Q

See also: q, -q, Ⴍ, q̃, q̇, Q., and Appendix:Variations of "q"

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TranslingualEdit

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0051
P ← Basic Latin → R

Wikipedia

LetterEdit

Q upper case (lower case q)

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

   Queen, Qualen, Qatarien

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 Q):  Ɋɋ  ʠ  Ｑｑ  ȹ

SymbolEdit

Q

1. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamine
2. (physics) electric charge
3. (logic, mathematics) Robinson arithmetic

See alsoEdit

Other representations of Q:

NATO phonetic: Quebec Morse code: – – · – Braille: ⠟ ASL Manual: Q

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of Q, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q, plural Qs or Q's)

1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and 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

NumberEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q)

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

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/

  Audio (UK)

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• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue, Kew

AbbreviationEdit

Q

1. question or questions

   Q and A

2. quarter
3. (followed by an ayah (verse) number) Quran
4. (theology) the hypothetical common source (protogospel) of the Gospels of Mark and Luke (from German Quelle, source)
5. the Q factor in electronics
6. (astronomy) quasar
7. (sports) qualified
8. American Library Association Abbreviation of quarto ‎(“book size”).
9. (chess) queen

AntonymsEdit

• (sports): DNQ
• (science fiction fandom): DNQ

Derived termsEdit

• (sports): DQ, DSQ, q
• (astronomy): RIQ, RLQ, RQQ

Proper nounEdit

Q

1. The pseudonym of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

‎(Stokoe Q)

1. The letter Q

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AzeriEdit

LetterEdit

Q upper case (lower case q)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǜ (kü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Q
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄩˋ
    • Wade-Giles: k'ü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kiw
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu¹
    • Yale: kīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Etymology 1Edit

From English cute.

AdjectiveEdit

Q

1. (slang) cute

Etymology 2Edit

From Min Nan 𩚨 (khiū).

AdjectiveEdit

Q

1. (slang) chewy

Etymology 3Edit

Euphemistic form of 鳩／鸠 (jiū).

InterfixEdit

Q

1. (vulgar, Cantonese) fucking; bloody; damn

Derived termsEdit

• 多Q事

• 多Q餘／多Q余

Etymology 4Edit

From English cue.

NounEdit

Q

1. (slang) (snooker) cue

Derived termsEdit

• Q棍 (kǜgùn)

Etymology 5Edit

From English quinella.

NounEdit

Q

1. (slang) quinella

Derived termsEdit

• 孖Q (mā-kǜ)

Etymology 6Edit

• From QQ, an adaptation of ICQ, another instant messaging program.

VerbEdit

Q

1. (slang) to use QQ, the popular Chinese instant messaging program

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ky/

• Audio

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LetterEdit

Q ‎(capital, lowercase q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: P
• Next letter: R

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords qu is replaced with kv.

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, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, Öö

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kuː/
• Homophone: Kuh
• Rhymes: -uː

LetterEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the German alphabet.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (always found before the letter U) IPA^(key): /kw/

LetterEdit

Q ‎(lower case q)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) litero; 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

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ItalianEdit

Wikipedia ^it

PronunciationEdit

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ku/
• (phoneme, always found before U) IPA^(key): /kw/

LetterEdit

Q m, f ‎(invariable, lower case q)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) lettera; 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
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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LatinEdit

LetterEdit

Q

1. The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

ReferencesEdit

• Q in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Q in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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MalayEdit

Wikipedia ^ms

PronunciationEdit

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [kiu], [kju]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [q], [k]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [k̚]

LetterEdit

Q

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) 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

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) letra; 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

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kʷʼ/

LetterEdit

Q

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ/K̵/₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɢ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɢɑːf/

LetterEdit

Q upper case (lower case q)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called qaaf and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) ', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, Khkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, Shsh, Dhdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q)

1. The 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˧/, /kwi˧˧/, /kwəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˧/, /kwɪj˧˧/, /kwəː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˥/, /wɪj˧˥/, /wəː˨˩]
• Phonetic: cu, quy, quờ

LetterEdit

Q ‎(upper case, lower case q)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called cu, quy or quờ and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, (Ch ch), Dd, Đđ, Ee, Êê, Gg, (Gh gh, Gi gi), Hh, Ii, Kk, (Kh kh), Ll, Mm, Nn, (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), Oo, Ôô, Ơơ, Pp, (Ph ph), Qq, (Ququ), Rr, Ss, Tt, (Th th, Tr tr), Uu, Ưư, Vv, Xx, Yy