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p

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

p U+0070, p
LATIN SMALL LETTER P
← o
[U+006F] 		Basic Latin q →
[U+0071]
ｐ U+FF50, ｐ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER P
← ｏ
[U+FF4F] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｑ →
[U+FF51]
𝆏 U+1D18F, 𝆏
MUSICAL SYMBOL PIANO
← 𝆎
[U+1D18E] 		Musical Symbols 𝆐 →
[U+1D190]

TranslingualEdit

 
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LetterEdit

p (upper case P)

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(file)

SymbolEdit

 
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ᵖ U+1D56, ᵖ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL P
← ᵕ
[U+1D55] 		Phonetic Extensions ᵗ →
[U+1D57]

p

  1. (IPA) voiceless bilabial plosive
  2. (physics) pressure
  3. (music) piano (play softly)
  4. (chemistry) power of; the negative logarithm of a concentration, as in pH or pOH
  5. (physics) proton

GalleryEdit

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

  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

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Other representations of P:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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

  1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
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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

Abbreviations

Alternative formsEdit

  • (page, per): p.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

p

  1. Abbreviation of post, meaning after
  2. Abbreviation of per.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.
TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

p

  1. Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
  2. (UK) Abbreviation of 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.
  3. (physics) proton
  4. (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
    • 2010, Benny Bing, 3D and HD Broadband Video Networking, page 59:
      HD video may contain 720 or 1080 vertical progressive scan lines (720p or 1080p), 1080 interlaced lines (1080i), and is capable of displaying a 16:9 image and output digital audio.
  5. Abbreviation of pee.
    I'll slurp all that p.
TranslationsEdit
page — see p.

VerbEdit

p

  1. (knitting) Abbreviation of 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.

AdverbEdit

p (not comparable)

  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)
    I'm doing p good, how are you?
    • 1992 October 20, Peter Yee <yee atlas.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_morgan delphi.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!).
  2. (chiefly US, stenoscript) Alternative spelling of p.m. (“post meridiem”) or pm

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p lower case (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

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DemoticEdit

NounEdit

 ⁠ ⁠ ⁠  f

  1. Alternative form of p.t (“sky”)

DutchEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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  • Previous letter: o
  • Next letter: q

EgyptianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

p
Z1

 m

  1. mat

InflectionEdit

Declension of p (masculine)
singular p
dual pwj
plural pw

NounEdit

p
S

 m

  1. plinth

InflectionEdit

Declension of p (masculine)
singular p
dual pwj
plural pw

Proper nounEdit

p
O49

 m./f. topo.

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

ReferencesEdit

EsperantoEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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EstonianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (upper case P)

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

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

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NounEdit

p

  1. Abbreviation of penni. (Finnish penny, no longer used)

FrenchEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

p

  1. Romanization of 𐍀

HungarianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈp]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈpeː]

LetterEdit

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. 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)
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
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

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Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

p (plural p-ek)

  1. Abbreviation of perc (“minute[s]”).
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative p p-ek
accusative p-et p-eket
dative p-nek p-eknek
instrumental p-cel p-ekkel
causal-final p-ért p-ekért
translative p-cé p-ekké
terminative p-ig p-ekig
essive-formal p-ként p-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive p-ben p-ekben
superessive p-en p-eken
adessive p-nél p-eknél
illative p-be p-ekbe
sublative p-re p-ekre
allative p-hez p-ekhez
elative p-ből p-ekből
delative p-ről p-ekről
ablative p-től p-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		p-é p-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		p-éi p-ekéi
Possessive forms of p
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. p-em p-eim
2nd person sing. p-ed p-eid
3rd person sing. p-e p-ei
1st person plural p-ünk p-eink
2nd person plural p-etek p-eitek
3rd person plural p-ük p-eik

Further readingEdit

  • p in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pʰjɛː/

LetterEdit

p (upper case P)

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

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /p/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pe/

LetterEdit

p (upper case P)

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

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ItalianEdit

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p f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case P)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.

LatinEdit

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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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “p”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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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P

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (upper case P)

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

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MalayEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /p/
  • IPA(key): /b/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
  • With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

LetterEdit

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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NorwegianEdit

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p

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

NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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p (upper case P, lower case)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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RomaniEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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RomanianEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called pe or pî and written in the Latin script.

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase) P

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p (Cyrillic spelling п)

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

Skolt SamiEdit

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p (upper case P)

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

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SpanishEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

TurkishEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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TurkmenEdit

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p (upper case P)

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

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YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k͡p/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /k͡pí/

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p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called pí and written in the Latin script.

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ZuluEdit

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

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