U

suomi-englanti sanakirja

U englannista suomeksi

  1. U

  1. Substantiivi

U englanniksi

  1. u

  1. The twenty-first letter of the script|basic modern Latin alphabet.

  2. Symbol for uranium.

  3. IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for uracil

  4. voltage

  5. distribution

  6. group

  7. A wildcard for a rounded vowel or a back vowel

  8. synonyms: O

  9. unit|rack unit, the unit of length defined as 1.75 inches

  10. (Latn-def-lite)

  11. Something shaped like the letter U:

  12. A U-turn ('turned a U in the road')

  13. A double upright cordon espalier (also U, U).

  14. A U-turn.

  15. (quote-book)

  16. (abbreviation of)

  17. A film with the film classification (l).

  18. (abbreviation of)

  19. (ant-lite)

  20. (quote-journal), (? (IPAfont)), (IPAfont), (IPAfont) are U, but many (perhaps most male) U-speakers, like all non-U-speakers, use the pronunciation (IPAfont).

  21. 1956, Alan S. C. Ross, “U and non-U”, in David Milsted, ''Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English'', page 120:

  22. ''To TAKE a bath'' is non-U against U ''to HAVE one’s bath.''
  23. 1956, Nancy Mitford, ''Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy'':

  24. In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as either U (upper class) or non-U.
  25. (quote-journal)

  26. (quote-journal)/non-(smallcaps) indicators. The (smallcaps) mother will be quietly dressed; the non-(smallcaps) one will be more ostentatious and have a corsage. The (smallcaps) father will be wearing his own morning coat and a carnation. The non-(smallcaps) father will bolster his carnation—on his hired morning coat—with a sprig of fern, and perhaps even carry a pair of grey gloves.

  27. (quote-journal) assured me that it was. But some jokes have an element of cruelty and a great many sensitive people, particularly women, must have suffered agonies of embarrassment because they were uncertain as to what was 'done,' and what was not.

  28. {{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Stephan Gramley|title=Survey of Modern English|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFspRR1BX5cC&pg=PA38|page=38

  29. (quote-book)|year=2001|page=205|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjiEXHA-eXoC&pg=PA205|isbn=978-0-340-74071-2|passage=For this we must turn to speculations such as those offered in connection with U and non-U English.

  30. (senseid) ''Usually in parentheses'': (abbreviation of)

  31. In a film certificate: (abbreviation of)

  32. (abbreviation of) (ng).

  33. A language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family which is spoken in China.

  34. (alt form)

  35. {{quote-text|en|year=1924|author=William Montgomery McGovern|title=To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet

  36. (n-g)

  37. (ux); (w)

  38. The nineteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

  39. U

  40. (ngd)

  41. university (zh-mw)

  42. {{zh-x|K{k}ong{g1} U{ju1}|The (w)|C|tr=kong1 ju1

    {{zh-x|讀 U{ju1}|to study at a university|C|tr=duk6 ju1

  43. a failed subject in (w), (w) or (w) (zh-mw)

  44. {{zh-x|拎 U{ju1}|to have a subject failed in HKCEE, HKALE or HKDSE|C|tr=ling1 ju1

  45. CPU; processing unit (zh-mw)

  46. (n-g-lite)

  47. ''Second-person singular & plural, objective & subjective:'' you (''polite'').

  48. The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet.

  49. (n-g-lite) or y (IPAchar-lite), depending on vowel harmony.

  50. The twenty-first letter of the German alphabet.

  51. a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 (l-lite)s, (frac) (l-lite), (frac) (m) and (frac) (m)

  52. (Latn-def)

  53. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

  54. (Latn-def-lite)

  55. (Latn-def) ''It is preceded by (l). Its traditional name is (l).''

  56. The 22nd letter of the (w). Preceded by T and followed by V.

  57. The twenty-seventh, and final, letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by O.

  58. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet

  59. (tl-letter-def)

  60. (tl-letter-def)

  61. (Latn-def-lite) ''It is preceded by (l-lite) and followed by (l-lite).''