q

See also: գ, զ, 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

• IPA

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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

The name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue

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.

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.

Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]}

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

• 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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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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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.

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Malay

Letter

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

• Audio (BR)

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Etymology 1

Letter

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called quê and written in the Latin script.
   • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Rocco, page 514:

     E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?

     And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?

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

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”).