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G

See also: Appendix:Variations of "g" and Ⴚ
LetterG.svg
G U+0047, G
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
← F
[U+0046] 		Basic Latin H →
[U+0048]
Ｇ U+FF27, Ｇ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
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[U+FF26] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｈ →
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TranslingualEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From a modification of the Latin letter C (“ce”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, “ce”), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, “gamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂‎ (g, “giml”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

LetterEdit

G (lower case g)

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

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SymbolEdit

G

  1. (metrology) giga-.
  2. gauss.
  3. (biochemistry) glycine, a natural amino acid.
  4. (biochemistry) Any of the nucleotides guanodine, nucleoside guanosine, or nucleobase guanine, which are components of DNA.
  5. (physics) The gravitational constant in the formula F = Gm1m2/r2; sometimes called "big G" to distinguish from g for the acceleration of gravity.
  6. (linguistics) A wildcard for a glide or semivowel

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of G, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase G in Fraktur

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Other representations of G:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dʒiː/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

LetterEdit

G (upper case, lower case g, plural Gs or G's)

  1. The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
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NumberEdit

G (upper case, lower case g)

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

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

G (countable and uncountable, plural Gs)

  1. (sports, baseball) Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).
  2. (US, politics) Green.
  3. (US, of a movie) General (suitable for a general audience).
  4. (sports) Goals (a sports statistic).
  5. Ground floor (of a building).
  6. A galaxy.
  7. gravity
  8. (slang, chiefly US) Grand (thousand dollars).
    • 2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎[1], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG):
      Just really want to smoke my weed, fuck these hoes, and stack my Gs.
  9. (grammar) Abbreviation of genitive case.
  10. (UK, education) The academic grade that comes next below F.
  11. (slang) A gangster, gangsta.
  12. (economics) Abbreviation for Government Spending.
  13. Alternative letter-case form of g (unit of gravitational acceleration).
  14. (drug slang) GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric acid)
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AfarEdit

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G

  1. The fourteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /χɪə/

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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AngamiEdit

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G

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

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AzerbaijaniEdit

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G upper case (lower case g)

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

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English G (“gigabyte”) and English gig (“gigabyte”).

PronunciationEdit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Mandarin (?)”

NounEdit

G

  1. (computing, informal) gigabyte

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (capital, lowercase g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called go and written in the Latin script.

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EstonianEdit

 
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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords expect for ng [ŋː].

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GermanEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The seventh letter of the German alphabet.

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HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called gé and written in the Latin script.

DeclensionEdit

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

Derived termsEdit

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (lower case g)

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

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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ItalianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): **/ˈd͡ʒi/*
    • Rhymes: -i
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /ɡ/
  • (phonemic realization before e or i) IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/

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G f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case g)

  1. The seventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called gi and written in the Latin script.

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JapaneseEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From English G.

NounEdit

G(ジー) • (jī) 

  1. G, gravity

Etymology 2Edit

Initial of ゴキブリ (gokiburi).

NounEdit

G(ジー) • (jī) 

  1. (slang, euphemistic) cockroach
    G(ジー)との格闘(かくとう)
    jī to no kakutō
    fight with a cockroach

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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G

G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called gā and written in the Latin script.

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MalayEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [d͡ʒi]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [ɡ]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [k̚]

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G

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

G

  1. (pensions) Initialism of grunnbeløp.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

G

  1. (pensions) Initialism of grunnbeløp.

NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The tenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called gie and written in the Latin script.

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Further readingEdit

  • G in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • G in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ge, ghe, or gî and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

When followed by an i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /dʒ/, as in plângi (/plɨndʒʲ/) and înger (/ɨn.dʒer/). When followed by hi or he (ghi and ghe) and in all other cases, it represents /ɡ/.

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (lower case g)

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

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SloveneEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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G (capital, lowercase g)

  1. The 8th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by F and followed by H.

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G upper case (lower case g)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called ga and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by C and followed by F.

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SpanishEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. the seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet

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TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɡ/, /ɟ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɟeː/

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The tenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called gờ or giê and written in the Latin script.

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

  1. The tenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èg and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ff and followed by Ng.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Gwynedd Wynedd Ngwynedd unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “G”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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ZuluEdit

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G (upper case, lower case g)

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

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