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TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Etruscan letter 𐌒 (q, “cu”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϙ (Q, “qoppa”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤒 (q, “qop”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃻.
LetterEdit
Q (lower case q)
- 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
- Abbreviation of quetta-.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamine.
- (physics) Electric charge.
- (physics) Dynamic pressure.
- (logic, mathematics) Robinson arithmetic.
- Quetzal (currency of Guatemala).
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a uvular consonant.
- synonyms: sometimes covered by H
- (linguistics) Gemination as a phoneme.
DescendantsEdit
- English: max Q
GalleryEdit
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of Q, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur
See alsoEdit
Other representations of Q:
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q, plural Qs or Q's)
- The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue 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
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2Edit
Shortening
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjuː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kju/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kjʉː/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: cue, queue, Kew
NounEdit
Q
- question or questions
- quarter
- (electronics) Quality factor
- (astronomy) quasar
- (sports) qualified
- American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
- (chess) queen
- (card games) queen
- (medicine) Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Proper nounEdit
Q
- The pseudonym of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- (followed by an ayah (verse) number) Quran
- (theology) the hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle, source); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
- QAnon (anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards)
- 2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York[1], archived from the original on 26 December 2018:
- In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal.
- 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian[2]:
- In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
- 2019 March 6, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How a conspiracy theory about Democrats drinking children’s blood topped Amazon’s best-sellers list”, in Vox[3], archived from the original on 7 March 2019:
- At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, or Q — and that includes most of Donald Trump’s supporters.” That’s still the case, but the fact that this book is at the top of some of Amazon’s most prominent recommendation lists means that a far larger share of the population will — at a minimum — stumble across these ideas.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed "Q", from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he created Q-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named after Q-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.
NounEdit
Q (plural Qs)
AfarEdit
LetterEdit
Q
- The eleventh letter in the Afar alphabet.
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AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The seventeenth 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
Q upper case (lower case q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The eighteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ku and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
See alsoEdit
Central FranconianEdit
LetterEdit
Q
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notesEdit
- Only used in the digraph qu for /kʋ/. The Dutch-based spelling uses kw instead.
ChineseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
Q
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
Q
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Euphemistic form of 㞗, 鳩/鸠 (gau1).
PronunciationEdit
InfixEdit
Q
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Q
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 5Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Q
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 6Edit
From QQ, an adaptation of ICQ, another instant messaging program.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
Q
- (slang) to use QQ, the popular Chinese instant messaging program
Etymology 7Edit
From clipping of English question. Orthography is from English Q (“question”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Q
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) question (in assignments, tests, exams, etc.)
Etymology 8Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
ClassifierEdit
Q
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) Classifier for number of sexual intercourses. (as a measure of pricing in prostitution) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- 睇戲,或者見啲人講笑嗰陣,咪好多時會聽到啲:「喂!幾錢Q呀?」咁上下嘅對白嘅? [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2013, 合扶道・二媽, 援交妹自白 PT Girlfriend, page 92
- tai2 hei3, waak6 ze2 gin3 di1 jan4 gong2 siu3 go2 zan6, mai6 hou2 do1 si4 wui5 teng1 dou2 di1: “Wai3! gei2 cin2 kiu1 aa3?” Gam3 soeng6 haa6-2 ge3 deoi3 baak6 ge2? [Jyutping]
- In movies or when people are joking, you would often hear a saying along the lines of "Hey! How much is a bang?", won't you?
睇戏,或者见啲人讲笑嗰阵,咪好多时会听到啲:“喂!几钱Q呀?”咁上下嘅对白嘅? [Cantonese, simp.]
Etymology 9Edit
From the letter Q of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.
- Mandarin quān
- From 圈 (quān, “circle”), because the letter Q resembles a circle.
- Cantonese neoi5-1
- From 女 (neoi5-1, “woman”).
- Min Nan khu
- From the letter.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Q
See alsoEdit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Mandarin | Beijing | 疙瘩, 疙瘩包 |
Luoyang | 皮蛋, 十二 | |
Zhengzhou | 十二, 圈 | |
Xi'an | 圈子 | |
Ürümqi | 皮蛋, 圈子 | |
Wuhan | 皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆 | |
Guiyang | 蛋, 蛋蛋 | |
Liuzhou | 悶, 丘 | |
Xuzhou | 皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋 | |
Yangzhou | 皮蛋 | |
Nanjing | 皮蛋 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女 |
Hong Kong | 女 | |
Taishan | 女 | |
Wuzhou | 敏 | |
Yulin | 敏 | |
Gan | Lichuan | 皮蛋 |
Pingxiang | 蛋, 皮蛋架架 | |
Hakka | Yudu | 圈子 |
Huizhou | Jixi | 皮蛋 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 圈兒 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | Q, 卵 |
Shantou | 箍, 𡚸, 妹 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 皮蛋 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 皮蛋 | |
Suzhou | 蛋, 皮蛋 | |
Ningbo | 皮蛋, 蛋 |
Etymology 10Edit
Pronunciation 1Edit
LetterEdit
Q
- The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2Edit
LetterEdit
Q
- The seventeenth 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 pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (capital, lowercase q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See alsoEdit
EstonianEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- Used only in foreign words.
See alsoEdit
FinnishEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- 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
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The seventeenth letter of the German alphabet.
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called kú and written in the Latin script.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (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 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
Q (lower case q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (letter name) IPA(key): **/ˈku/*
- Rhymes: -u
- (phonemic realization; almost always found before u, where it forms the pronunciation /kw/) IPA(key): /k/
LetterEdit
Q f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case q)
- The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
LatinEdit
LetterEdit
Q
- The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet
ReferencesEdit
- "Q", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Q in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [kiu], [kju]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [q], [k]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [k̚]
LetterEdit
Q
- The seventeenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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RomaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- (International Standard) Used to represent the dative and genitive cases.
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).
ReferencesEdit
- 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
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called chiu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- Used chiefly in loanwords.
- The digraph qu is pronounced /kw/, /kv/, or /kʲ/.
See alsoEdit
SaanichEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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SomaliEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
Q upper case (lower case q)
- The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called qaaf and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- The fifteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by F and followed by K.
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- the 18th letter of the Spanish alphabet
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)
- 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 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)
ZuluEdit
LetterEdit
Q (upper case, lower case q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.