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U

Pronunciation: /juː/

The English word “U” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A U-turn.
  2. A film with the film classification U (“universal”).
  3. An honorific to a Burmese man

adjective

  1. Usually in parentheses: abbreviation of unclassified.

proper noun

  1. An Austroasiatic language spoken in China.

Etymology

An abbreviation of a word or term beginning with the letter U. Adjective sense 1 (“characteristic of the upper classes”) was coined by British linguist Alan S. C. Ross (1907–1980) in a 1954 article, and popularized by the English journalist and writer Nancy Mitford (1904–1973).

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