q (upper caseQ)

1. The seventeenth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

• (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
• With hook:ʠ

• Pronunciation of IPA[qɑː, ɑqqɑː] with the sound[q]:

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q

1. Abbreviation ofquecto-.
2. (IPA,NAPA)voicelessuvularplosive.

   (superscript⟨𐞥⟩) – see⟨𐞥⟩.

4. (physics)electric charge

   Alternative form:Q

6. (physics)heat
8. (fluid dynamics)dynamic pressure

   Alternative form:Q

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

Other representations of Q:

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/kjuː/

  • Audio(General American):

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  • Audio(Received Pronunciation):

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  • Rhymes:-uː
  • Homophones:cue,queue
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/k/

q (lower case,upper caseQ,pluralqsorq's)

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

The name of this letter is spelled "cu", "cue", "ku", "kue", "kew", "qu", "que", "qew", "queu", "queue" or "quew".

• (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 (lower case,upper caseQ)

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

Abbreviation.

q (pluralq's)

1. (athletics)Abbreviation ofnon-automaticqualification:indicates anathlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as afastest loser (intrack events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (infield events).

   Coordinate term:Q(“automatic qualification”)

2. Abbreviation ofquestion.

   Alternative form:Q

   • 2020 August 19, @BRITs,Twitter‎^[1]:

     We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your favemem? (we know it's a hardq!) 👀💖

• Q
• DNQ,DNS,DNF,DSQ,DQ

FromLatinquaque(“every”).

q

2. (medicine)Each,every (with a time interval).

   Alternative form:Q

   175 mg/m²q 3 wks ―175 mg/m²every three weeks

• qh,QD

q

1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ŋk/, /kw/ or /kjuː/.

• IPA^(key):/c/

q (upper 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

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/ɡ/

qlower case (upper 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 (lower case,upper 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):/kʼ/

q (uppercaseQ)

1. Aletter of theBlin Latin alphabet.

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

q (lower case,upper 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 (lower case,upper caseQ)

1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Czechalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)písmeno;A a,Á á,B b,C c,Č č,D d,Ď ď,E e,É é,Ě ě,F f,G g,H h,Ch ch,I i,Í í,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,Ň ň,O o,Ó ó,P p,Q q,R r,Ř ř,S s,Š š,T t,Ť ť,U u,Ú ú,Ů ů,V v,W w,X x,Y y,Ý ý,Z z,Ž ž

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-y
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ky/

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

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

• Previous letter:p
• Next letter:r

• IPA^(key):/ˈkuː/
• Homophone:kuu

q (lower case,upper 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.

• Audio(letter name);“kuu”:

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q (lower case,upper 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

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ky/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-y
• Homophones:cul,culs,cu,cus,ku,kus,qu,qus

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

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

q m (pluralq)

1. Abbreviation ofquintal.

• Previous letter:p
• Next letter:r

• “q”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

q

1. Romanization of𐌵

• (Nuuk)IPA^(key):/q/,[q]

q

1. The thirteenthletter of the Greenlandicalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u,V v

• IPA^(key):/qʰ/ ([qᵡ])

q (upper 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 (lower case,upper caseQ)

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

It is a symbol of the (somewhat dated) unit ofmázsa(100kilos or aquintal, approx. twohundredweight).

It occurs in the following terms, along with their derivations and compounds:becquerel, (archaic spelling:boutique →)butik,cinquecento,conditio sine qua non,denique,donquijoték(plural),IQ,kvadorquad,quantum satis,quaestor,quaestura,quattrocento,quisling,quodlibet,QR-kód,squash,andtequila.

Also in some foreign proper names chiefly from Latin, French, and Spanish, includingAquincum,Aquinói Szent Tamás(Thomas Aquinas),Don Quijote,Dunkerque,García Márquez,Jacques Offenbach,Martinique,Montesquieu,Quartier Latin,Québec,Quintilianus,Quintus Pontius Pilatus,Quito,Torquato Tasso,andVelázquez.

• (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.

• q inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

• (context pronunciation, always found before the letterU)IPA^(key):/kw/
• (letter name)IPA^(key):/kwe/

q (upper 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

• (context pronunciation)IPA^(key):/k/
• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ki/

q (upper caseQ)

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

• ak
• aq(alay)

• (Latin-script letters)huruf;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

From similarity pronunciation ofq in English and-ku in Indonesian.

q

1. (text messaging,slang)Abbreviation ofaku.

1. IPA^(key):/q/

q (upper caseQ)

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

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ˈku/
  • Rhymes:-u
• (phonemic realization)IPA^(key):/kw/

q f orm (invariable,lower case,upper caseQ)

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

Borrowed fromTagalogq. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishq.

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

q (lower case,upper 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]‎^[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN, pages10-11

q

1. The voiceless stop/k͡p/, vs. curly-tail⟨ɋ⟩, which is voiced/ɡ͡b/.

• ⟨ḵ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)

• IPA^(key):/q/

q (upper 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. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

• IPA^(key):/q/

q

1. The thirty-firstletter of theLushootseed alphabet.

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

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

ContinuesArabicق(q).

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/ʔ/
  • IPA^(key):[ʔ](standard)
  • IPA^(key):[q](dialectal, now especially among the elderly)

q (upper caseQ)

1. The twenty-firstletter of the Maltesealphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)ittra;A a,B b,Ċ ċ,D d,E e,F f,Ġ ġ,G g,Għ għ,H h,Ħ ħ,I i,Ie ie,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,Ż ż,Z z

• IPA^(key):/qʰ/

q (uppercaseQ)

1. Aletter of theMam alphabet.

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/kʉː/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/k/

• Audio:

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• Homophone:ku

q

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

• Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords.

• Audio(Brazil):

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q (lower case,upper caseQ)

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

• (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

q

1. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviation ofque.
2. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviation ofquê(“what”).

• IPA^(key):(after n)/ɡ/,(after any other letter)/k/

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

1. (International Standard)Used to represent the dative and genitive cases.

• (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 zInternational 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).

• 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, page15

• IPA^(key):/k/

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

1. The twentiethletter of the Romanianalphabet, calledchiu and written in theLatin script.

• Used chiefly in loanwords.
• Thedigraphqu is pronounced/kw/,/kv/, or/kʲ/.

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

• IPA^(key):[kf]

q (upper caseQ)

1. The thirtiethletter of the Slovakalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)písmeno;A a,Á á,Ä ä,B b,C c,Č č,D d,Ď ď,Dz dz,Dž dž,E e,É é,F f,G g,H h,Ch ch,I i,Í í,J j,K k,L l,Ĺ ĺ,Ľ ľ,M m,N n,Ň ň,O o,Ó ó,Ô ô,P p,Q q,R r,Ŕ ŕ,S s,Š š,T t,Ť ť,U u,Ú ú,V v,W w,X x,Y y,Ý ý,Z z,Ž ž

• IPA^(key):(phoneme)/k/
• IPA^(key):(letter name)/ˈku/[ˈku]

  • Audio(Spain):

    (file)

  • Rhymes:-u

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

1. The eighteenthletter of the Spanishalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• IPA^(key):/ke/[ke]
• Rhymes:-e

q

1. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviation ofque(“that”).

   Hay un policía en la rutaq más uso. ―There's a cop on the routethat I use the most.

2. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviation ofqué(“what”).

   q pasó? ―what happened?

Borrowed fromSpanishq. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishq.
• Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishq.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈkju/[ˈkju](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes:-u
  • IPA^(key):/ˈku/[ˈku](letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes:-u
  • IPA^(key):/k/[k](phoneme, usually together with u)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈku/[ˈku](phoneme, before u, English unadapted loanwords)

q (lower case,upper caseQ,Baybayin spellingᜃ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. The nineteenthletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet), calledkyu and written in theLatin script.

• This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.

• (Latin-script letters)titik;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

q (lower case,upper caseQ,Baybayin spellingᜃᜓ)

1. (historical)The twentiethletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario), calledcu and written in theLatin script.

• “q”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

• IPA^(key):/ʔ/

q (uppercaseQ)

1. Theletter of the Võroalphabet, written in theLatin script.

q (lower case,upper caseQ)

1. The seventeenthletter of the Zulualphabet, 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