upsilon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón, “simple Υ”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /juːpˈsaɪ.lən/, /ˈʌp.sɪˌlɒn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈjup.sɪˌlɑn/, /ˈʌp.sɪˌlɑn/, /ˈup.sɪˌlɑn/

**Ancient Greek Alphabet**
← tau		→ phi
Υ υ Ancient Greek: ὖ ψιλόν
Wikipedia article on upsilon

Noun

upsilon (plural upsilons or upsila)

The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
(particle physics) An upsilon meson, or bottomonium.

Synonyms

(uncommon) ypsilon

Translations

letter of the Greek alphabet

Arabic: أُبْسِلُون‎ m (ʾubsilūn), أُبْسِيلُون‎ m (ʾubsilūn)
Catalan: ípsilon (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宇普西龍 (zh), 宇普西龙 (zh) (yǔpǔxīlóng), 埃普西隆 (āipǔxīlóng)
Czech: ypsilon (cs) n
Danish: ypsilon (da) n
Dutch: upsilon (nl) m or f, ypsilon (nl) m or f
Esperanto: upsilono
Finnish: ypsilon (fi)
French: upsilon (fr) m
German: Ypsilon (de) n
Greek: ύψιλον (el) n (ýpsilon)

Hebrew: אִיפְּסִילוֹן‎ f (ípsilon)
Hungarian: üpszilon
Interlingua: ypsilon
Italian: ipsilon
Japanese: ユプシロン (yupushiron), ウプシロン (upushiron)
Korean: 입실론 (ko) (ipsillon)
Malay: upsilon
Portuguese: ípsilon (pt) m, hipsilo m, ipsilone (pt) m, ipsilão m
Russian: и́псилон (ru) m (ípsilon)
Slovak: ypsilon m
Spanish: ípsilon

See also

(Greek letter): Previous: tau, Next: phi

Anagrams

Poulins, pulsion, unspoil

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /yp.si.lɔ̃/, /yp.si.lɔn/

Noun

upsilon m (plural upsilon)

upsilon (Greek letter)

Synonyms

i grec

Further reading

“upsilon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

pulsion

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