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]

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

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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

p (upper case P)

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA

  (file)

SymbolEdit

p

1. (IPA) voiceless bilabial plosive
2. (physics) pressure
3. (music) piano (play softly)

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of P, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

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:

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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; 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 (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)

  (file)

AbbreviationEdit

p

1. post, meaning after
2. page (plural pp)
3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (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!).

6. Abbreviation of per.
7. (physics) proton

TranslationsEdit

page

• Greek: σ. f (s.)

• Scottish Gaelic: td

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AzeriEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

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; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

• 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

 m

1. mat

InflectionEdit

Declension of p (masculine)

singular	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

NounEdit

 m

1. plinth

InflectionEdit

Declension of p (masculine)

singular	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

Proper nounEdit

 f

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

ReferencesEdit

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

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; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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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; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

AbbreviationEdit

p

1. penni (Finnish penny, no longer used)

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FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /p/

LetterEdit

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Usage notesEdit

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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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; 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

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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

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “p”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• p in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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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

• 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; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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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) 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

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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; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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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; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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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; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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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; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Zulu 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, 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