ȳ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"
ȳ U+0233, ȳ
LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH MACRON
Composition:y [U+0079] + ◌̄ [U+0304]
← Ȳ
[U+0232] 		Latin Extended-B ȴ →
[U+0234]

English

Symbol

ȳ

  1. (lexicography) An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".

Synonyms

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yː/

Letter

ȳ (upper case Ȳ)

  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The vowel letter y marked for length. Long vowels are not consistently distinguished in Old English manuscripts. They generally are in modern editions.

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