P

See also: p, Ρ, and Appendix:Variations of "p"

P U+0050, P LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P ← O [U+004F] Basic Latin Q → [U+0051]

Character variations

Ｐ U+FF30, Ｐ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P ← Ｏ [U+FF2F] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｑ → [U+FF31]

Text style	Emoji style
🅿︎	🅿️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
🅿 U+1F17F, 🅿 NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P ← 🅾 [U+1F17E] Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement 🆀 → [U+1F180]

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Translingual

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌐 (p, “pe”), from the Ancient Greek letter Π (P, “pi”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤐 (p, “pe”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂋.

Letter

P (lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
   • 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 73:

     "That doesn't look too flash either," frowned Henry. "Let's put the P back.""

See also

• (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

Symbol

P

1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for phosphorus.
2. (metrology) symbol for peta-
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
4. (mathematics) probability

   P(A) is the probability of A occurring

   P(doom)

5. (physics) power
6. (physics) The symbol for poise.
7. (computer science) class of problems solvable in polynomial time
8. (linguistics) A wildcard for a plosive

   Synonym: S (“stop”)

9. pula (currency of Botswana)
10. (cartography) Repersents a parking area on a map, synonyms: 🅿️

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of P, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of P:

English

Etymology 1

Letter

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

1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
   • 1926, George Kelly, Craig's Wife, Act I, page 5:

     Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.

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 (upper case, lower 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.

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /pʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)

1. Abbreviation of park.
2. Abbreviation of phone.
3. Abbreviation of pager.
4. Abbreviation of passenger.
5. Abbreviation of pocket.

   5P garment

6. Alternative form of ₱ (Philippine peso)
7. (chess) Abbreviation of pawn.
8. (medicine) A P wave on an electrocardiogram.
9. (slang, chiefly US) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially heroin).
   • 2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible:

     P directly targets the dopamine pathways in your brain and as a result goes straight to your pleasure/reward module, which makes it an incredibly hard drug to break free from.

10. (slang, New Zealand) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially methamphetamine).
    • 2011 May 6, New Zealand Herald:

      Almost 70kg of pre-cursor drugs that could be used to manufacture $20 million of P have been seized by police and customs officers.

11. (UK, television) Initialism of product placement (displayed on screen as an indicator to viewers).
12. An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions to indicate that a student passes a class.
13. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol (“a patrol aircraft, a patroller”).

    Coordinate terms: PB, PT, PF

14. (MLE, slang) A pound (currency unit).
    • Poundz, Life I Live

      They don't know 'bout the life that I live, / Man made bare Ps and buy new sticks

Adjective

P (not comparable)

1. (UK) Abbreviation of probationary (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
2. (Australia) Abbreviation of provisional (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
3. (anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of pulmonary.

Adverb

P (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of P.M. (“post meridiem”) or PM

Proper noun

P

1. (computing theory) The set of all problems that are solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine
2. (law) Initialism of patient, the subject of proceedings in the Court of Protection.
3. (biblical, history) Abbreviation of Priestly source.

Related terms

• NP

Phrase

P

1. Initialism of produced/production date (on food or drink packaging, accompanying the use-by date)

Derived terms

• creatine-P
• P-cell
• P-factor
• P-Head
• P-in-V
• P-pop
• P-spot
• P-town

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /pɪə/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

P (plural P's, diminutive P'tjie)

1. P

Angami

Letter

P

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

Azerbaijani

Letter

P upper case (lower 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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe/, [pe̞]

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpe]

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Franconian

Etymology

• /p/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated *p; from *p in sp, mp, in Ripuarian also lp, rp; in most of Moselle Franconian from *bb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

Doubling of P

• In the German-based spelling, p is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
• In the Dutch-based spelling, p is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (lower case p)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Chinese

Etymology 1

Derived from English photoshop.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī, pì (pi¹, pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phi
    • MiniDict: phi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵³/

Verb

P

1. (chiefly Internet slang) to photoshop
   • 2023 August 17, 汤皓, 牟馨仪, 温淑蛉, “社交平台荷官“安娜”头像过千”, in 法制文萃报, page 5:

     随后，有不少网友发挥起了创意，将“安娜”与东坡肉P在一起，配文：“上菜了。”还有“安娜”与各类教材P在一起，祈祷“保证上岸”等等。 [MSC, simp.]
     隨後，有不少網友發揮起了創意，將“安娜”與東坡肉P在一起，配文：“上菜了。”還有“安娜”與各類教材P在一起，祈禱“保證上岸”等等。 [MSC, trad.]

     Suíhòu, yǒu bùshǎo wǎngyǒu fāhuī qǐ le chuàngyì, jiāng “Ānnà” yǔ dōngpōròu pī zàiyīqǐ, pèiwén: “Shàngcài le.” Háiyǒu “Ānnà” yǔ gèlèi jiàocái pī zàiyīqǐ, qídǎo “bǎozhèng shàng'àn” děngděng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• P圖 / P图 (pītú)

See also

• PS (pì-áisi)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī (pi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: P
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/

Noun

P

1. (LGBTQ) femme, lipstick lesbian

Antonyms

• T (“butch lesbian”)

Etymology 3

From English party. Doublet of party, 派對 / 派对 (pàiduì), and 趴體 / 趴体 (pātǐ).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

P

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) party

Derived terms

• P場 / P场
• 船P (syun⁴ pi¹)
• 開P / 开P (hoi¹ pi¹)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī, pì (pi¹, pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pi¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹
    • Yale: pī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
    • Tâi-lô: phi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phi
    • MiniDict: phi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵³/

Letter

P

1. The sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pō, pê̄ (po¹, pê¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ, ㄆㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, common)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pō
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: po
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo¹
    • Yale: pwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po
    • Palladius: по (po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, official)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pê̄
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pê
    • Wade–Giles: pʻeh¹
    • Yale: pē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pè
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛ⁵⁵/

Letter

P

1. The sixteenth letter used in Pinyin.

Usage notes

• 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

P (capital, lowercase p)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

• Previous letter: O
• Next letter: Q

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

• P, Ψ (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

P (upper case P, lower case p)

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/; before a voiced obstruent, IPA^(key): /b/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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

Estonian

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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)

Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and P for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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

French

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettre; A a (À à,  â, Æ æ), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Πî, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n (Ñ ñ), O o (Ô ô, Œ œ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), Z z

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• (letter name) pī

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, Ꟛ ꟛ, G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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.

Icelandic

Letter

P (lower 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

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pee/

Letter

P (lower 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

Irish

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

Italian

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): ^**/ˈpi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case p)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English producer. The VOCALOID sense may have arisen from an extension of the concept of producers in THE IDOLM@STER; both THE IDOLM@STER and VOCALOID were/are popular topics on the Niconico video sharing website.

Suffix

P(ピー) • (-pī) 

1. (entertainment, music) initialism of プロデューサー (purodyūsā, “producer”)
2. (more specifically) Used in the names of musicians who produce music featuring VOCALOID or adjacent software.

   ささくれP(ピー)

   sasakure-pī

   sasakureP

Usage notes

• (VOCALOID) The practice of bestowing or creating new "P-names" is largely extinct.

Derived terms

• ボカロP(ピー) (bokaro-pī)
• P名(ピーめい) (pī-mei)

Etymology 2

Prefix

P(ピー) • (pī-) 

1. (typography, especially in typeface names) initialism of プロポーショナル (puropōshonaru, “proportional”)

   M(エム)S(エス) P(ピー)ゴシック

   Emuesu Pī-goshikku

   MS PGothic

Etymology 3

Noun

P(ピー) • (pī) 

1. (video games, only in compounds) initialism of プレイヤー (pureiyā, “player”)

   2(ツー)P(ピー)カラー

   tsū-pī karā

   "player two" colors; alternate colors

Usage notes

• Usage with the English-derived reading of numbers (2P(ツーピー)) is more common than usage with the Sino-Japanese reading of numbers (2P(にピー)).

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog P. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English P.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pi/ [pi̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/ [p̚]

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and P for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Latin

Alternative forms

• P.

Noun

P m (indeclinable, plural PP)

1. abbreviation of pater (“father”)
2. abbreviation of pāpa (“pope”)

   Synonym: PP

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 (upper case, lower 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

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [pi]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [p]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [p̚]

Letter

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

Maltese

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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

Norwegian

Letter

P (upper case P, lower case p)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

In neo-runic inscriptions and texts (from period after the Reformation) may be replaced by ᛔ or a similar character usually derived from ᛒ-rune.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and P for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Portuguese

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. (International Standard) The twentieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-first letter of the Romani 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, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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

Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by o and followed by r. Its traditional name is beith bhog (“soft birch”).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and P for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (lower 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

Slovene

Letter

P (capital, lowercase p)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The eighteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Spanish

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. the 17th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Swedish

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish P. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English P.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜉ (pa).
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish P.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpi/ [ˈpɪ] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpa/ [ˈpa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpe/ [ˈpɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /p/ [p] (phoneme)

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called pi and written in the Latin script.
2. The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called pa and written in the Latin script.
3. (historical) The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Further reading

• “P”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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 ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), 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 (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [pe˧˧], [ʔɓe˧˧ fəː˧˩], [pəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ fəː˧˨], [pəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ fəː˨˩˦], [pəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: pê, bê phở, pờ

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twentieth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called pê, bê phở, or pờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /piː/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /pə/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twentieth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by O and followed by Ph.

Mutation

• P at the beginning of words mutates to B in a soft mutation, to Mh in a nasal mutation and to Ph in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word Prawf (“test”):

Mutated forms of Prawf

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Prawf	Brawf	Mhrawf	Phrawf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Further reading

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k͡p/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /k͡pí/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin)
• (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

Zulu

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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