Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ȳ

/wˈaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: y
IPA: /wˈaɪ/

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Scrabble Score

1

Letters

1

Syllables

1

Unique Chars

Meaning

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An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".

Synonyms

a᷍i e᷍i ī

Homonyms

yͤ yͭ yͧ y̆

Rhymes With

i i. y î ī cài ị ĭ ĩ yͤ yͭ yͧ

Questions

How do you pronounce ȳ?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈaɪ/.
What does ȳ mean?: An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".

How to pronounce ȳ

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