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Define j j synonyms, j pronunciation, j translation, English dictionary definition of j abbr 1 Games jack 2 or j joule or J n pl j's or J's also js or Js 1 The tenth letter of the modern English alphabet Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter j 3 The tenth in a series 4 Something shaped like the letter J 5The phoneme / j / is the is the sound we find in words like y oung, y es or y ogurtIt's similar to a short / i / or / ɪ / quickly followed by a vowel, but it is not exactly the same and it tends to give different kinds of trouble to Spanish speakers However, it is not completely unknown in Spanish, since it's the sound we make at the beginning of words such as hielo, hiato or iónicoApr 09, 11 · J's phonetic quest for independence probably began with the sound of the letter I Originally a Phoenician pictogram representing a leg with a hand, and denoting a sound similar to the Y in "yes," I was later adopted by Semitic groups to describe the wor