From theEtruscan letter𐌒(q,“cu”), from theAncient Greek letterϘ(Q,“qoppa”), derived from thePhoenician letter𐤒(q,“qop”), from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓃻.

Q (lower caseq)

1. The seventeenth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

   Queen,Qualen,Qatarien

• (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

Q

1. Abbreviation ofquetta-.
2. (biochemistry)IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation forglutamine.
3. (chemistry, hypothetical)quadrium
5. (physics)Electric charge.

   Alternative form:q

7. (physics)Dynamic pressure.

   Alternative form:q

8. (logic,mathematics)Robinson arithmetic.
9. Quetzal (currency ofGuatemala).
10. (linguistics) Awildcard for auvular consonant.

    Synonym:H(sometimes covers anyguttural consonant)

11. (linguistics, Japanese)Gemination as aphoneme.

    Synonyms:ꟴ(ꟴ),ꞯ(ꞯ)

• English:max Q

• Letter styles
•  
  Uppercase and lowercase versions ofQ, in normal and italic type
•  
  Uppercase and lowercaseQ inFraktur

Character=Q

Other representations of Q:

LatinQ(Q/q)

Q (upper case,lower caseq,pluralQsorQ's)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Englishalphabet, calledcue and written in theLatin script.

• (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

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. Theordinal numberseventeenth, derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet, calledcue and written in theLatin script.

Shortening

(Name of letter:)

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/kjuː/

  • Audio(UK):

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/kju/

  • Audio(US):

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  • Audio(US):

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• (General Australian)

  • Audio(General Australian):

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• (New Zealand)IPA^(key):/kjʉː/
• Rhymes:-uː
• Homophones:cue,queue,Kew

Q (countable anduncountable,pluralQs)

1. Abbreviation ofquestion andquestions.

   Q and A

2. Abbreviation ofquarter.
   1. (slang,UK) Aquarterounce of adrug.
      • 2023 June 1,Dave,Central Cee, Jim Legxacy, Jo Caleb, Jonny Leslie, Kyle Evans, “Sprinter” (track 2), inSplit Decision, performed by Dave and Central Cee, Neighbourhood; Live Yours:

        Yeah,alright, started with aQ, didn't wait in line

3. (electronics)Short forQ factor(“quality factor”).
4. (astronomy)Abbreviation ofquasar.
5. (sports)Abbreviation ofqualified.

   Antonym:DNQ

6. American Library Associationabbreviation ofquarto(“book size”).
7. (card games,chess)Abbreviation ofqueen.
8. (medicine)Alternativeletter-case form ofq(“every”).

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

Q

1. (literature,pseudonym)Arthur Quiller-Couch.
2. (Islam, followed by anayah (verse) number)Abbreviation ofQuran.
3. (theology,Christianity) Thehypothetical commonsource (logion collection) of theGospels ofMatthew andLuke (from GermanQuelle(“source”)); all the non-Marcan sharedmaterial in those gospels(not always considered a single document)
   • 2006, Brian Han Gregg,The Historical Jesus and the Final Judgment Sayings in Q, Mohr Siebeck,→ISBN,page103:

     In comparingQ 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded inQ.

5. (US politics)Abbreviation ofQAnon(“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).
   • 2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, inNew York‎^[1], archived fromthe original on26 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”, inThe 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”, inVox‎^[3], archived fromthe original on7 March 2019:

     At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, orQ — 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.

• (US politics):GQP,Qaren,Qultist

From James Bond films, thequartermaster beingcodenamedQ, from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he createdQ-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named afterQ-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.

Q (pluralQs)

1. (slang) Agadget master, gadget creator.

Q

1. The eleventh letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,T t,S s,E e,C c,K k,X x,I i,D d,Q q,R r,F f,G g,O o,L l,M m,N n,U u,W w,H h,Y y

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ki/

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Afrikaansalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

Q (pluralQ's,diminutiveQ'tjie)

1. Q

• IPA^(key):/c/

Q (lower caseq)

1. The twenty-thirdletter of the Albanianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)shkronjë;A a,B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,Dh dh,E e,Ë ë,F f,G g,Gj gj,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,Ll ll,M m,N n,Nj nj,O o,P p,Q q,R r,Rr rr,S s,Sh sh,T t,Th th,U u,V v,X x,Xh xh,Y y,Z z,Zh zh

Qupper case (lower caseq)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

• IPA^(key):/ku/,[ku]

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The eighteenthletter of the Basquealphabet, calledku and written in theLatin script.

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,C c (Ç ç),D d,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,Ñ ñ,O o,P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u (Ü ü),V v,W w,X x,Y y,Z z

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈku]

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Catalanalphabet, calledcu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)lletres;A a (À à),B b,C c (Ç ç),D d,E e (É é,È è),F f,G g,H h,I i (Í í,Ï ï),J j,K k,L l (L·L l·l),M m,N n,O o (Ó ó,Ò ò),P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u (Ú ú,Ü ü),V v,W w,X x,Y y,Z z

Q

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

• Only used in the digraphqu for/kʋ/. The Dutch-based spelling useskw instead.

FromEnglishcute.

• cute

Q

1. (informal)cute

FromHokkien𩚨(khiū).

Q

1. (Taiwan,informal, of food)soft andpliable;chewy (likemochi), exhibitingQ texture

Euphemistic form of鳩 /鸠(gau¹).

Q

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

   多Q餘[Cantonese,trad.]
   多Q余[Cantonese,simp.]

   do¹kiu¹ jyu⁴[Jyutping]

   freaking unnecessary

   多Q事[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]

   do¹kiu¹ si⁶[Jyutping]

   freaking nosy

   麻Q煩[Cantonese,trad.]
   麻Q烦[Cantonese,simp.]

   maa⁴kiu¹ faan⁴[Jyutping]

   freaking troublesome

FromEnglishcue.

Q

1. (informal) (snooker)cue

Q

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese,slang,figuratively)Classifier fornumber ofsexual intercourses.(as a measure of pricing inprostitution)(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.]
     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.]

     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 cin²kiu¹ aa³?” Gam³ soeng⁶ haa^6-2 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 abang?", won't you?

FromEnglishquinella.

Q

1. (informal)quinella

FromQQ, anadaptation ofICQ, anotherinstant messaging program.

Q

1. (informal) to useQQ, the popular Chineseinstant messaging program

From clipping ofEnglishquestion. Orthography is fromEnglishQ(“question”).

• q,quest,quet,ques,que

Q

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)question(in assignments, tests, exams, etc.)(Classifier:條／条c)

   你考試通常做longQ先定shortQ先㗎？[Cantonese,trad.]
   你考试通常做longQ先定shortQ先㗎？[Cantonese,simp.]

   nei⁵ haau² si³ tung¹ soeng⁴ zou⁶ long¹kwet¹ sin¹ ding⁶ sot¹kwet¹ sin¹ gaa³?[Jyutping]

   In exams, which of the following would you usually work on first, longquestions or shortquestions?

From the letter Q of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.

Mandarin

From圈(quān,“circle”), because the letter Q resembles a circle.

Cantonese

From女(neoi5-1,“woman”).

Hokkien

From the letter.

Q

1. (card games)queen(Classifier:隻／只; 張／张)

Q

1. The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Q

1. The seventeenth letter used inPinyin.

• 《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).

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ky/

• Audio:

  (file)

Q (capital,lowercaseq)

1. the seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

• Previous letter:P
• Next letter:R

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Estonianalphabet, calledkuu and written in theLatin script.

• Used only in foreign words.

• (Latin-script letters)täht;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,Š š,Z z,Ž ž,T t,U u,V v (W w),Õ õ,Ä ä,Ö ö,Ü ü (X x,Y y)

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, andQ for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Finnishalphabet, calledkuu and written in theLatin script.

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwordsqu is replaced withkv.

• (Latin-script letters)kirjain;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 (Š š),T t,U u,V v (W w),X x,Y y,Z z (Ž ž),Å å,Ä ä,Ö ö

• IPA^(key):/kuː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone:Kuh
• Rhymes:-uː

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The seventeenth letter of the German alphabet.

• IPA^(key):/qʰ/ ([qᵡ])

Q (lower caseq)

1. Aletter of the Heiltsukalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,Á á,A̓ a̓,B b,C c,C̓ c̓,D d,Ꟛ ꟛ,G g,Gv gv,Ǧ ǧ,Ǧv ǧv,H h,H̓ h̓,Ħ ħ,I i,Í í,I̓ i̓,K k,Kv kv,K̓ k̓,K̓v k̓v,L l,ʼL l̓,Ḷ ḷ,Ḷ́ ḷ́,ʼḶ ḷ̓,Ɫ ɫ,M m,ʼM m̓,Ṃ ṃ,Ṃ́ ṃ́,ʼṂ ṃ̓,N n,ʼN n̓,Ṇ ṇ,Ṇ́ ṇ́,ʼṆ ṇ̓,P p,P̓ p̓,Q q,Qv qv,Q̓ q̓,Q̓v q̓v,S s,T t,T̓ t̓,Ƛ ƛ,Ƛ̓ ƛ̓,U u,Ú ú,U̓ u̓,W w,ʼW w̓,X x,Xv xv,X̌ x̌,X̌v x̌v,Y y,ʼY y̓,Z z,ʔ

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):[ˈk]
• (letter name):IPA^(key):[ˈkuː]

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarianalphabet, calledkú and written in theLatin script.

• (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 qW wX xY y.Commonly used: ch.Also defined: à ë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthts ÿ.

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

Q (lower caseq)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Idoalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

1. IPA^(key):/q/

Q (lower caseq)

1. Aletter of the Inupiaqalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (letter name)IPA^(key):^**/ˈku/^*
  • Rhymes:-u
• (phonemic realization; almost always found beforeu, where it forms the pronunciation/kw/)IPA^(key):/k/

Q f orm (invariable,upper case,lower caseq)

1. The fifteenthletter of the Italianalphabet, calledcu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)lettera;A a (À à),B b,C c,D d,E e (É é,È è),F f,G g,H h,I i (Í í,Ì ì,Πî,J j,K k),L l,M m,N n,O o (Ó ó,Ò ò),P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u (Ú ú,Ù ù),V v (W w,X x,Y y),Z z
•  Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed fromTagalogQ. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishQ.

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ˈkju/[ˈk̠ju]
  • Rhymes:-u
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/k/[k̠̚]

Q (upper case,lower caseq)

1. The nineteenthletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet, calledkyu and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)letra;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,Ñ ñ,Ng ng,O o,P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u,V v,W w,X x,Y y,Z z

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016)Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[4] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN, pages10-11

• ⟨Ḵ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwak'wala)

• IPA^(key):/q/

Q (lower caseq)

1. (Liqʼwala dialect)Aletter of the Kwak'walaalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• Uʼmista
• (Latin-script letters)A a,A̱ a̱,B b,D d,Dł dł,Dz dz,E e,G g,Gw gw,G̱ g̱,G̱w g̱w,H h,I i,K k,Kw kw,K̓ k̓,K̓w k̓w,Ḵ ḵ,Ḵw ḵw,Ḵ̓ ḵ̓,Ḵ̓w ḵ̓w,L l,ʼL ʼl,Ł ł,M m,ʼM ʼm,N n,ʼN ʼn,O o,P p,P̓ p̓,S s,T t,T̓ t̓,Tł tł,T̓ł t̓ł,Ts ts,T̓s t̓s,U u,W w,ʼW ʼw,X x,Xw xw,X̱ x̱,X̱w x̱w,Y y,ʼY ʼy,ʼ

• Liq̓ʷala
• (Latin-script letters)A a,Ə ə,B b,D d,Ꟛ ꟛ,Dᶻ dᶻ,E e,G g,Gʷ gʷ,Ǧ ǧ,Ǧʷ ǧʷ,H h,I i,K k,Kʷ kʷ,K̓ k̓,K̓ʷ k̓ʷ,Q q,Qʷ qʷ,Q̓ q̓,Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ,L l,L̓ l̓,Ł ł,M m,M̓ m̓,N n,N̓ n̓,O o,P p,P̓ p̓,S s,T t,T̓ t̓,Ƛ ƛ,Ƛ̓ ƛ̓,C c,C̓ c̓,U u,W w,W̓ w̓,X x,Xʷ xʷ,X̌ x̌,X̌ʷ x̌ʷ,Y y,Y̓ y̓,ʔ

Q

1. The seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

• "Q", inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Q inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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

Q

1. The seventeenthletter of the Malayalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (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

• IPA^(key):/kʉː/

Omonyms:ku(Nynorsk),ku(Bokmål)