ípsilon
Portuguese, noun
ípsilon is spelled Í-P-S-I-L-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ípsilon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter Y/y” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ipsílon is a different word: “alternative form of ípsilon”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome da vigésima quinta letra do alfabeto latino, representada pelos símbolos "y", "Y"”.
What does ípsilon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
- 2
masculineupsilon (name of the Greek letter Υ, υ)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of ípsilon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ípsilon
noun: 1. nome da vigésima quinta letra do alfabeto latino, representada pelos símbolos "y", "Y" 2. nome da vigésima letra do alfabeto grego, representada pelos símbolos "υ", "Υ"
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ípsilon
- ípsilones plural
- ípsilons Brazil plural
- ipsílon alternative
- ípsilo alternative
- ipsilone alternative
- ipsilão alternative
- psilone alternative Northeast-Brazil
- pissilone alternative Northeast-Brazil
- ípsulon alternative nonstandard
- ipsílones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ípsilon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ípsilon in Portuguese?
ípsilon appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).