Wye

//ˈwaɪ//

Synonyms for "wye" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (6)

Related words (9)

Related word relations

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Translations

61 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • إِي غْرِيكَا noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • وَايْ noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Asturian

2 entries
  • y griega noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ye noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Basque

1 entries
  • larriz noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ওয়াই noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • Уай name (the river)
  • и́грек noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဝိုင် noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Catalan

1 entries
  • i grega noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Czech

1 entries
  • ypsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Dutch

3 entries
  • Griekse ij noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • i-grec noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ypsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ipsilono noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Faroese

1 entries
  • seinna i noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Finnish

1 entries
  • yy noun (name of the letter Y, y)

French

1 entries
  • i grec noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Galician

1 entries
  • i grego noun (name of the letter Y, y)

German

2 entries
  • Y grec noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • Ypsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Greek

1 entries
  • γουάι noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ieta noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Hindi

1 entries
  • वाई noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ipszilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ypsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Ido

1 entries
  • ye noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • igrek noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ye noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Irish

2 entries
  • an Ghwy name (the river)
  • noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Italian

2 entries
  • i greca noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ipsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ワイ noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Korean

1 entries
  • 와이 noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Latin

2 entries
  • i graeca noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ȳ noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Malay

1 entries
  • wai noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Marathi

1 entries
  • वाय noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Occitan

1 entries
  • i grèga noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Persian

1 entries
  • ایگرک noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Polish

1 entries
  • igrek noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • i grego noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ípsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Romanian

1 entries
  • i grec noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Russian

4 entries
  • и́грек noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ипсило́н noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • уа́й noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • уа́й noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ipsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ипсилон noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ypsilon noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Spanish

2 entries
  • i griega noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • ye noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Thai

1 entries
  • วาย noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ye noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • i dài noun (name of the letter Y, y)
  • i-cờ-rét noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Welsh

2 entries
  • Gwy name (the river)
  • y noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • noun (name of the letter Y, y)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.

Source: wiktionary

It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."

Source: wiktionary

A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.

Source: wiktionary

By going around the wye, a train can change direction.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.