q

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

q U+0071, q LATIN SMALL LETTER Q ← p [U+0070] Basic Latin r → [U+0072]

ｑ U+FF51, ｑ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Q ← ｐ [U+FF50] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｒ → [U+FF52]

Translingual

Letter

q (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
• With hook: ʠ

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

q

1. (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
2. (physics) electrical charge
3. (physics) heat
4. (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure

Synonyms

• (electrical charge): Q
• (heat): Q

Usage notes

The "q" once was used by linguists to represent glottal stop in protowords. After IPA comes out, they must use ʔ instead because the "q" becomes another phonetic feature.

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Normal and italic Q

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  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

Pronunciation

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

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• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue

Etymology 1

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q, plural qs or 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; 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 (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

Etymology 3

From Latin quaque (“every”).

Determiner

q

1. (medicine) Each, every (with a time interval).

   175 mg/m² q 3 wks

   ("every three weeks").

Related terms

• qh, QD

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

q lower case (upper 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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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku/, [ku]

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ku and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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

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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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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuː/
• Homophone: kuu

Letter

q (lower case, upper 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

Pronunciation

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Letter

q (lower case, upper 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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French

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ky/

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• Rhymes: -y

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

Further reading

• “q”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gothic

Romanization

q

1. Romanization of 𐌵

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Greenlandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /q/

Letter

q

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called kú and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

It is a symbol of the (somewhat dated) unit of mázsa (100 kilos or a quintal, approx. two hundredweight).

It occurs in the following terms, along with their derivations and compounds: becquerel, (archaic spelling: boutique →) butik, cinquecento, conditio sine qua non, denique, donquijoték (plural), IQ, kvad or quad, quantum satis, quaestor, quaestura, quattrocento, quisling, quodlibet, QR-kód, squash, and tequila.

Also in some foreign proper names chiefly from Latin, French, and Spanish, including Aquincum, Aquinói Szent Tamás (Thomas Aquinas), Don Quijote, Dunkerque, García Márquez, Jacques Offenbach, Martinique, Montesquieu, Quartier Latin, Québec, Quintilianus, Quintus Pontius Pilatus, Quito, Torquato Tasso, and Velázquez.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	q	q-k
accusative	q-t	q-kat
dative	q-nak	q-knak
instrumental	q-val	q-kkal
causal-final	q-ért	q-kért
translative	q-vá	q-kká
terminative	q-ig	q-kig
essive-formal	q-ként	q-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	q-ban	q-kban
superessive	q-n	q-kon
adessive	q-nál	q-knál
illative	q-ba	q-kba
sublative	q-ra	q-kra
allative	q-hoz	q-khoz
elative	q-ból	q-kból
delative	q-ról	q-król
ablative	q-tól	q-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	q-é	q-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	q-éi	q-kéi

Possessive forms of q
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	q-m	q-im
2nd person sing.	q-d	q-id
3rd person sing.	q-ja	q-i
1st person plural	q-nk	q-ink
2nd person plural	q-tok	q-itok
3rd person plural	q-juk	q-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.

Further reading

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

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Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation, always found before the letter U) IPA^(key): /kw/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /kwe/

Letter

q (upper 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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Indonesian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ki/

Letter

q (upper case Q)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) alfabet; 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

Alternative forms

• ak
• aq (alay)

Etymology 2

From similarity pronunciation of q in English and -ku in Indonesian.

Pronoun

q

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of aku.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈku/
  • Rhymes: -u
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /kw/

Letter

q f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Q)

1. lowercase form of Q

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Latin

Letter

q

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

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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) 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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Maltese

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʔ/
  • IPA^(key): [ʔ] (standard)
  • IPA^(key): [q] (dialectal, now especially among the elderly)

Letter

q (upper case Q)

1. The twenty-first 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

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

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• 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; 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

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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Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (after n) /ɡ/, (after any other letter) /k/

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. (International Standard) Used to represent the dative and genitive cases.

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).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “-q-”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called chiu and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Used chiefly in loanwords.
• The digraph qu is pronounced /kw/, /kv/, or /kʲ/.

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]

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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”).

   Hay un policía en la ruta q mas uso. ― There's a cop on the route that I use the most.

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

   q paso? ― What happened?

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Zulu

Letter

q (lower case, upper 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