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See also: z [U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z], ʒ [U+0292 LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH], Ζ [U+0396 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA], ℤ [U+2124 DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL Z], 乙 [U+4E59 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E59], ㆸ [U+31B8 BOPOMOFO LETTER GH], and Appendix:Variations of "z"
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Z U+005A, Z
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
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[U+0059] 		Basic Latin [ →
[U+005B]
Character variations
Ｚ U+FF3A, Ｚ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
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[U+FF39] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ［ →
[U+FF3B]
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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌆 (z, “ze”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ζ (Z, “zeta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (z, “zayin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏭.

Letter

Z (lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and final letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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Symbol

Z

  1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix zetta-.
  2. (physics) the impedance of an electrical circuit
  3. (physics, computer graphics) the depth dimension in a 3D environment
  4. (physics) atomic number
  5. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for either glutamine or glutamic acid
  6. (time zones) Zulu time
    1600Z
  7. (textiles) A right-handed twist.
    Antonym: S
  8. The symbol in bases higher than thirty-five for the number expressed as 35 in decimal.

Derived terms

Base SI units derived from the prefix meaning zetta-
Derived SI units derived from the prefix meaning zetta-
  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of Z, in normal and italic type
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    Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur

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Other representations of Z:

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English

Pronunciation

Name of letter

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z, plural Zs or Z's)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

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Noun

Z (plural Z's or Zs)

  1. A member of Generation Z.
    Alternative form: Zed
    Synonyms: Generation Z, Generation Zer, Gen Z, Gen-Zer, Zer, zoomer
    • 2017, Martha M. Ellis, Linda Garcia, Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges: New Challenges, New Leaders, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 10:
      Take that a step further for Millennials and Zs by crafting an e-mail subject header that does the same but with even fewer characters; […]
    • 2020, Zerlina Maxwell, The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide, New York, N.Y.: Hachette Books, →ISBN:
      The current progressive movement—and certainly the Millennials and Zs—understand that the Hyde Amendment is discriminatory […]
    • 2022, Morgen Witzel, editor, Post-Pandemic Leadership: Exploring Solutions to a Crisis, Routledge, →ISBN:
      The current global pandemic is almost certainly a formative moment for younger Millennials and Zs as they navigate through similar challenges.
  2. (slang) Z-drug.
    • 2013, Snap Capone, “Lights Out”, in The Memoir‎, from 0:16:
      I can sell bricks, I don't need to rap
      Buj so peng it makes the fiends collapse
      Cook that coca into crack
      I was selling Zs while you was in your bed
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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /zɛt/

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

Z (plural Z's, diminutive Z'tjie)

  1. Z

Albanian

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (lower case z)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [z]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [zeː], [zɯː]

Letter

Z upper case (lower case z)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̻eta/, [s̻e̞.t̪a]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called zeta and written in the Latin script.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called zeta and written in the Latin script.

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Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /ts/ is from West Germanic stem-initial, geminated or post-sonorant *t.
  • For the origin of /z/, see S.

Pronunciation

  • (German-based) /ts/
  • (Dutch-based) /z/

Letter

Z

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

  • /ts/ may also be represented by ts, tts, ds, dds, mostly when there is an intervening morpheme boundary.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, /ts/ is always represented by ts (or ds). In the German-based spelling, /z/ is represented by s (see there).
Doubling of Z and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, doubling of z yields tz, which is used after short vowels. (As z is already a voiceless sound there is no change in coda position.)
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, z is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. Coda z is automatically replaced with s.
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Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (lower case z)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Chinese

Chinese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia zh

Etymology 1

Derived from 直 (zhí, “straight”).

Pronunciation

Symbol

Z

  1. (Mainland China) A shorthand used to refer to direct express trains.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

Letter

Z

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

Letter

Z

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (capital, lowercase z)

  1. the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Dutch alphabet

Adverb

Z

  1. abbreviation of zuid; south

See also

  • Previous letter: Y

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /z/; before a voiceless consonant, IPA(key): /s/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called zo and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Estonian alphabet, called tsett and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

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Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and Z for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called tseta or tset and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with ts.

Derived terms

compounds

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French

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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German

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth and last letter of the German alphabet.

Usage notes

  • Doubling of z generally yields tz, but zz is retained in loanwords (chiefly from Italian).
  • In German handwriting, <Z> very often receives an additional stroke in the middle: Ƶ. Lack of this stroke may even make the letter look "incomplete" to many language users. However, <Ƶ> is virtually never used in printing.

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (lower case z)

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈz]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈzeː]

Letter

Z (upper case, lower case z)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called zé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

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Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

Z (lower case z)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Italian

Kankanaey

Kashubian

Latin

Latvian

Lower Sorbian

Malay

Maltese

Navajo

Norwegian

Nupe

Polish

Portuguese

Romani

Romanian

Russian

Saanich

Silesian

Skolt Sami

Slovene

Spanish

Tagalog

Turkish

Ukrainian

Zulu

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