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TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Etruscan letter 𐌐 (p, “pe”), from the Ancient Greek letter Π (P, “pi”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤐 (p, “pe”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂋.
LetterEdit
P (lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 73:
- "That doesn't look too flash either," frowned Henry. "Let's put the P back.""
See alsoEdit
- (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 P): Ṕṕ Ṗṗ Ᵽᵽ Ƥƥ P̃p̃ ᵱ ᶈ ᴘ Pp ȹ
SymbolEdit
P
- (chemistry) symbol for phosphorus
- (metrology) symbol for peta-
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
- (mathematics) probability
- P(A) is the probability of A occurring
- (physics) power
- (physics) The symbol for poise.
- (computer science) class of problems solvable in polynomial time
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a plosive
- synonyms: S for a 'stop'
GalleryEdit
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of P, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur
See alsoEdit
Other representations of P:
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p, plural Ps or P's)
- The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
NumberEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The ordinal number sixteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2Edit
Abbreviations.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
P (plural Ps)
- Abbreviation of park.
- Abbreviation of phone.
- Abbreviation of pager.
- Abbreviation of passenger.
- Abbreviation of pocket.
- 5P garment
- Alternative form of ₱ (Philippine peso)
- (chess) Abbreviation of pawn.
- (medicine) A P wave on an electrocardiogram.
- (slang, chiefly US) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially heroin).
- 2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible:
- P directly targets the dopamine pathways in your brain and as a result goes straight to your pleasure/reward module, which makes it an incredibly hard drug to break free from.
- 2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible:
- (slang, New Zealand) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially methamphetamine).
- 2011, New Zealand Herald, 6 May 2011:
- Almost 70kg of pre-cursor drugs that could be used to manufacture $20 million of P have been seized by police and customs officers.
- 2011, New Zealand Herald, 6 May 2011:
- (UK, television) Initialism of product placement. (displayed on screen as an indicator to viewers)
AdjectiveEdit
P (not comparable)
- (UK) Abbreviation of probationary (used on a vehicle's P-plate)
- (Australia) Abbreviation of provisional (used on a vehicle's P-plate)
- (anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of pulmonary.
AdverbEdit
P (not comparable)
Proper nounEdit
P
- (computing theory) The set of all problems that are solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine
- (law) Initialism of patient. (the subject of proceedings in the Court of Protection)
- (religion) Abbreviation of Priestly source.
Related termsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
NounEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
LetterEdit
P upper case (lower case p)
- The twenty-third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The seventeenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
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Central FranconianEdit
EtymologyEdit
- /p/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated *p; from *p in sp, mp, in Ripuarian also lp, rp; in most of Moselle Franconian from *bb.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notesEdit
- In the German-based spelling, p is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, p is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
ChineseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Derived from English photoshop.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
P
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- PS (pì-áisi)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
P
AntonymsEdit
- T (“butch lesbian”)
Etymology 3Edit
Pronunciation 1Edit
LetterEdit
P
- The sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2Edit
LetterEdit
P
- The sixteenth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notesEdit
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (capital, lowercase p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twentieth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called po and written in the Latin script.
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EstonianEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
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FinnishEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
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GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the German alphabet.
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called pé and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
See alsoEdit
- (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.
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case p)
- The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.
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JapaneseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From English producer. The VOCALOID sense may have arisen from an extension of the concept of producers in THE IDOLM@STER; both THE IDOLM@STER and VOCALOID were/are popular topics on the Niconico video sharing website.
SuffixEdit
- (entertainment, music) Initialism of プロデューサー (purodyūsā, “producer”).
- (more specifically) Used in the names of musicians who produce music featuring VOCALOID or adjacent software.
- ささくれP
- sasakure-pī
- sasakureP
- ささくれP
Usage notesEdit
- (VOCALOID) The practice of bestowing or creating new "P-names" is largely extinct.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PrefixEdit
- (typography, especially in typeface names) Initialism of プロポーショナル (puropōshonaru, “proportional”).
- MS Pゴシック
- Emuesu Pī-goshikku
- MS PGothic
- MS Pゴシック
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
- (video games, only in compounds) Initialism of プレイヤー (pureiyā, “player”).
- 2Pカラー
- tsū-pī karā
- "player two" colors; alternate colors
- 2Pカラー
Usage notesEdit
- Usage with the English-derived reading of numbers (2P) is more common than usage with the Sino-Japanese reading of numbers (2P).
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Proper nounEdit
P m (indeclinable)
- Praenominal abbreviation of Publius.
NounEdit
P (plural PP)
- Abbreviation of pater, father.
- Abbreviation of patris.
- Abbreviation of patri.
- Abbreviation of patrem.
- Abbreviation of patre.
- Abbreviation of papa, pope.
- Synonym: PP
- Abbreviation of papae.
- Abbreviation of papam.
LatvianEdit
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
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called pē and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [pi]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [p]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [p̚]
LetterEdit
P
- The sixteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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NupeEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The nineteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twenty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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RomaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- (International Standard) The twentieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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).
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called pe or pî and written in the Latin script.
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SaanichEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Skolt SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (lower case p)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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SloveneEdit
LetterEdit
P (capital, lowercase p)
- The 17th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by O and followed by R.
SpanishEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- the 17th letter of the Spanish alphabet
TurkishEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [pe˧˧], [ʔɓe˧˧ fəː˧˩], [pəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ fəː˧˨], [pəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ fəː˨˩˦], [pəː˨˩]
- Phonetic: pê, bê phở, pờ
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twentieth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called pê, bê phở, or pờ and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The twentieth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by O and followed by Ph.
MutationEdit
- P at the beginning of words mutates to B in a soft mutation, to Mh in a nasal mutation and to Ph in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word prawf (“test”):
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
prawf | brawf | mhrawf | phrawf |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further readingEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “P”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
YorubaEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The eighteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called pí and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
ZuluEdit
LetterEdit
P (upper case, lower case p)
- The sixteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.