G

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Initialism 2.3 Abbreviation 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.4 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Letter 3.3 See also 4 Italian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Letter 5.2.1 Usage notes 6 Slovene 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Letter 7 Welsh 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Mutation

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

G

1. (metrology) Symbol for the prefix giga-.
2. Symbol for gauss.
3. (biochemistry) One-letter symbol for glycine, a natural amino acid.
4. (biochemistry) One-letter symbol for the nucleotides guanodine, nucleoside guanosine, or nucleobase guanine, which are components of DNA.

G

1. The gravitational constant in the formula F = Gm₁m₂/r²; sometimes called "big G" to distinguish from g for the acceleration of gravity.

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒiː/, SAMPA: /dZi:/

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• Rhymes: -iː

[edit] Initialism

G

1. (sports, baseball) the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in

[edit] Abbreviation

G

1. (astronomy) a galaxy
2. (sports) goals , a sports statistic

[edit] Derived terms

• (astronomy): ClG
• (sports): GF , GA

[edit] Noun

G (plural Gs)

1. The seventh letter of the English alphabet, preceded by F and followed by H.
2. (slang) A gangsta, gangster
3. (economics) Abbreviation for Government Spending.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /χeː/

[edit] Letter

G (capital, lowercase g)

1. The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: F
• Next letter: H

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒi/, SAMPA: /dZi/

[edit] Noun

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G m. and f. inv.

1. The seventh letter of the Italian, and of the Latin alphabets

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ge/, /ʤe/

[edit] Letter

G (capital, lowercase g)

1. The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phonemes /g/ and /ʤ/. Preceded by F and followed by H.

[edit] Usage notes

When followed by the letters i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /ʤ/, as in plângi /plɨnʤʲ/ (you cry) and înger /ɨn.ʤer/ (angel). When followed by "hi" or "he" (ghi & ghe) and in all other cases, it represents /g/.

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[edit] Slovene

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Letter

G (capital, lowercase g)

1. The 8th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by F and followed by H.

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

G

1. The 10th letter of the alphabet, preceded by Ff and followed by Ng

[edit] Mutation

• G at the beginning of words is omitted in a soft mutation, mutates to Ng in a nasal mutation and is unchanged in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word gorsaf (“‘station’”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gorsaf	orsaf	ngorsaf	unchanged