q

See also: Q, -q, գ, զ, q̃, q̇, Q., and Appendix:Variations of "q"

q U+0071, q
LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
← p
[U+0070] 		Basic Latin r →
[U+0072]
ｑ U+FF51, ｑ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
← ｐ
[U+FF50] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｒ →
[U+FF52]

Translingual

Letter

q (upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(file)

Symbol

q

  1. (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
  2. (physics) electrical charge
  3. (physics) heat
  4. (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure

Synonyms

  • (electrical charge): Q
  • (heat): Q

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Other representations of Q:

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kjuː/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: cue, queue

Etymology 1

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q, plural q's)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes

The name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu

See also

Number

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Noun

q

  1. (sports) conditional qualification
  2. question

Etymology 3

From Latin quaque (“every”).

Determiner

q

  1. (medicine) Each, every.
    175 mg/m2 q 3 wks

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɡ/

Letter

q lower case (upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -y
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ky/

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Previous letter: p
  • Next letter: r

French

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ky/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -y

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

q m (plural q)

  1. Abbreviation of quintal.

See also

  • Previous letter: p
  • Next letter: r

Further reading

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /q/

Letter

q

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation, always found before the letter U) IPA(key): /kw/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /kwe/

Letter

q (upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian

Noun

q m, f (invariable)

  1. lowercase form of Q

Latin

Letter

q

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Abbreviation

q

  1. Quintus

Malay

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kʉː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
  • Homophone: ku

Letter

q

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Audio (BR)(file)

Etymology 1

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Etymology 2

Pronoun

q

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que (“that”).
  2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of quê (“what”).

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /k/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ku/
    • Audio (Spain)(file)

Etymology 1

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

q

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que (“that”).
  2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of qué (“what”).

Zulu

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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