u

1. 1.

   (chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use

   Similarupper-class

   United Kingdom

Other forms of u

plural

us·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about u

What does u mean?

u means "a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in u?

u has 1 syllable: u. In IPA it is /ˈju/.

What is another word for u?

Close synonyms include uracil, uranium, atomic number 92. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is u a common word?

u is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with u?

10 words rhyme with u. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.