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See also: Appendix:Variations of "g", ց [U+0581 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER CO], and ɡ [U+0261 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT G]

g U+0067, g
LATIN SMALL LETTER G
f
[U+0066]
Basic Latin h
[U+0068]
U+FF47, g
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER G

[U+FF46]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF48]

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Letter

g (upper case G)

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

See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA:(file)

Symbol

g

  1. Symbol for the gram, an SI unit of mass.
  2. Symbol for gravitational acceleration, approximately 9.81 m/s2 or 32 ft/sec2 at the earth's surface. Distinguished from G.
  3. (IPA) Alternative form of ɡ (voiced velar stop).
  4. (physics) gluon

Translations

See also

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː/
Audio (US):(file)
Audio (UK):(file)

Letter

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g (lower case, upper case G, plural gs or g's)

  1. The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
See also

Number

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

g (countable and uncountable, plural gs)

  1. (physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.
  2. Abbreviation of gram.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of G (grand: thousand).
Derived terms

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

g lower case (upper case G)

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

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.

Derived terms

See also

  • Previous letter: f
  • Next letter: h

Noun

g

  1. (physics) Abbreviation of gram.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called go and written in the Latin script.

See also


Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊eː/, [ˈɡ̊eː]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

g (upper case G)

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

See also


Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeː/, [ˈɡe̞ː] (name of letter)
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
  • Used only in loanwords expect for ng [ŋː].
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

g

  1. (music) G (note)
Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Symbol

g

  1. (physics) g
  2. (text messaging slang) Abbreviation of j’ai (I have).

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Usage notes

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Gothic

Romanization

g

  1. Romanization of 𐌲

Hungarian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative g g-k
accusative g-t g-ket
dative g-nek g-knek
instrumental g-vel g-kkel
causal-final g-ért g-kért
translative g-vé g-kké
terminative g-ig g-kig
essive-formal g-ként g-kként
essive-modal
inessive g-ben g-kben
superessive g-n g-ken
adessive g-nél g-knél
illative g-be g-kbe
sublative g-re g-kre
allative g-hez g-khez
elative g-ből g-kből
delative g-ről g-kről
ablative g-től g-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
g-é g-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
g-éi g-kéi
Possessive forms of g
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. g-m g-im
2nd person sing. g-d g-id
3rd person sing. g-je g-i
1st person plural g-nk g-ink
2nd person plural g-tek g-itek
3rd person plural g-jük g-ik
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of gramm (gram).

Noun

g (plural g-ok)

  1. g (a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative g g-ok
accusative g-ot g-okat
dative g-nak g-oknak
instrumental g-mal g-okkal
causal-final g-ért g-okért
translative g-má g-okká
terminative g-ig g-okig
essive-formal g-ként g-okként
essive-modal
inessive g-ban g-okban
superessive g-on g-okon
adessive g-nál g-oknál
illative g-ba g-okba
sublative g-ra g-okra
allative g-hoz g-okhoz
elative g-ból g-okból
delative g-ról g-okról
ablative g-tól g-októl
non-attributive
possessive - singular
g-é g-oké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
g-éi g-okéi
Possessive forms of g
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. g-om g-jaim
2nd person sing. g-od g-jaid
3rd person sing. g-ja g-jai
1st person plural g-unk g-jaink
2nd person plural g-otok g-jaitok
3rd person plural g-juk g-jaik

Further reading

  • (sound, letter, and abbreviation): g 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
  • (musical note and its key): g 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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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Letter

g (upper case G)

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

See also


Ido

Pronunciation

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Letter

g (upper case G)

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

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

See also


Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dʒe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /dʒ/ before 'i'/'e'/'y', as /ʒ/ in the suffix -age, and /ɡ/ elsewhere.

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: f
  • Next letter: h

Italian

Letter

g m or f (invariable)

  1. see under G

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of g – see the following entry.
グラム
[noun] gram (unit of mass)
[counter] gram (unit of mass)
Alternative spelling
(This term, g (g), is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

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

G

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

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Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

g (upper case G)

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

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Lushootseed

Letter

g

  1. The twelfth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced velar stop.

Malay

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

See also


Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ/
  • IPA(key): /k/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɡeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, /k/, /j/, /ʃ/, /ɪ/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

g

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

Usage notes

  • When g is written before j, they merge together and create the sound of y in you.
  • G is sometimes pronounced like the s in sugar in words of French origin, like genre, due to the fact that Norwegian lacks the voiced palato-alveolar sibilant [ʒ].
  • In eastern and nothern dialects, g at the end of pronouns is pronounced like the y in boy. In western and southern dialects, the g is pronounced like g in great.

Nupe

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

Letter

g (upper case G, lower case)

  1. The tenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called gie and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

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

Portuguese

The word for cat in Portuguese is gato, and starts with g.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (BR):(file)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

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Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ge, ghe, or and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

See G for pronunciation notes.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase) G

Pronunciation

Letter

g (Cyrillic spelling г)

  1. The 11th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by f and followed by h.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

g (upper case G)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, [ɣ̞], /x/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈxe/ [ˈxe]
    • Audio (Spain):(file)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name
Phoneme
  • IPA(key): /ɡ/, /j/, /ɧ/
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Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The seventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /ɡ/ in front of a, o, u and å and /j/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö. Pronounced /ɧ/ in some loan words.

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, /ɟ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɟeː/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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Turkmen

Pronunciation

Letter

g (upper case G)

  1. The eighth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ze˧˧], [ɣəː˨˩], [ɣəː˨˩ ʔɗəːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ɣəː˦˩], [ɣəː˦˩ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jej˧˧], [ɣəː˨˩], [ɣəː˨˩ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: giê, gờ, gờ đơn

Letter

g

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

See also

Noun

g

  1. Contraction of -ương.
    lương → lg
    work pay

Welsh

Pronunciation

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Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

  1. The tenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èg and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by ff and followed by ng.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gorsaf orsaf ngorsaf unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “g”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

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Zulu

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

See also