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k U+006B, k
LATIN SMALL LETTER K
← j
[U+006A] 		Basic Latin l →
[U+006C]
ｋ U+FF4B, ｋ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER K
← ｊ
[U+FF4A] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｌ →
[U+FF4C]

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Pronunciation

  • (Voiceless velar plosive):
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Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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k

  1. (IPA) voiceless velar plosive.
  2. (geology) the permeability of a material for fluids
  3. (physics) the spring constant of an elastic material
  4. (physics) Boltzmann's constant

Noun

k

  1. (numbers) Abbreviation of thousand. (1000) (taken from the SI-prefix k- for kilo- meaning 1000's multiplier)
    (finance) €500k = 500,000 Euros
  • Letter styles
  • Capital and lowercase versions of K, in normal and italic type
    Capital and lowercase versions of K, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

See also

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

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k (lower case, upper case K, plural ks or k's)

  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
  2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.
See also

Number

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Etymology 2

From kilo-.

Noun

k (plural ks or k's)

  1. (computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
  2. (computing) A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
  3. (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.
    We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
  4. (colloquial) thousand or thousands.
    Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.
  5. The SI measurement value of 1,000
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Clipping of OK.

Interjection

k

  1. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) OK
    Synonym: 'kay
Usage notes

"k" usually implies apathy or anger towards the statement it is responding to,[1] in a less emphatic way than "K".

References

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Derived terms

Afar

Letter

k

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

See also

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /c/, /ç/, /k/

Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

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

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

See also

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of k – see K (“karaoke; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of K).

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

  • (before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA(key): [k]
  • (before a voiced consonant) IPA(key): [ɡ]
  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

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  1. to, toward, towards (movement towards a person)
    Šel jsem si k mému bratrovi pro půjčku. ― I went to my brother for a loan.
    Měla by jsi jít k lékařovi. ― You should go to a doctor.
  2. to (in the direction of rather than a destination)
    V jedné chvíli jsem si uvědomila, že jdu směrem k domu. ― At some point, i found myself walking towards the house.
  3. to, up to
    takže jsem vstala a šla k oknu. ― So I got up and I went to the window.
    Od nevyšších k nejnižším. ― From the highest to the lowest.
  4. for, to (purpose)
    Co si dáš k obědu? ― What will you have for lunch?
    něco k jídlu. ― Something to eat.
    všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré. ― Everything bad is good for something.

Usage notes

This preposition is followed by the dative case.

Synonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: j
  • Next letter: l
  • 'k

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko and written in the Latin script.

See also

Conjunction

k

  1. Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).
    • 2003 January 13, Sebastian Hartwig, “Re: 'Ghisdate pri Esperanto' hodiau en la boksmala”, in soc.culture.esperanto‎[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2017-05-17:
      SAS estas ja nur aerkompanio de tiuj tri landoj. (Ferooj k Gr(o)enlando apartenas al Danio, Islando havas propran kompanion Loftleidir (krom pli nova Viking Air).)
      SAS is really just an airline of those three countries. (the Faroe Islands and Greenland belong to Denmark, Iceland has its own company Loftleidir (besides a newer Viking Air).)

Synonyms

  • &
  • (text messaging) K

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑː/, [ˈkɑː]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kaa and written in the Latin script.

See also

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called koo and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

k

  1. (housing) Abbreviation of keittiö (“kitchen”).

French

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Usage notes

See also

Gothic

Romanization

k

  1. Romanization of 𐌺

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈk]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈkaː]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ká and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative k k-k
accusative k-t k-kat
dative k-nak k-knak
instrumental k-val k-kkal
causal-final k-ért k-kért
translative k-vá k-kká
terminative k-ig k-kig
essive-formal k-ként k-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive k-ban k-kban
superessive k-n k-kon
adessive k-nál k-knál
illative k-ba k-kba
sublative k-ra k-kra
allative k-hoz k-khoz
elative k-ból k-kból
delative k-ról k-król
ablative k-tól k-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		k-é k-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		k-éi k-kéi
Possessive forms of k
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. k-m k-im
2nd person sing. k-d k-id
3rd person sing. k-ja k-i
1st person plural k-nk k-ink
2nd person plural k-tok k-itok
3rd person plural k-juk k-ik

See also

Further reading

  • k in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Pronunciation

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Letter

k (upper case K)

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

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

Italian

Letter

k f (invariable)

  1. see under K

Latin

Letter

k

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

Latvian

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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

Audio:(file)

Letter

K

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

See also

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • ku (before ch, g, and k)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

Preposition

k (with dative)

  1. to

Lushootseed

Pronunciation

Letter

k

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.

Malay

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k/
  • IPA(key): /ɡ/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

Norwegian

Pronunciation

Letter

k

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

Usage notes

Nupe

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

Letter

k (upper case K, lower case)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

  • k in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • k in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. (International Standard) The fourteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The fifteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ca or capa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns.

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase): K

Pronunciation

Letter

k (Cyrillic spelling к)

  1. The 15th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by j and followed by l.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Alternative forms

  • ka (see usage notes)

Preposition

k (Cyrillic spelling к) (+ dative case)

  1. to
  2. towards
Usage notes

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 kući ― to/towards home
    ka gradu ― to/towards the city
    ka hladu ― to/towards the shade
  • before consonant clusters with emphasis on /k, g, h/:
    ka školi ― to/towards school
    ka zgradi ― to/towards the building
    ka hladu ― to/towards the shade
Synonyms
  • ka (see usage notes)

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

See also

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Conjunction

k

  1. (slang) Abbreviation of que.

Pronoun

k

  1. (slang) Abbreviation of que.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name
Phoneme

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. 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).

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter
  • IPA(key): /kej/, [keɪ̯] (in Filipino alphabet)
  • IPA(key): /ka/, [kɐ] (in Abakada alphabet)
Phoneme
  • IPA(key): /k/, [k]
    • IPA(key): [kx] (allophone in initial position)
    • IPA(key): [x] (allophone in Intervocalic position)

Letter

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  1. The eleventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet, called key or ka and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Interjection

k

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) OK

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

k

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of ka (in text messaging and Internet conversations): you; u
    Nasan k na?
    Where are you?

Further reading

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /c/, /k/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): (standard) /ceː/, /kaː/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

See also


Turkmen

Pronunciation

Letter

k (upper case K)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

See also

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called kí and written in the Latin script.

See also

Zulu

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

See also

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