Q

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The Universal Character Set

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
Basic Latin	U+0051

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Letter 1.1.1 See also 1.2 Symbol 1.3 See also 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.1.1 Homophones 2.2 Abbreviation 2.2.1 Antonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Noun 2.4 Proper noun 3 American Sign Language 3.1 Letter 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Letter 4.3 See also 5 Italian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Latin 6.1 Letter 7 Mandarin 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Verb 8 Spanish 8.1 Letter

[edit] Translingual

Wikipedia

[edit] Letter

Q upper case (lower case q)

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

[edit] See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter Q):  Ɋɋ  ʠ  Ｑｑ  ȹ

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Q

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

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Other representations of Q:

NATO phonetic: Quebec Morse code: – – · – Braille: ⠟ ASL Manual: Q

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Letter styles

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

Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kjuː/, SAMPA: /kju:/  Audio (UK)^{help, file}
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Homophones

• cue
• queue

[edit] Abbreviation

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

[edit] Antonyms

• (sports): DNQ

[edit] Derived terms

• (sports): DQ, DSQ, q
• (astronomy): RIQ, RLQ, RQQ

[edit] Noun

Q (plural Qs)

1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by P and followed by R.
2. American Library Association Abbreviation for quarto, book size (25-30cm).

[edit] Proper noun

Q

1. The pseudonym of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
2. Person or being of mysterious or uncertain nature, usually God-like. From Star Trek but may be found elsewhere.
3. An annual gathering where church leaders and cultural influencers from the fields of business, politics, media, education, entertainment and the arts are exposed to the future of culture and the church’s responsibility to advance the common good in society. Q is an initiative of Fermi Project.

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[edit] American Sign Language

[edit] Letter

(Stokoe Q)

1. The letter Q

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ky/

[edit] Letter

Q (capital, lowercase q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: P
• Next letter: R

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ku/, SAMPA: /ku/

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia ^it

Q m. and f. inv.

1. The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Letter

Q

1. The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Etymology

• From QQ, an adaptation of ICQ, another instant messaging program.

[edit] Verb

Q

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

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The 20th letter of the Spanish alphabet.