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lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shy mw-list-item"><a href="https://shy.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Shawiya" lang="shy" hreflang="shy" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Tacawit" data-language-local-name="Shawiya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tacawit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/u" title="u – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="u" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/u" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Entry</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="new vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:u&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="discussion" class="new" title="Discussion about the content page (page does not exist) [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wiktionary</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr" data-mw-parsoid-version="0.21.0.0-alpha22" data-mw-html-version="2.8.0"><section data-mw-section-id="0" id="mwAQ"><div class="noprint" style="clear: right; border: solid #aaa 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #FFF; color:#000; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align: left; float: right;" about="#mwt1" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwAg" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"BNC1HW","href":"./Template:BNC1HW"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}"> <div style="float: left; "><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:BNC_spoken_freq_01HWC" title="Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 01HWC"><img resource="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Wiktionary_BNC1.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wiktionary_BNC1.svg/80px-Wiktionary_BNC1.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="32" data-file-height="24" data-file-type="drawing" height="60" width="80" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wiktionary_BNC1.svg/120px-Wiktionary_BNC1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Wiktionary_BNC1.svg/160px-Wiktionary_BNC1.svg.png 2x" class="mw-file-element"></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px; "><i><b>u</b> is one of the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:BNC_spoken_freq_01HWC" title="Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 01HWC">1000</a> most common <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/headword" title="headword">headwords</a>.</i> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/type" title="type">type</a></i> - <b>u</b> - <i><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/under" title="under">under</a></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="clear:left;" about="#mwt1"></div><link rel="mw:PageProp/Category" href="./Category:BNC1_headwords" about="#mwt1" id="mwAw"> </section><section data-mw-section-id="1" id="mwBA"><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3" id="mwAA"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection" id="mwNQ"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" id="mwNg">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=u&action=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Pronunciation" id="mwNw"><span id="mwOA">change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" id="mwOQ">]</span></span></div> <ul id="mwBQ"><li id="mwBg"><a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IPA%20chart%20for%20English" title="w:en:IPA chart for English" about="#mwt2" typeof="mw:Transclusion" class="extiw" id="mwBw" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"IPA","href":"./Template:IPA"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"/juː/"}},"i":0}}]}">IPA</a><span about="#mwt2"> </span><sup about="#mwt2">(<a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English%20pronunciation" title="en:Appendix:English pronunciation" class="extiw">key</a>)</sup><span about="#mwt2">: </span><span class="IPA" style="font-family:Gentium, GentiumAlt, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000, DejaVu Sans, Segoe UI, Lucida Grande, Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: 110%;" about="#mwt2" id="mwCA">/juː/</span></li> <li id="mwCQ"><span about="#mwt3" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwCg" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"AU","href":"./Template:AU"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}">(</span><i about="#mwt3"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/General_Australian" title="General Australian">AU</a></i><span about="#mwt3">)</span> <a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IPA%20chart%20for%20English" title="w:en:IPA chart for English" about="#mwt4" typeof="mw:Transclusion" class="extiw" id="mwCw" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"IPA","href":"./Template:IPA"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"/a/"},"2":{"wt":"/ʉː/"},"3":{"wt":"/ʊ/"}},"i":0}}]}">IPA</a><span about="#mwt4"> </span><sup about="#mwt4">(<a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English%20pronunciation" title="en:Appendix:English pronunciation" class="extiw">key</a>)</sup><span about="#mwt4">: </span><span class="IPA" style="font-family:Gentium, GentiumAlt, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000, DejaVu Sans, Segoe UI, Lucida Grande, Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: 110%;" about="#mwt4" id="mwDA">/a/<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>or</i> /ʉː/<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>or</i> /ʊ/</span></li> <li id="mwDQ"><span about="#mwt5" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwDg" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"UK","href":"./Template:UK"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}">(</span><i about="#mwt5"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" title="Received Pronunciation">UK</a></i><span about="#mwt5">)</span> <a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IPA%20chart%20for%20English" title="w:en:IPA chart for English" about="#mwt6" typeof="mw:Transclusion" class="extiw" id="mwDw" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"IPA","href":"./Template:IPA"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"/ʌ/"},"2":{"wt":"/uː/"},"3":{"wt":"/ʊ/"}},"i":0}}]}">IPA</a><span about="#mwt6"> </span><sup about="#mwt6">(<a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English%20pronunciation" title="en:Appendix:English pronunciation" class="extiw">key</a>)</sup><span about="#mwt6">: </span><span class="IPA" style="font-family:Gentium, GentiumAlt, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000, DejaVu Sans, Segoe UI, Lucida Grande, Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: 110%;" about="#mwt6" id="mwEA">/ʌ/<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>or</i> /uː/<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>or</i> /ʊ/</span></li> <li id="mwEQ"><span about="#mwt7" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwEg" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"US","href":"./Template:US"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}">(</span><i about="#mwt7"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/General_American" title="General American">US</a></i><span about="#mwt7">)</span> <span about="#mwt8" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwEw" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"CA","href":"./Template:CA"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}">(</span><i about="#mwt8"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></i><span about="#mwt8">)</span> <a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:IPA%20chart%20for%20English" title="w:en:IPA chart for English" about="#mwt9" typeof="mw:Transclusion" class="extiw" id="mwFA" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"IPA","href":"./Template:IPA"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"/ʌ/"},"2":{"wt":"/u/"},"3":{"wt":"/ʊ/"}},"i":0}}]}">IPA</a><span about="#mwt9"> </span><sup about="#mwt9">(<a rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English%20pronunciation" title="en:Appendix:English pronunciation" class="extiw">key</a>)</sup><span about="#mwt9">: </span><span class="IPA" style="font-family:Gentium, GentiumAlt, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000, DejaVu Sans, Segoe UI, Lucida Grande, Charis SIL, Doulos SIL, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: 110%;" about="#mwt9" id="mwFQ">/ʌ/<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>or</i> /u/<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>or</i> /ʊ/</span></li> <li id="mwFg"><span about="#mwt10" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwFw" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"audio","href":"./Template:audio"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"en-us-u.ogg"},"2":{"wt":"Audio (US)"}},"i":0}}]}"> </span><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: top; display:inline-block; list-style:none;line-height: 1em;" about="#mwt10" id="mwGA"><tbody><tr><td class="unicode audiolink">Audio (US)<link rel="mw:PageProp/Category" href="./Category:Unexpected_parameter_in_audio_template"></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File" class="mw-default-audio-height" data-mw="{"caption":"noicon"}"><span title="noicon"><audio controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" height="32" width="175" style="width: 175px;" resource="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-u.ogg" data-durationhint="2" class="mw-file-element"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-u.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-u.ogg/En-us-u.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3"></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 85%;">(<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-u.ogg" title="File:en-us-u.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li id="mwGQ"><span about="#mwt11" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwGg" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"audio","href":"./Template:audio"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"en-ca-u.ogg"},"2":{"wt":"Audio (CA)"}},"i":0}}]}"> </span><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: top; display:inline-block; list-style:none;line-height: 1em;" about="#mwt11" id="mwGw"><tbody><tr><td class="unicode audiolink">Audio (CA)<link rel="mw:PageProp/Category" href="./Category:Unexpected_parameter_in_audio_template"></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File" class="mw-default-audio-height" data-mw="{"caption":"noicon"}"><span title="noicon"><audio controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" height="32" width="175" style="width: 175px;" resource="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-ca-u.ogg" data-durationhint="2" class="mw-file-element"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/En-ca-u.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis""><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/En-ca-u.ogg/En-ca-u.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3"></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 85%;">(<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-ca-u.ogg" title="File:en-ca-u.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li id="mwHA"><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/homophone" title="homophone" about="#mwt12" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwHQ" data-mw="{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"homophones","href":"./Template:homophones"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"ewe"},"2":{"wt":"yew"},"3":{"wt":"you"},"4":{"wt":"hew"}},"i":0}}]}">Homophones</a><span about="#mwt12">: </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/ewe?action=edit&redlink=1" title="ewe (page does not exist)" about="#mwt12" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" data-mw-i18n="{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["ewe"]}}">ewe</a><span about="#mwt12">, </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/yew?action=edit&redlink=1" title="yew (page does not exist)" about="#mwt12" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" data-mw-i18n="{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["yew"]}}">yew</a><span about="#mwt12">, </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/you" title="you" about="#mwt12">you</a><span about="#mwt12">, </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/hew?action=edit&redlink=1" title="hew (page does not exist)" about="#mwt12" class="new" typeof="mw:LocalizedAttrs" data-mw-i18n="{"title":{"lang":"x-page","key":"red-link-title","params":["hew"]}}">hew</a><link rel="mw:PageProp/Category" 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id="mwIQ"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb" id="mwIg"><a href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Latin_U.png" class="mw-file-description" id="mwIw"><img resource="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Latin_U.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Latin_U.png/250px-Latin_U.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="484" data-file-height="615" data-file-type="bitmap" height="280" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Latin_U.png/330px-Latin_U.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Latin_U.png/440px-Latin_U.png 2x" class="mw-file-element" id="mwJA"></a><figcaption id="mwJQ">The letter <b id="mwJg">U</b></figcaption></figure> <ol id="mwJw"><li id="mwKA">The <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/twenty" title="twenty" id="mwKQ">twenty</a>-<a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/first" title="first" id="mwKg">first</a> (21st) <a rel="mw:WikiLink" 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