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Translingual
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of IPA [qɑː, ɑqqɑː] with the sound [q]: (file)
Symbol
q
- Abbreviation of quecto-.
- (IPA, NAPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
- (superscript ⟨𐞥⟩) – see ⟨𐞥⟩.
- (physics) electric charge
- Alternative form: Q
- (physics) heat
- (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure
- Alternative form: Q
Gallery
- Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions of , in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur
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Other representations of Q:
English
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /kjuː/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: cue, queue
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
Etymology 1
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q, plural qs or q's)
- The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
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Number
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Noun
q (plural q's)
- (athletics) Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification: indicates an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events).
- Coordinate term: Q (“automatic qualification”)
- Abbreviation of question.
- Alternative form: Q
Related terms
Etymology 3
Determiner
q
- (medicine) Each, every (with a time interval).
- Alternative form: Q
- 175 mg/m2 q 3 wks ― 175 mg/m2 every three weeks
Related terms
Etymology 4
q
- (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ŋk/, /kw/ or /kjuː/.
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Albanian
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- The twenty-third letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
q lower case (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- 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
Blin
Pronunciation
Letter
q (uppercase Q)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.
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Czech
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Estonian
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in foreign words.
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Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and q for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Audio (letter name); “kuu”: (file)
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- 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.
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French
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Noun
q m (plural q)
- Abbreviation of quintal.
See also
Further reading
- “q”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
Romanization
q
- Romanization of 𐌵
Greenlandic
Pronunciation
Letter
q
- The thirteenth letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Heiltsuk
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, , G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, ƛ, ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- 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
| 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 |
| 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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Indonesian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Alternative forms
See also
Etymology 2
From similarity pronunciation of q in English and -ku in Indonesian.
Pronoun
q
- (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of aku.
Inupiaq
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- A letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Italian
Pronunciation
Letter
q f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Q)
- The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.
Kankanaey
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog q. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English q.
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The nineteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called kyu and written in the Latin script.
See also
References
- Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11
Kâte
Letter
q
- The voiceless stop /k͡p/, vs. curly-tail ⟨ɋ⟩, which is voiced /ɡ͡b/.
Kwak'wala
Alternative forms
- ⟨ḵ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- (Liqʼwala dialect) A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- Uʼmista
- (Latin-script letters) A a, A̱ a̱, B b, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, K k, Kw kw, K̓ k̓, K̓w k̓w, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵ̓ ḵ̓, Ḵ̓w ḵ̓w, L l, ʼL ʼl, Ł ł, M m, ʼM ʼm, N n, ʼN ʼn, O o, P p, P̓ p̓, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Tł tł, T̓ł t̓ł, Ts ts, T̓s t̓s, U u, W w, ʼW ʼw, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, ʼY ʼy, ʼ
- Liq̓ʷala
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ə ə, B b, D d, , Dᶻ dᶻ, E e, G g, Gʷ gʷ, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧʷ ǧʷ, H h, I i, K k, Kʷ kʷ, K̓ k̓, K̓ʷ k̓ʷ, Q q, Qʷ qʷ, Q̓ q̓, Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ, L l, L̓ l̓, Ł ł, M m, M̓ m̓, N n, N̓ n̓, O o, P p, P̓ p̓, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, ƛ, ̓ ƛ̓, C c, C̓ c̓, U u, W w, W̓ w̓, X x, Xʷ xʷ, X̌ x̌, X̌ʷ x̌ʷ, Y y, Y̓ y̓, ʔ
Latin
Letter
q
- A letter of the Latin alphabet.
Lushootseed
Pronunciation
Letter
q
- The thirty-first letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.
Malay
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- The twenty-first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Mam
Pronunciation
Letter
q (uppercase Q)
Norwegian
Pronunciation
Letter
q
- 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.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronoun
q
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of quê (“what”).
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- (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
Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- 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/.
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Letter
q (upper case Q)
- The thirtieth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Spanish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Pronoun
q
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que (“that”).
- Hay un policía en la ruta q más uso. ― There's a cop on the route that I use the most.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of qué (“what”).
- q pasó? ― what happened?
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish q. Each pronunciation has a different source:
Pronunciation
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q, Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called kyu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
See also
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ)
- (historical) The twentieth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called cu and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- “q”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Võro
Pronunciation
Letter
q (uppercase Q)
- The letter of the Võro alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Zulu
Letter
q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
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