different between upsilon vs izhitsa

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ? ????? (û psilón, “simple ?”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ju?p?sa?.l?n/, /??p.s??l?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?jup.s??l?n/, /??p.s??l?n/, /?up.s??l?n/

Noun

upsilon (plural upsilons or upsila)

1. The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
2. (particle physics) An upsilon meson, or bottomonium.

Synonyms

• (uncommon) ypsilon

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

• Poulins, pulsion, unspoil

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ? ????? (û psilón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yp.si.l??/, /yp.si.l?n/

Noun

upsilon m (plural upsilon)

1. upsilon (Greek letter)

Synonyms

• i grec

Further reading

• “upsilon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pulsion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ?????? (ížica).

Noun

izhitsa (plural izhitsas)

1. The obsolete Cyrillic letter ?, ?, formerly used in Russian to represent upsilon in borrowed words.

Translations