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upsilon

upsilon

English

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, f, ypsilon (nl) m, f
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 m, ipsilão m
Russian: и́псилон (ru) m ‎(ípsilon)
Slovak: ypsilon m
Spanish: ípsilon

See also

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

Anagrams

unspoil

French

Noun

upsilon m ‎(plural upsilon)

upsilon (Greek letter)

Synonyms

i grec

Anagrams

pulsion

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈupsi.lɔːn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈupsi.lɔn/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈupsi.lɑn/
Rhymes: -ɔːn

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