p U+0070, p
LATIN SMALL LETTER P
o
[U+006F]
Basic Latin q
[U+0071]
U+1D56, ᵖ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL P

[U+1D55]
Phonetic Extensions
[U+1D57]
𝆏 U+1D18F, 𝆏
MUSICAL SYMBOL PIANO
𝆎
[U+1D18E]
Musical Symbols 𝆐
[U+1D190]
U+FF50, p
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER P

[U+FF4F]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF51]

Translingual edit

 
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p (upper case P)

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

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  • (file)

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p

  1. (IPA) a voiceless bilabial plosive.
    (superscript ⟨ᵖ⟩) [p]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [p]-release (e.g. ⟨kᵖ⟩ for [k͡p]), [p]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [p].
  2. (physics) pressure
  3. (music) piano (play softly)
  4. (chemistry) power of; the negative logarithm of a concentration, as in pH or pOH
  5. (physics) proton

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Other representations of P:

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p (lower case, upper case P, plural ps or p's)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The ordinal number sixteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviations

Alternative forms edit

  • (page, per): p.

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p

  1. Abbreviation of post, meaning after
  2. Abbreviation of per.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.
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p

  1. Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
  2. (UK) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
    • 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy:
      The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image.
  3. (physics) proton
  4. (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
    • 2010, Benny Bing, 3D and HD Broadband Video Networking, page 59:
      HD video may contain 720 or 1080 vertical progressive scan lines (720p or 1080p), 1080 interlaced lines (1080i), and is capable of displaying a 16:9 image and output digital audio.
  5. (New Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine
  6. Abbreviation of piss (urine).
    I'll slurp all that p.
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Verb edit

p

  1. (knitting) Abbreviation of purl.
    • 1855, Godey's Magazine, volume 51, page 71:
      Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

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p (not comparable)

  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)
    I'm doing p good, how are you?
    • 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgan delphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet [1]:
      There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole[sic] think SU27 is p bad!).
  2. (chiefly US, stenoscript) Alternative spelling of p.m. (post meridiem) or pm

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Azerbaijani edit

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p lower case (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque edit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

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     f

  1. Alternative form of p.t (sky)

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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  • Previous letter: o
  • Next letter: q

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p
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 m

  1. mat

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p
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 m

  1. plinth

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  m./f. topo.

  1. Pe, a city in Lower Egypt, where the Pharaohs were crowned.

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Esperanto edit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called po and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian edit

 
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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

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Faroese edit

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p (upper case P)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish edit

Etymology edit

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 p for information on the development of the glyph itself.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

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p

  1. Abbreviation of penni. (Finnish penny, no longer used)

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Gothic edit

Romanization edit

p

  1. Romanization of 𐍀

Hungarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈp]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈpeː]

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative p p-k
accusative p-t p-ket
dative p-nek p-knek
instrumental p-vel p-kkel
causal-final p-ért p-kért
translative p-vé p-kké
terminative p-ig p-kig
essive-formal p-ként p-kként
essive-modal
inessive p-ben p-kben
superessive p-n p-ken
adessive p-nél p-knél
illative p-be p-kbe
sublative p-re p-kre
allative p-hez p-khez
elative p-ből p-kből
delative p-ről p-kről
ablative p-től p-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
p-é p-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
p-éi p-kéi
Possessive forms of p
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. p-m p-im
2nd person sing. p-d p-id
3rd person sing. p-je p-i
1st person plural p-nk p-ink
2nd person plural p-tek p-itek
3rd person plural p-jük p-ik

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p (plural p-ek)

  1. Abbreviation of perc (minute[s]).
    Coordinate terms: ó, mp
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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative p p-ek
accusative p-et p-eket
dative p-nek p-eknek
instrumental p-cel p-ekkel
causal-final p-ért p-ekért
translative p-cé p-ekké
terminative p-ig p-ekig
essive-formal p-ként p-ekként
essive-modal
inessive p-ben p-ekben
superessive p-en p-eken
adessive p-nél p-eknél
illative p-be p-ekbe
sublative p-re p-ekre
allative p-hez p-ekhez
elative p-ből p-ekből
delative p-ről p-ekről
ablative p-től p-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
p-é p-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
p-éi p-ekéi
Possessive forms of p
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. p-em p-eim
2nd person sing. p-ed p-eid
3rd person sing. p-e p-ei
1st person plural p-ünk p-eink
2nd person plural p-etek p-eitek
3rd person plural p-ük p-eik

Further reading edit

  • p 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

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pʰjɛː/

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p (upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ido edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /p/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pe/

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p (upper case P)

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

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p f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case P)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and p for development of the glyph itself.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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p

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

References edit

  • p in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • p”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

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P

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

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p (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Malay edit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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Maltese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /p/
  • IPA(key): /b/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
  • With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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p

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

Nupe edit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Polish edit

Etymology edit

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and p for development of the glyph itself.

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p (upper case P, lower case)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. (International Standard) The twentieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called pe or and written in the Latin script.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by o and followed by r. Its traditional name is beith bhog (soft birch).

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Serbo-Croatian edit

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  • P (uppercase)

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p (Cyrillic spelling п)

  1. The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by o and followed by r.

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and p for development of the glyph itself.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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p (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Spanish edit

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  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /p/
  • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈpe/ [ˈpe]
    • Rhymes: -e

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish p. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English p.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish p.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character (pa).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: p
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /pi/, [pɪ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈpe/, [ˈpɛ]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /pa/, [pɐ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/, [p]
  • Rhymes: -i, -e, -a

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p (lower case, upper case P, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called pi and written in the Latin script.
  2. (historical) The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called pe and written in the Latin script.

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p (lower case, upper case P, Baybayin spelling )

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called pa and written in the Latin script.

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Further reading edit

  • p”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish edit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

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Turkmen edit

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p (upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

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Yoruba edit

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k͡p/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /k͡pí/

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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