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Translingual
Letter
P (lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Symbol
P
- (chemistry) symbol for phosphorus
- (metrology) symbol for peta-
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
- (mathematics) probability
- P(A) is the probability of A occurring
- (physics) power
- (computer science) class of problems solvable in polynomial time
Gallery
- Letter styles
Capital and lowercase versions of P, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of P:
English
Etymology 1
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p, plural Ps or P's)
See also
Number
P (upper case, lower case p)
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun
P (plural Ps)
- park
- phone
- pager
- passenger
- (chess) Pawn.
- (slang, chiefly US) A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially heroin.
- 2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible:
- P directly targets the dopamine pathways in your brain and as a result goes straight to your pleasure/reward module, which makes it an incredibly hard drug to break free from.
- 2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible:
- (slang, New Zealand) methamphetamine
- 2011, New Zealand Herald, 6 May 2011:
- Almost 70kg of pre-cursor drugs that could be used to manufacture $20 million of P have been seized by police and customs officers.
- 2011, New Zealand Herald, 6 May 2011:
Proper noun
P
- (computing theory) The set of all problems that are solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine
Related terms
American Sign Language
Letter

- The letter P
Azerbaijani
Letter
P upper case (lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
P
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /peː/
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Audio (file)
Letter
P (capital, lowercase p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also
Esperanto
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z
Finnish
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peː/
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the German alphabet.
German Sign Language
Etymology
Related to the French Sign Language sign for "P".
Production
This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “P” shape.
Letter

- the letter P
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p/
Letter
P (lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Italian
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /pi/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/
Letter
P m, f (invariable, lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
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Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese
Etymology
From English producer. The VOCALOID sense may have arisen from an extension of the concept of producers in THE IDOLM@STER; both THE IDOLM@STER and VOCALOID were/are popular topics on the Niconico video sharing website.
Suffix
P (katakana ピー, rōmaji -pī)
- (entertainment, music) Initialism of プロデューサー (purodyūsā, “producer”).
- (more specifically) Musician who produces music featuring VOCALOID.
- ささくれP
- sasakure-pī
- sasakureP
- ささくれP
- (typography, especially in typeface names) Initialism of プロポーショナル (purpōshonaru, “proportional”).
- MSPゴシック
- Emuesu Pī-goshikku
- MS PGothic
- MSPゴシック
Derived terms
- ボカロP (bokaro-pī)
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p]
Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
P
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Portuguese
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /p/. Preceded by O and followed by R.
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p/
Letter
P
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/
Letter
P (lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
Slovene
Letter
P (capital, lowercase p)
- The 17th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by O and followed by R.
Spanish
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The 17th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Turkish
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [pe˧˧], [ɓe˧˧ fəː˧˩], [pəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [pej˧˧], [ɓej˧˧ fəː˧˨], [pəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [pej˧˧], [ɓej˧˧ fəː˨˩˦], [pəː˨˩]
- Phonetic: pê, bê phở, pờ
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twentieth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called pê, bê phở, or pờ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
P (upper case, lower case p)


