ž

ž U+017E, ž
LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
Composition:z [U+007A] + ̌ [U+030C]
Ž
[U+017D]
Latin Extended-A ſ
[U+017F]

Translingual

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The letter z with a háček.

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z.

Finnish

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-z or suhu-z and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • In the Finnish alphabet, ž is a variant of z.
  • Often written as zh.
  • Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.

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Inari Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Inari Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

Letter

Ž

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Samogitian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called žė or žet and written in the Latin script.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The 30th and last letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet.
See also
  • Previous letter: z

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of ženski rod.

Abbreviation

ž m (Cyrillic spelling ж)

  1. (grammar) feminine gender
Synonyms


Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (lower case, upper case Ž)

  1. The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

  • ž in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʒ/

Letter

ž (upper case Ž)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called že and written in the Latin script.

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