p

See also: P and Appendix:Variations of "p"

p U+0070, p LATIN SMALL LETTER P ← o [U+006F] Basic Latin q → [U+0071]

ｐ U+FF50, ｐ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER P ← ｏ [U+FF4F] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｑ → [U+FF51]

𝆏 U+1D18F, 𝆏 MUSICAL SYMBOL PIANO ← 𝆎 [U+1D18E] Musical Symbols 𝆐 → [U+1D190]

Translingual

Letter

p (upper case P)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA

  (file)

Symbol

p

1. (IPA) voiceless bilabial plosive
2. (physics) pressure
3. (music) piano (play softly)
4. (chemistry) power of; the negative logarithm of a concentration, as in pH or pOH

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

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

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

See also

• (IPA): b (“voiced bilabial plosive”)
• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter P):  Ṕṕ  Ṗṗ  Ᵽᵽ  Ƥƥ  P̃p̃  ᵱ  ᶈ  ᴘ  Ｐｐ  ȹ
• With hook: ƥ
• ƿ (wynn)

Other representations of P:

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English

Etymology 1

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P, plural ps or p's)

1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Number

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations

Alternative forms

• (page, per): p.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piː/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Preposition

p

1. Abbreviation of post, meaning after
2. Abbreviation of per.

Translations

per

• Swedish: / (sv)

Noun

p

1. Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
2. (Britain) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
   • 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy:

     The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image.

3. (physics) proton

Translations

page

• Greek: σ. f (s.)

• Scottish Gaelic: td
• Swedish: sid (sv)., s (sv).

Verb

p

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of purl.
   • 1855, Godey's Magazine (volume 51, page 71)

     Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

Adverb

p (not comparable)

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)

   I'm doing p good, how are you?

   • 1992 October 20, Peter Yee <yeeatlas.arc.nasa.gov>, "NASA Daily News for 10/13/92 (Forwarded)", message-ID <1992Oct20.091605.29223@news.arc.nasa.gov>, sci.space.news, Usenet [1]:

     The searches will use radio telescope antennas to "listen" to stars for non-random radio noise P much like someone tuning a radio listens for a station between the static.

   • 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet [2]:

     There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole^[sic] think SU27 is p bad!).

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p lower case (upper case P)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Demotic

Noun

⁠⁠⁠ f

1. Alternative form of p.t (“sky”)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

• Previous letter: o
• Next letter: q

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛ/
  • Conventional anglicization: pe

Noun

 m

1. mat

Inflection

Declension of p (masculine)

singular	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

Noun

 m

1. plinth

Inflection

Declension of p (masculine)

singular	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

Proper noun

 m./f. topo.

1. Pe, a city in Lower Egypt, where the Pharaohs were crowned.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called po and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

Letter

p (upper case P)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Noun

p

1. Abbreviation of penni. (Finnish penny, no longer used)

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Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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Gothic

Romanization

p

1. Romanization of 𐍀

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Hungarian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ ˈp]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ ˈpeː]

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called pé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	p	p-k
accusative	p-t	p-ket
dative	p-nek	p-knek
instrumental	p-vel	p-kkel
causal-final	p-ért	p-kért
translative	p-vé	p-kké
terminative	p-ig	p-kig
essive-formal	p-ként	p-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	p-ben	p-kben
superessive	p-n	p-ken
adessive	p-nél	p-knél
illative	p-be	p-kbe
sublative	p-re	p-kre
allative	p-hez	p-khez
elative	p-ből	p-kből
delative	p-ről	p-kről
ablative	p-től	p-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	p-é	p-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	p-éi	p-kéi

Possessive forms of p
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	p-m	p-im
2nd person sing.	p-d	p-id
3rd person sing.	p-je	p-i
1st person plural	p-nk	p-ink
2nd person plural	p-tek	p-itek
3rd person plural	p-jük	p-ik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈpɛrt͡s]

Noun

p (plural p-ek)

1. Abbreviation of perc (“minute[s]”).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	p	p-ek
accusative	p-et	p-eket
dative	p-nek	p-eknek
instrumental	p-cel	p-ekkel
causal-final	p-ért	p-ekért
translative	p-cé	p-ekké
terminative	p-ig	p-ekig
essive-formal	p-ként	p-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	p-ben	p-ekben
superessive	p-en	p-eken
adessive	p-nél	p-eknél
illative	p-be	p-ekbe
sublative	p-re	p-ekre
allative	p-hez	p-ekhez
elative	p-ből	p-ekből
delative	p-ről	p-ekről
ablative	p-től	p-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	p-é	p-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	p-éi	p-ekéi

Possessive forms of p
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	p-em	p-eim
2nd person sing.	p-ed	p-eid
3rd person sing.	p-e	p-ei
1st person plural	p-ünk	p-eink
2nd person plural	p-etek	p-eitek
3rd person plural	p-ük	p-eik

Further reading

• p in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pʰjɛː/

Letter

p (upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

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Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pe/

Letter

p (upper case P)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Noun

p m or f (invariable)

1. See under P

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Latin

Noun

p

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Publius
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Abbreviation of populus.

Letter

p

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

References

• p in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• p in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Latvian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [p]

Letter

P

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called pē and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p (upper case P)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Malay

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/
• IPA^(key): /b/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
• With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

p

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

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Portuguese

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called pe or pî and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) P

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p (Cyrillic spelling п)

1. The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by o and followed by r.

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p (upper case P)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pe/

  • Audio (Spain)

    (file)

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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Turkish

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

p (upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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Zulu

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z