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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

العربية دَابِلْيُو دوبلڤه دُوبِلِڥِه
Bosanski vu
Català ve doble
Čeština dvojité vé
Cymraeg w
Deutsch WE
Esperanto duobla vo ĝermana vo vavo vu vuo
Español doble uve / u doble ve u valona (disused) uve doble ve doble ve dupla
Suomi kaksoisvee
Français double vé
Gaeilge wae
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi wē
Hrvatski vu
Magyar dupla vé
Bahasa Indonesia we
Íslenska tvöfalt vaff
Italiano doppia vu vu doppia
日本語 ダブリュー
한국어 더블유
Kurdî W we we we wê
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဒဗ္ဗလျူ
Nederlands wee
Polski wu
Português dáblio duplo vê
Русский дабл-ю дубль-вэ
Српски vu
Svenska dubbel-v
ไทย ดับบลิว ดับเบิลยู
Tagalog dobolyu

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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See also

double-ues double-wide Double-word double, twice as much Doublebois doublecloth

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