Q

See also: q, -q, Ⴍ, q̃, q̇, Q., and Appendix:Variations of "q"

Translingual

Letter

Q (lower case q)

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

   Queen, Qualen, Qatarien

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 Q):  Ɋɋ  ʠ  Ｑｑ  ȹ

Symbol

Q

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamine
2. (physics) electric charge
3. (logic, mathematics) Robinson arithmetic

Gallery

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

See also

Other representations of Q:

NATO phonetic: Quebec Morse code: – – · – Braille: ⠟ ASL Manual: Q

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

Etymology 1

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q, plural Qs or Q's)

1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue 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

Q (upper case, lower case q)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/
• IPA^(key): /kju/
• IPA^(key): /kjʉː/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue, Kew

Noun

Q

1. question or questions

   Q and A

2. quarter
3. (electronics) Quality factor
4. (astronomy) quasar
5. (sports) qualified
6. American Library Association Abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
7. (chess) queen
8. (card games) queen

Translations

playing card

• French: D (fr) (dame)
• Russian: Д (ru) (D) (дама)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: D (sv) (dam)

Antonyms

• (sports): DNQ
• (science fiction fandom): DNQ

Derived terms

• (sports): DQ, DSQ, q
• (astronomy): RIQ, RLQ, RQQ

Proper noun

Q

1. The pseudonym of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
2. (followed by an ayah (verse) number) Quran
3. (theology) the hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Mark and Luke (from German Quelle, source); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
5. QAnon (anonymous poster on 4chan)
   • 2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 December 2018:

     In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal.

   • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

   • 2019 March 6, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How a conspiracy theory about Democrats drinking children’s blood topped Amazon’s best-sellers list”, in Vox‎^[3], archived from the original on 7 March 2019:

     At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, or Q — and that includes most of Donald Trump’s supporters.” That’s still the case, but the fact that this book is at the top of some of Amazon’s most prominent recommendation lists means that a far larger share of the population will — at a minimum — stumble across these ideas.

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Afar

Letter

Q

1. The eleventh letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

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

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe Q)

1. The letter Q

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Azerbaijani

Letter

Q upper case (lower case q)

1. The seventeenth 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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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kiū, kiù (kiu¹, kiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄧㄡ, ㄎㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Q
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kiou
    • Wade–Giles: kʻiu¹
    • Yale: kyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kiou
    • Palladius: кю (kju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kiūr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kiour
    • Wade–Giles: kʻiu¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: kyōur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioul
    • Palladius: кюр (kjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Q
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kiòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻiu⁴
    • Yale: kyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kiow
    • Palladius: кю (kju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kiùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kiòur
    • Wade–Giles: kʻiu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: kyòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kiowl
    • Palladius: кюр (kjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu¹
    • Yale: kīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From English cute.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) Q

1. (slang) cute

Etymology 2

From Min Nan 𩚨 (khiū).

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) Q

1. (Taiwan, slang, of food) soft and pliable; chewy (like mochi)

Etymology 3

Euphemistic form of 鳩／鸠 (jiū).

Interfix

1. (vulgar, Cantonese, euphemistic) fucking; bloody; damn

   多Q餘 [Cantonese, trad.]
   多Q余 [Cantonese, simp.]

   do¹ kiu¹ jyu⁴ [Jyutping]

   freaking unnecessary

   多Q事 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   do¹ kiu¹ si⁶ [Jyutping]

   freaking nosy

Etymology 4

From English cue.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) Q

1. (slang) (snooker) cue

Etymology 5

From English quinella.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) Q

1. (slang) quinella

Etymology 6

From QQ, an adaptation of ICQ, another instant messaging program.

Verb

Q

1. (slang) to use QQ, the popular Chinese instant messaging program

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ky/

• Audio:

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Letter

Q (capital, lowercase q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: P
• Next letter: R

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Estonian

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in foreign words.

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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Finnish

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords qu is replaced with kv.

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Kuh
• Rhymes: -uː

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the German alphabet.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• (always found before the letter U) IPA^(key): /kw/

Letter

Q (lower case q)

1. The seventeenth 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

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ku/
• (phoneme, always found before U) IPA^(key): /kw/

Letter

Q m or f (invariable, lower case q)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu 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

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Latin

Letter

Q

1. The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

References

• “Q”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Q in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiu], [kju]
• IPA^(key): [q], [k]
• IPA^(key): [k̚]

Letter

Q

1. The seventeenth 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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Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈke/

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth 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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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷʼ/

Letter

Q

1. The twenty-fifth 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, ¸

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɢ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɢɑːf/

Letter

Q upper case (lower case q)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called qaaf and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by F and followed by K.

See also

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

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Spanish

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˧], [kwi˧˧], [kwəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧], [kwɪj˧˧], [kwəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧], [wɪj˧˧], [wəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: cu, quy, quờ

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called cu, quy, or quờ 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)

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Zulu

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth 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