Real Dictionary

-y
suffix: -y is added to nouns in order to form adjectives that describe something or someone as having the characteristics of what the noun refers to.

-y in American English 1
little, dear
suffix: a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to” the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached

-y in American English 2
having, full of, or characterized by
suffix: a noun-forming suffix with a variety of functions in contemporary English, added to monosyllabic bases to create words that are almost always informal. Its earliest use, probably still productive, was to form endearing or familiar names or common nouns fr

-y in American English 3
quality or condition
suffix: a suffix of various origins used in the formation of action nouns from verbs (inquiry), also found in other abstract nouns ( carpentry; infamy)

-y in American English 4
action of

-y in British English 1
suffix forming adjectives: characterized by; consisting of; filled with; relating to; resembling

-y in British English 2
suffix: denoting smallness and expressing affection and familiarity

-y in British English 3
suffix forming nouns: indicating the act of doing what is indicated by the verbal element

Y
singular noun: A YMCA or YWCA hostel is sometimes referred to as the Y.
variable noun: Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet.

Y in American English
noun: the 25th letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel

Y in American English 1
the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek upsilon
YMCA
abbreviation
symbol: an unknown quantity

Y in American English 2
the second of a set of unknown quantities, x usually being the first
yotta-
abbreviation
abbreviation: yard; yards

Y in American English 3
yard(s)
yen
symbol: the 25th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 24th

Y in American English 4
admittance

y in British English
noun: the 25th letter of the modern English alphabet
symbol for: any unknown, unspecified, or variable factor, number, person, or thing
symbol for: the y- axis or a coordinate measured along the y-axis in a Cartesian coordinate system

y- in American English
forming, together with the appropriate inflectional change in the base, the past participle of verbs: its use, as a poetic archaism, survived until the end of the 16th cent.
prefix: a prefix occurring in certain obsolete words (ywis) and esp. in archaic past participles

y. in British English
abbreviation for: year
abbreviation for: YMCA or YWCA