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class="pos-bs badge alert-danger">noun</span></p><p class="desc">the ending of a series or sequence</p><p class="samp">"the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation</p></li><li><p class="term">Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard<span class="pos-bs badge alert-danger">noun</span></p><p class="desc">the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet</p><p class="samp">"the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"</p></li></ol></div><div id="johnson" class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-8 col-sm-6">Samuel Johnson's Dictionary</span><span class="col-xs-4 col-sm-6"><span class="rank-bar"><span class="rank-label hidden-xs">Rate this definition:</span><span class="rank-icon rate-stars" title="rate it" data-defid="41985" data-def="z" data-dicid="definitions_johnson" data-nv="0" data-score="0.00"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span><a href="/definition-voters/johnson/z" class="rank-score hidden-xs"><b>0.0</b> / 0 votes</a></span></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">Z</p><p class="desc">Is found in the Saxon alphabets, set down by Grammarians, but is read in no word originally Teutonick: its sound is uniformly that of an hard S.</p></li></ol></div><div id="wikipedia" class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-8 col-sm-6">Wikipedia</span><span class="col-xs-4 col-sm-6"><span class="rank-bar"><span class="rank-label hidden-xs">Rate this definition:</span><span class="rank-icon rate-stars" title="rate it" data-defid="118127" data-def="Z" data-dicid="definitions_wikipedia" data-nv="0" data-score="0.00"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span><a href="/definition-voters/wikipedia/Z" class="rank-score hidden-xs"><b>0.0</b> / 0 votes</a></span></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">Z</p><p class="desc">Z, or z, is the 26th and final letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its usual names in English are zed (pronounced ) and zee , with an occasional archaic variant izzard .</p></li></ol></div><div id="chat-gpt" class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-8 col-sm-6">ChatGPT</span><span class="col-xs-4 col-sm-6"><span class="rank-bar"><span class="rank-label hidden-xs">Rate this definition:</span><span class="rank-icon rate-stars" title="rate it" data-defid="163849" data-def="z" data-dicid="definitions_gpt" data-nv="0" data-score="0.00"><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span><a href="/definition-voters/chat-gpt/z" class="rank-score hidden-xs"><b>0.0</b> / 0 votes</a></span></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">z</p><p class="desc">Z is the 26th letter of the English alphabet. In mathematics, it is commonly used as a variable. Additionally, in a three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, Z represents the axis typically understood as 'up and down'. In complex numbers, 'z' is often used to represent a variable for a complex number. The definition of 'z' highly depends on the context it is used in.</p></li></ol></div><div id="webster" class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-8 col-sm-6">Webster Dictionary</span><span class="col-xs-4 col-sm-6"><span class="rank-bar"><span class="rank-label hidden-xs">Rate this definition:</span><span class="rank-icon rate-stars" title="rate it" data-defid="10171718" data-def="Z" data-dicid="definitions_gut" data-nv="1" data-score="2.00"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span><a href="/definition-voters/webster/Z" class="rank-score hidden-xs"><b>2.0</b> / 1 vote</a></span></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">Z</p><p class="desc">z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274</p></li></ol></div><div id="wikidata" class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-8 col-sm-6">Wikidata</span><span class="col-xs-4 col-sm-6"><span class="rank-bar"><span class="rank-label hidden-xs">Rate this definition:</span><span class="rank-icon rate-stars" title="rate it" data-defid="8204" data-def="Z" data-dicid="definitions_freebase" data-nv="1" data-score="4.00"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span></span><a href="/definition-voters/wikidata/Z" class="rank-score hidden-xs"><b>4.0</b> / 1 vote</a></span></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">Z</p><p class="desc">Z is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.</p></li></ol></div><div id="editors" class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-8 col-sm-6">Editors Contribution</span><span class="col-xs-4 col-sm-6"><span class="rank-bar"><span class="rank-label hidden-xs">Rate this definition:</span><span 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data-dicid="definitions_resources" data-nv="3" data-score="3.00"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="se"></span><span class="se"></span></span><a href="/definition-voters/suggested-resources/z" class="rank-score hidden-xs"><b>3.0</b> / 3 votes</a></span></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">z</p><p class="desc"><a href="https://www.symbols.com/symbol/z">The z symbol</a> -- In this <strong>Symbols.com</strong> article you will learn about the meaning of the z symbol and its characteristic.</p></li><li><p class="term">z</p><p class="desc"><a href="https://www.lyrics.com/artist/z">Song lyrics by z</a> -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by z on the <strong>Lyrics.com</strong> website.</p></li></ol></div><div class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11">Matched Categories</span><span class="col-xs-2 col-sm-1 text-right"><i class="fas fa-tags" aria-hidden="true"></i></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term"><ul 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class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11">How to pronounce Z?</span><span class="col-xs-2 col-sm-1 text-right"><a href="/pronounce/Z" class="xsml"><i class="fas fa-cog" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term"><div class="p-flags p-preview clearfix"><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Alex" data-googlename="Alex"><div class="pron-avatar bg-alex"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-us"></span><span>Alex</span><div class="lang-name">US English</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="David" data-googlename="Microsoft David - English (United States)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-david"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-us"></span><span>David</span><div class="lang-name">US English</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Mark" data-googlename="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-mark"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-us"></span><span>Mark</span><div class="lang-name">US English</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Daniel" data-googlename="Daniel"><div class="pron-avatar bg-daniel"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-gb"></span><span>Daniel</span><div class="lang-name">British</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Libby" data-googlename="Microsoft Libby Online (Natural) - English (United Kingdom)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-libby"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-gb"></span><span>Libby</span><div class="lang-name">British</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Mia" data-googlename="Microsoft Mia Online (Natural) - English (United Kingdom)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-mia"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-gb"></span><span>Mia</span><div class="lang-name">British</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Karen" data-googlename="Karen"><div class="pron-avatar bg-karen"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-au"></span><span>Karen</span><div class="lang-name">Australian</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Hayley" data-googlename="Microsoft Hayley Online - English (Australia)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-hayley"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-au"></span><span>Hayley</span><div class="lang-name">Australian</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Natasha" data-googlename="Microsoft Natasha Online (Natural) - English (Australia)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-natasha"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-au"></span><span>Natasha</span><div class="lang-name">Australian</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Veena" data-googlename="Veena"><div class="pron-avatar bg-veena"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-in"></span><span>Veena</span><div class="lang-name">Indian</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Priya" data-googlename="Microsoft Priya Online - English (India)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-priya"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-in"></span><span>Priya</span><div class="lang-name">Indian</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Neerja" data-googlename="Microsoft Neerja Online (Natural) - English (India)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-neerja"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-in"></span><span>Neerja</span><div class="lang-name">Indian</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Zira" data-googlename="Microsoft Zira - English (United States)"><div class="pron-avatar bg-zira"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-us"></span><span>Zira</span><div class="lang-name">US English</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Oliver" data-googlename="Google UK English Male"><div class="pron-avatar bg-oliver"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-gb"></span><span>Oliver</span><div class="lang-name">British</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Wendy" data-googlename="Google UK English Female"><div class="pron-avatar bg-wendy"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-gb"></span><span>Wendy</span><div class="lang-name">British</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Fred" data-googlename="Fred"><div class="pron-avatar bg-fred"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-us"></span><span>Fred</span><div class="lang-name">US English</div></div></div></div><div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-3 text-center avatar-block hidden"><div class="p-flag" data-name="Tessa" data-googlename="Tessa"><div class="pron-avatar bg-tessa"></div><div class="voice-details"><span class="flag flag-za"></span><span>Tessa</span><div class="lang-name">South African</div></div></div></div></div><div class="text-center"><button id="avatar-voice" class="btn primary xsml" data-term="Z" data-sound="" title="Hear this word"><i class="fas fa-play" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></div></p></li></ol></div><div class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11">How to say Z in sign language?</span><span class="col-xs-2 col-sm-1 text-right"><a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#signs-modal" aria-label="American Signs Language"><i class="fas fa-american-sign-language-interpreting" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span></h3><ol><li><p class="term"><div class="signs-language"><style>.signs-language>span.sign-char{display:inline-block;width:40px;height:40px;background-size:288px 288px}.bg-sign_0_min{background-position:-4px -4px}.bg-sign_1_min{background-position:-52px -4px}.bg-sign_2_min{background-position:-4px -52px}.bg-sign_3_min{background-position:-52px -52px}.bg-sign_4_min{background-position:-100px -4px}.bg-sign_5_min{background-position:-100px -52px}.bg-sign_6_min{background-position:-4px -100px}.bg-sign_7_min{background-position:-52px -100px}.bg-sign_8_min{background-position:-100px -100px}.bg-sign_9_min{background-position:-148px -4px}.bg-sign_a_min{background-position:-148px -52px}.bg-sign_b_min{background-position:-148px -100px}.bg-sign_c_min{background-position:-4px -148px}.bg-sign_d_min{background-position:-52px -148px}.bg-sign_e_min{background-position:-100px -148px}.bg-sign_f_min{background-position:-148px -148px}.bg-sign_g_min{background-position:-196px -4px}.bg-sign_h_min{background-position:-196px -52px}.bg-sign_i_min{background-position:-196px -100px}.bg-sign_j_min{background-position:-196px -148px}.bg-sign_k_min{background-position:-4px -196px}.bg-sign_l_min{background-position:-52px -196px}.bg-sign_m_min{background-position:-100px -196px}.bg-sign_n_min{background-position:-148px -196px}.bg-sign_o_min{background-position:-196px -196px}.bg-sign_p_min{background-position:-244px -4px}.bg-sign_r_min{background-position:-244px -52px}.bg-sign_q_min{background-position:-244px -100px}.bg-sign_s_min{background-position:-244px -148px}.bg-sign_t_min{background-position:-244px -196px}.bg-sign_v_min{background-position:-4px -244px}.bg-sign_u_min{background-position:-52px -244px}.bg-sign_w_min{background-position:-100px -244px}.bg-sign_x_min{background-position:-148px -244px}.bg-sign_y_min{background-position:-196px -244px}.bg-sign_z_min{background-position:-244px -244px}</style><span class="sign-char bg-sign_z_min"></span></div></p></li></ol></div><div class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-12 col-md-8">Numerology</span></h3><ol><li><p class="term">Chaldean Numerology</p><p class="desc">The numerical value of Z in Chaldean Numerology is: <strong>7</strong></p></li><li><p class="term">Pythagorean Numerology</p><p class="desc">The numerical value of Z in Pythagorean Numerology is: <strong>8</strong></p></li></ol></div> <div class="rc5"> <h3><span class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8">Popularity rank by frequency of use</span></h3> <div><div id="freq-bar"><span class="freq-arrow" style="left:6%;"><span class="freq-word">Z</span></span><span class="freq-x x1">#1</span><span class="freq-x x white" style="left:6%;">#587</span><span class="freq-x x2">#10000</span></div></div> </div> <div class="rc5"><h3><span class="col-xs-12 col-md-8">References</span></h3><ol id="references-list" class="stylish-list"><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#princeton"><b>^</b></a> Princeton's WordNet</label><div><a href="http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Z</a></div></li><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#johnson"><b>^</b></a> Samuel Johnson's Dictionary</label><div><a href="https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Z</a></div></li><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#wikipedia"><b>^</b></a> Wikipedia</label><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z</a></div></li><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#chat-gpt"><b>^</b></a> ChatGPT</label><div><a href="https://chat.openai.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://chat.openai.com</a></div></li><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#webster"><b>^</b></a> Webster Dictionary</label><div><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Z</a></div></li><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#wikidata"><b>^</b></a> Wikidata</label><div><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Z</a></div></li><li class="pron small"><label><a class="ref-anchor" href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Z#ngrams_viewer"><b>^</b></a> Usage in printed sources</label><div><a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Z</a></div></li></ol></div> </section> <div class="row"> <div class="adunit-middle adunit-middle-2col clearfix"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6071864913982699" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block; text-align:center;" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6071864913982699" data-ad-slot="2643431785"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div> </div> </div> <hr> <div> <section id="translations-list" class="clearfix"> <hgroup> <h2>Translations for <strong>Z</strong></h2> <h3>From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary</h3> </hgroup> <div class="rc5"><ul><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/da">Danish</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/da"><span class="flag flag-da"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/de">German</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/de"><span class="flag flag-de"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">Z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/el">Greek</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/el"><span class="flag flag-el"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/eo">Esperanto</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/eo"><span class="flag flag-eo"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/es">Spanish</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/es"><span class="flag flag-es"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/fa">Persian</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/fa"><span class="flag flag-fa"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">Z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/fr">French</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/fr"><span class="flag flag-fr"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/hi">Hindi</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/hi"><span class="flag flag-hi"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">զ</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/hy">Armenian</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/hy"><span class="flag flag-hy"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/id">Indonesian</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/id"><span class="flag flag-id"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/it">Italian</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/it"><span class="flag flag-it"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/iw">Hebrew</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/iw"><span class="flag flag-iw"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">The letter "z" does not have a direct translation in Japanese, as it is a letter in the Latin alphabet. However, if you are referring to its pronunciation in Japanese, it would be written as "ズ" (zu) in katakana. If you need more context or a differe</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/ja">Japanese</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/ja"><span class="flag flag-ja"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/kn">Kannada</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/kn"><span class="flag flag-kn"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">지</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/ko">Korean</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/ko"><span class="flag flag-ko"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/nl">Dutch</a><a href="https://www.definitions.net/translate/Z/nl"><span class="flag flag-nl"></span></a></span></li><li class="clearfix"><span class="trn">z</span><span class="lng"><a 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