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Meaning of double-u | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈdʌb.(ə)l.juː/

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of double-u.
    alt-of
  2. The name of the Latin script letter W/w.
  3. Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph ⟨UU⟩.
    alt-of, alternative, name
  4. The WC; the toilet.
    euphemistic

Equivalents

Čeština dvojité vé
Deutsch WE
Suomi kaksoisvee
Français double vé
Bahasa Indonesia we
Italiano doppia vu vu doppia
日本語 ダブリュー
한국어 더블유
Nederlands wee
Polski wu
Português dáblio duplo vê
Русский дабл-ю дубль-вэ
Svenska dubbel-v

Examples

“She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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