Translingual

Symbol

Ys

1. (metrology) Symbol for the yottasecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːs/

Proper noun

Ys

1. (mythology) A mythical sunken city in Brittany.

See also

• Dahut
• Gradlon
• Winwaloe

Etymology 2

Noun

Ys

1. plural of Y

Usage notes

• There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

French

Alternative forms

• Is

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is/

Proper noun

Ys f

1. (mythology) Ys (sunken city)
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques (1993 edition), Plon, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chapter IX, page 89:

     Rio est mordu par sa baie jusqu'au cœur; on débarque en plein centre, comme si l'autre moitié, nouvelle Ys, avait été déjà dévorée par les flots.

     1973, John and Doreen Weightman (translators), Tristes Tropiques (2011 edition), Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8:

     The bay at Rio eats right into the heart of the city: you land in the centre, as if the other half, like the fabled town of Ys, had already been engulfed by waves.

Synonyms

• Ker Ys

See also

• Dahut
• Gradlon
• Guénolé

Translingual

Symbol

ys

1. (metrology) Symbol for the yoctosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²⁴ seconds.

English

Noun

ys

1. plural of y

Usage notes

• There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ijs.

Noun

ys ‎(uncountable)

1. ice, frozen water
2. (slang, drugs) ice, methamphetamine

Derived terms

• ysie

Cornish

Noun

ys f ‎(singulative ysen)

1. corn

Derived terms

• ys hweg/hwegys
• ys pop
• ysek

Icelandic

Noun

ys m ‎(genitive singular yss, no plural)

1. noise, din, racket

Declension

Middle English

Verb

ys

1. is

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, a form of *h₁es-; compare Old Irish is.

Verb

ys

1. (literary) impersonal present progressive of bod

Synonyms

• ydys