ípsilon
See also: ipsilon and ipsílon
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.lon/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.lun/
Noun
ípsilon f (plural ípsilons)
- Upsilon; the Greek letter Υ (lowercase υ).
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ipsílon
- ípsilo
- ipsilone
- ipsilão
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ypsilon (“upsilon”), from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón, “upsilon”) (modern Greek ύψιλον (ýpsilon)), from ὖ (û) + ψιλός (psilós).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.lõ/, /ˈi.pi.si.lõ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.lõ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈi.psi.lɔn/
- Hyphenation: íp‧si‧lon
Noun
ípsilon m (plural ípsilones or (Brazil) ípsilons)
- wye (name of the letter Y, y)
- Synonym: i grego
- upsilon (name of the Greek letter Υ, υ)
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio / dâblio / duplo vê, xis, ípsilon / i grego, zê
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈibsilon/ [ˈiβ̞.si.lõn]
- Rhymes: -ibsilon
- Syllabification: íp‧si‧lon
Noun
ípsilon f (plural ípsilon)
- upsilon; the Greek letter Υ, υ
Further reading
- “ípsilon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014