q

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

Translingual

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0071
p ← Basic Latin → r

Wikipedia

Letter

q lower case (upper case Q)

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

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
• Ϙ (koppa)

Pronunciation

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Symbol

Wikipedia

q

1. (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
2. (physics) electrical charge
3. (physics) heat

Synonyms

• (electrical charge): Q
• (heat): Q

See also

Other representations of Q:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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

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  Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue

Etymology 1

Letter

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

1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu

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

Number

q ‎(lower case, upper 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

Noun

q

1. (sports) conditional qualification
2. question

Related terms

• Q
• DNQ, DNS, DNF, DSQ, DQ

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: worse · safe · main · #979: q · greatly · floor · example

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Azeri

Letter

q lower case (upper case Q)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -y
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ky/

Letter

q ‎(lower case, upper case Q)

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

See also

• Previous letter: p
• Next letter: r

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French

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -y
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ky/

Letter

q ‎(lower case, upper case Q)

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

Noun

q m ‎(plural q)

1. Abbreviation of quintal.

See also

• Previous letter: p
• Next letter: r

External links

• “q” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /q/

Letter

q

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv

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Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

q ‎(upper case Q)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; 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

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Italian

Noun

q m, f ‎(invariable)

1. lowercase form of Q

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Latin

Abbreviation

q

1. Quintus

Letter

q

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

References

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

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Malay

Letter

q ‎(lower case, upper case Q)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) 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

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kʉː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/
• Homophone: ku

Letter

q

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

Usage notes

• Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Letter

q ‎(lower case, upper case Q)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) letra; 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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

q

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que ‎(“that”).
2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of quê ‎(“what”).

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ku/

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Etymology 1

Letter

q ‎(lower case, upper case Q)

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

q

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que ‎(“that”).
2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of qué ‎(“what”).