y

1. year(s).

   orbital period (Pluto): 248.5y

1. (forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives) full of; having the quality of.

   messy

   milky

   mousy

2. (forming adjectives from verbs) inclined to; apt to.

   sticky

Old English -ig, of Germanic origin.

1. forming diminutive nouns, pet names, etc.

   aunty

   Tommy

   nightie

Middle English: originally Scots.

1. forming nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.

   honesty

   jealousy

   orthodoxy

2. forming nouns denoting an action or its result.

   blasphemy

   victory

from French -ie, from Latin -ia, -ium, or Greek -eia, -ia .

1. the twenty-fifth letter of the alphabet.
2. a shape like that of a capital Y.

   rows of tiny Y-shaped motifs

1. yen.

   Y140

2. a YMCA or YWCA hostel.

   Scott was living at the Y

symbol

the chemical element yttrium.

noun, symbol

the chemical element of atomic number 39, a greyish-white metal generally included among the rare earth elements.

early 19th century: modern Latin, from Ytterby (see ytterbium).