Q

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LetterQ.svg
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
Codepoint U+0051
 P ← Basic Latin → R 
See also Ⴍ, and Appendix:Variations of "q"

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Letter

Q upper case (lower case q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
    Queen, Qualen, Qatarien

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[edit] Symbol

Q

  1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamine

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Other representations of Q:

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of Q, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

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Q uppercase (lowercase q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
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Q upper case (lower case q)

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

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Q

  1. question or questions
    Q and A
  2. quarter
  3. the supposed common source of the Gospels of Mark and Luke (from German Quelle, source)
  4. the Q factor in electronics
  5. (astronomy) quasar
  6. (sports) qualified
  7. American Library Association Abbreviation for quarto, book size (25-30cm).
  8. (chess) queen
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  • (sports): DNQ
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[edit] Proper noun

Q

  1. The pseudonym of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

[edit] American Sign Language

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Q (Stokoe Q)

  1. The letter Q

[edit] Azeri

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Q upper case (lower case q)

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

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[edit] Cantonese

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Q

  1. Used in a euphemistic way to replace a swear word.

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ky/

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Q (capital, lowercase q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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  • Previous letter: P
  • Next letter: R

[edit] German

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Q (upper case, lower case q)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the German alphabet.

[edit] Italian

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA: /ku/
  • (phoneme, always found before U) IPA: /kw/

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Q m. and f. inv. (lower case q)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.

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[edit] Latin

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Q

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

[edit] Mandarin

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Q (Pinyin Q)

  1. (slang) fucking; bloody; damn
  2. (slang) cute

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[edit] Noun

Q (Pinyin Q)

  1. (slang) penis
  2. (slang) (snooker) cue
  3. (slang) quinella

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[edit] Verb

Q (Pinyin Q)

  1. (slang) to use QQ, the popular Chinese instant messaging program

[edit] Somali

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /ɢ/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ɢɑːf/

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Q upper case (lower case q)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called qaaf and written in the Latin script.

[edit] Usage notes

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by F and followed by K.

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[edit] Spanish

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Q (upper case, lower case q)

  1. The 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
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