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Translingual
editLetter
editq (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
edit- (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
editPronunciation of IPA [qɑː, ɑqqɑː] with the sound [q]: (file)
Symbol
editq
- Abbreviation of quecto-.
- (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
- (superscript ⟨𐞥⟩) – see ⟨𐞥⟩.
- (NAPA) as in IPA.
- (physics) electrical charge
- (physics) heat
- (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure
Synonyms
editGallery
edit- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of , in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur
See also
editOther representations of Q:
English
editPronunciation
edit- (letter name): IPA(key): /kjuː/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: cue, queue
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
Etymology 1
editLetter
editq (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
editThe name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu.
See also
edit- (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
editq (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
editNoun
editq (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
editEtymology 3
editDeterminer
editq
Related terms
editEtymology 4
editq
- (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ŋk/, /kw/ or /kjuː/.
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editAlbanian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (upper case Q)
- The twenty-third letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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editAzerbaijani
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq lower case (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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editBasque
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The eighteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ku and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
edit- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
See also
editBlin
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (uppercase Q)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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editEstonian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
edit- Used only in foreign words.
See also
editFinnish
editEtymology
editThe 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
editAudio (letter name); “kuu”: (file)
Letter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
edit- Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords qu is replaced with kv.
See also
editFrench
editPronunciation
edit- (letter name): IPA(key): /ky/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -y
- Homophones: cul, culs, cu, cus, ku, kus, qu, qus
Letter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Noun
editq m (plural q)
- Abbreviation of quintal.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “q”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
editRomanization
editq
- Romanization of 𐌵
Greenlandic
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq
- The thirteenth letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
editHungarian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called kú and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
editIt 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
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
edit- (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
edit- 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
editPronunciation
edit- (context pronunciation, always found before the letter U) IPA(key): /kw/
- (letter name) IPA(key): /kwe/
Letter
editq (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
editIndonesian
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Alternative forms
editSee also
edit- (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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
Etymology 2
editFrom similarity pronunciation of q in English and -ku in Indonesian.
Pronoun
editq
- (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of aku.
Inupiaq
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (upper case Q)
- A letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Italian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Q)
- The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.
Kâte
editLetter
editq
- The voiceless stop /k͡p/, vs. curly-tail ⟨ɋ⟩, which is voiced /ɡ͡b/.
Kwak'wala
editAlternative forms
edit- ⟨ḵ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)
Pronunciation
editLetter
editq (upper case Q)
- (Liqʼwala dialect) A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Latin
editLetter
editq
- A letter of the Latin alphabet.
Lushootseed
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq
- The thirty-first letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.
Malay
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
editMaltese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (upper case Q)
- The twenty-first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
editMam
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (uppercase Q)
Norwegian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq
- The seventeenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
edit- Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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
editPronoun
editq
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of quê (“what”).
Romani
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- (International Standard) Used to represent the dative and genitive cases.
See also
edit- (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
edit- 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
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called chiu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
edit- Used chiefly in loanwords.
- The digraph qu is pronounced /kw/, /kv/, or /kʲ/.
See also
editSpanish
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editq
- (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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish q. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English q.
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish q.
Pronunciation
editLetter
editq (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
edit- This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
See also
edit- (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Letter
editq (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
edit- “q”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Zulu
editLetter
editq (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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