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]

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

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
• Ϙ (koppa)

Pronunciation

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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

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; 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

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Azeri

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/

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; 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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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

Further reading

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

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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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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; 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

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

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “q”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• 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) 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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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; 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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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”).

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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