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Translingual [edit]
| Unicode name | LATIN SMALL LETTER K | |||
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| Codepoint | U+006B | |||
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Letter [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also [edit]
- (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 K): Ḱḱ Ǩǩ Ķķ Ḳḳ Ḵḵ Ƙƙ Ⱪⱪ ᶄᶄ Ꝁꝁ ᴋ Kk
Other representations of K:
- Uppercase: K
- With cedilla: ķ
- With hook: ƙ
- With háček: ǩ
- With acute: ḱ
- With dot below: ḳ
- With line below: ḵ
- ĸ (kra)
- Κ (kappa)
- К (ka)
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur
Pronunciation [edit]
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IPA (file)
Symbol [edit]
k
English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
k lowercase (uppercase K)
- The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
- The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.
See also [edit]
- (Latin script letters) letter; 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
Number [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
- The eleventh letter of the English alphabet.
- (computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
- (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.
- We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
- (colloquial) thousand or thousands.
- Just about 65 k of Jack's full salaray comes from servicing the Baker account.
- The SI measurement value of 1,000
Derived terms [edit]
Abbreviation [edit]
k
- See K
- (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of okay. (Also spelled 'kay.)
Derived terms [edit]
Azeri [edit]
Letter [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The sixteenth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz
Czech [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA: [k]
- (before a voiced consonant) IPA: [ɡ]
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Audio (file)
Preposition [edit]
k
Synonyms [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
k (lower case, upper case K)
- The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also [edit]
See also [edit]
Esperanto [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (file)
Letter [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko or ka and written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz
Abbreviation [edit]
k
- Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).
Synonyms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
k m and f (invariable)
- See under K
Latin [edit]
Abbreviation [edit]
k
- Abbreviation of Kaeso.
Letter [edit]
k
- A letter of the Latin alphabet.
Latvian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
- IPA: [k]
Letter [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay [edit]
Letter [edit]
k
- The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (Latin script letters) 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
Norwegian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
k
- The 11th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Usage notes [edit]
- When written before j, k and j merge into voiceless palatal fricative, the ch sound in German ich.
Romanian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ka/
Letter [edit]
k (lowercase, capital K)
- The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, mostly used in foreign words to represent the phoneme /k/. Preceded by j and followed by l.
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
See Translingual section.
Alternative forms [edit]
- (uppercase): K
Pronunciation [edit]
- (phoneme) IPA: /k/
Letter [edit]
k (Cyrillic spelling к)
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.
Alternative forms [edit]
- ka (see usage notes)
Preposition [edit]
k (Cyrillic spelling к)
Synonyms [edit]
- ka (see usage notes)
Usage notes [edit]
Although both k and ka can be used synonymously, k must take the alternative form ka in the following environment:
- before /k, g, h/:
- ka gradu - to the city
- ka gore - towards above
- ka hladu - toward the shade
Spanish [edit]
Letter [edit]
k (lower case, upper case K)
- The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Conjunction [edit]
k
Pronoun [edit]
k
Swedish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Letter name
- IPA: /koː/
- Phoneme
- IPA: /k/, /ɕ/
Letter [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called kå and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /k/ in front of a, o, u and å and /ɕ/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö (some loan words might ignore this rule).
Turkish [edit]
Letter [edit]
k lower case (upper case K)
- The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- Latin script characters
- Translingual letters
- Translingual symbols
- IPA symbols
- English letters
- English numbers
- en:Ordinal numbers
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Computing
- English colloquialisms
- English abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
- English abbreviations
- English text messaging slang
- English internet slang
- Azeri letters
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech prepositions
- Czech words without vowels
- Dutch letters
- Esperanto letters
- Esperanto abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
- Esperanto abbreviations
- Italian letters
- Latin abbreviations
- Latin letters
- Latvian letters
- Malay letters
- Norwegian letters
- Romanian letters
- Serbo-Croatian letters
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Serbo-Croatian prepositions
- Spanish letters
- Spanish conjunctions
- English slang
- Spanish abbreviations
- Spanish pronouns
- Swedish letters
- Turkish letters
