==== Translations ==== === See also === (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed === Further reading === “double-u”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.