p

See also: P and Appendix:Variations of "p"

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TranslingualEdit

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER P
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0070
o ← Basic Latin → q

Wikipedia

LetterEdit

p lower case (upper case P)

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

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
• With hook: ƥ
• ƿ (wynn)

Other representations of P:

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

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  Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

PronunciationEdit

• IPA

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SymbolEdit

Wikipedia

p

1. (IPA) voiceless bilabial plosive
2. (physics) pressure

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P, plural p's)

1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee 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

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

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

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

• (page, per): p.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /piː/

• Audio (US)

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AbbreviationEdit

p

1. post, meaning after
2. Music symbol for piano (play softly)
3. page (plural pp)
4. (Britain) penny; pence.
   • 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy

     The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image.

5. (knitting) purl
   • 1855, Godey's Magazine (volume 51, page 71)

     Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

6. (Internet) pretty (as an intensifier)

   I'm doing p good, how are you?

   • 1992 October 20, Peter Yee <yeeatlas.arc.nasa.gov>, "NASA Daily News for 10/13/92 (Forwarded)", message-ID <1992Oct20.091605.29223@news.arc.nasa.gov>, sci.space.news, Usenet [1]:

     The searches will use radio telescope antennas to "listen" to stars for non-random radio noise P much like someone tuning a radio listens for a station between the static.

   • 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet [2]:

     There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole^[sic] think SU27 is p bad!).

7. Abbreviation of per.

TranslationsEdit

page

• Greek: σ. f ‎(s.)
• Scottish Gaelic: td

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923: looked · head · called · #186: p · Lord · de · whole

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AzeriEdit

LetterEdit

p lower case (upper case P)

1. The twenty-third 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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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/

LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: o
• Next letter: q

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EgyptianEdit

NounEdit

masculine

1. mat

InflectionEdit

Declension
sing.	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

NounEdit

masculine

1. plinth

InflectionEdit

Declension
sing.	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

Proper nounEdit

feminine

1. Pe, a city in Lower Egypt, where the Pharaohs were crowned.

ReferencesEdit

Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called po and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

LetterEdit

p ‎(upper case P)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

AbbreviationEdit

p

1. penni (Finnish penny, no longer used)

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p ‎(upper case P)

1. The sixteenth 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

NounEdit

p m, f ‎(invariable)

1. See under P

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LatinEdit

AbbreviationEdit

p

1. Publius
2. populus

LetterEdit

p

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

ReferencesEdit

• P in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• p in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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LatvianEdit

Wikipedia ^lv

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

• IPA^(key): [p]

LetterEdit

P

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called pē and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p ‎(upper case P)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) kēratēḑ; Aa, Āā, Ää, Ǟǟ, Bb, Dd, Ḑḑ, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Ōō, Ȯȯ, Ȱȱ, Õõ, Ȭȭ, Pp, Rr, Ŗŗ, Ss, Šš, Tt, Țț, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž,

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MalayEdit

LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

1. The sixteenth 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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NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p

1. The sixteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

1. The sixteenth 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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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /pe/

LetterEdit

p ‎(lowercase, capital P)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /p/. Preceded by o and followed by r.

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (uppercase) P

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p (Cyrillic spelling п)

1. The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by o and followed by r.

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p ‎(upper case P)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pe/

  • Audio (Spain)

    (file)

LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

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

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

p ‎(lower case, upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

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

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TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p ‎(upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letters) harp; Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz,