K

See also: k and Appendix:Variations of "k"

K U+004B, K
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
J
[U+004A]
Basic Latin L
[U+004C]

U+212A, K
KELVIN SIGN

[U+2129]
Letterlike Symbols
[U+212B]
U+FF2B, K
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K

[U+FF2A]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF2C]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌊 (k, ka), from the Ancient Greek letter Κ (K, kappa), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, kap), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧.

Letter

K (lower case k)

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

See also

Symbol

K

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for potassium (Latin kalium).
  2. Symbol for kelvin, the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. Specifically (U+212A version)
  3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for lysine.
  4. (geology) Symbol for hydraulic conductivity.
  5. Abbreviation of kilo (thousand).
    5k = 5,000
  6. (radio slang) over, waiting for reply
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a velar consonant

See also

Other representations of K:


English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keɪ/, [kʰeɪ]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k, plural Ks or K's)

  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
    • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
      The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name).
See also

Number

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of counter, prefix counter-, sequence contr.

Noun

K (plural Ks)

  1. (law, informal) Abbreviation of contract.
  2. (education, US) Abbreviation of kindergarten.
    "K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade.
  3. (often computing) Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,024.
    5k = 5,000
  4. (computing) A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
  5. (Morse code) Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
  6. (baseball) Abbreviation of strikeout. On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.
  7. (card games, chess) Abbreviation of king.
  8. (biology) Abbreviation of carrying capacity.
  9. (geology) Abbreviation of Cretaceous.
  10. (slang) Short for OK.
  11. (knitting) Abbreviation of knit.
    • 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.
  12. (slang) Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug).
    • 1978, John C. Lilly, “Seduction by K”, in The Scientist, Philadelphia: Lippincott, →ISBN, page 167:
      At high levels of concentration of K in the blood, the observer/operator is cut off from his interlock with e.r., including the human consensus reality.
  13. (music) Abbreviation of Köchel number.
    Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
  14. (UK, government) Abbreviation of Knighthood.
  15. (economics) Abbreviation of capital.
  16. (printing) Abbreviation of black.
  17. (slang, from Jamaican Creole) Abbreviation of Kalashnikov.
    • 2011 August 16, “My People”, performed by Kendrick Lamar,Jay Rock:
      We used to run from the KKK but now we runnung from our brothers that be holding them K's.
      2018 October 16, “Demon Boy”, performed by Slowthai:
      Yeti in the Serengeti, believe the myth. K-man stupid, rub together sticks.
      2019 November 22, “Payback”, in Netflix&Deal, performed by 03 Greedo,Kenny Beats,OhGeesy,Judge:
      Keep the chopper, I'ma spray that. This is an AR, don't keep the K, man.
      2022 June 4, “OVO”, performed by Big Yavo:
      A fuck nigga diss GG, he get hit with a K. I'll be back in the morning, just went to the A.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of OK.

Interjection

K

  1. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) OK
    • 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 23:
      K, dad, I'll go to my room.
    Synonym: 'kay
Usage notes

"K" usually implies apathy or anger towards the statement it is responding to,[1] in a more emphatic way than "k".

References

  1. “Youthsplaining: You’ve Been Texting the Word “Okay” Wrong”, in Inside Hook, 19 July 2019

Afar

Letter

K

  1. The seventh letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kɑː/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

See also

Noun

K (plural K's, diminutive K'tjie)

  1. K

Angami

Letter

K

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

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Azerbaijani

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

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

See also


Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka/, [ka]

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

See also


Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /k/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated *k; from *k in nk, lk, rk; in most of Moselle Franconian from *gg.

Pronunciation

Letter

K

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

Usage notes


Chinese

Pronunciation


Verb

K

  1. Alternative form of (“to beat; to scold; to fight”).

Pronunciation


Noun

K

  1. Short for 卡拉OK (kǎlā'ōukèi, “karaoke”).
    K [Shanghainese]   [t͡sʰɑ̃³³ kʰe̞⁵⁵ sv̩ʷ²¹] [IPA]   karaoke bar
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Initialism of (kuò), based on its pinyin.

Verb

K

  1. (Internet slang) to repost

Etymology 4

From English K, abbreviation of ketamine.

Pronunciation


Noun

K

  1. (slang) ketamine
Derived terms

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Numeral

K

  1. thousand; kilo

Noun

K

  1. kilometre
  2. kilogram

Etymology 6

Abbreviation of English kilobyte.

Pronunciation


Classifier

K

  1. (computing, informal) kilobyte

Etymology 7

From English K, abbreviation of karat.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation


Noun

K

  1. karat

Pronunciation

Noun

K

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of (ke1, “poop”).

Etymology 9

From the letter K of the English pattern playing cards. In the spoken language, its name is generally a borrowing from English king into the related dialect.

Pronunciation


Noun

K

  1. (card games) king (Classifier: ; )

Pronunciation 1


Letter

K

  1. The eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2


Letter

K

  1. The eleventh letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
  • 《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 pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kaː/
  • (file)

Letter

K (capital, lowercase k)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

  • Previous letter: J
  • Next letter: L

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ko/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
  • (file)

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko and written in the Latin script.

See also

Conjunction

K

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of kaj (and).

Estonian

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kaa and written in the Latin script.

See also


Finnish

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called koo and written in the Latin script.

See also


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aː

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The eleventh letter of the German alphabet.

Usage notes

  • Doubling of k generally yields ck, but kk is used in loanwords originally spelt with cc.

Hungarian

Compass rose

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of kelet (east).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛlɛt]

Noun

K

  1. E (east)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative K
accusative K-et
dative K-nek
instrumental K-tel
causal-final K-ért
translative K-té
terminative K-ig
essive-formal K-ként
essive-modal
inessive K-ben
superessive K-en
adessive K-nél
illative K-be
sublative K-re
allative K-hez
elative K-ből
delative K-ről
ablative K-től
non-attributive
possessive - singular
K-é
non-attributive
possessive - plural
K-éi
Possessive forms of K
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. K-em
2nd person sing. K-ed
3rd person sing. K-e
K-je
1st person plural K-ünk
2nd person plural K-etek
3rd person plural K-ük
K-jük
Coordinate terms

(compass points) égtájak;

északnyugat (ÉNy) észak (É) északkelet (ÉK)
nyugat (Ny) kelet (K)
délnyugat (DNy) dél (D) délkelet (DK)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative K K-k
accusative K-t K-kat
dative K-nak K-knak
instrumental K-val K-kkal
causal-final K-ért K-kért
translative K-vá K-kká
terminative K-ig K-kig
essive-formal K-ként K-kként
essive-modal
inessive K-ban K-kban
superessive K-n K-kon
adessive K-nál K-knál
illative K-ba K-kba
sublative K-ra K-kra
allative K-hoz K-khoz
elative K-ból K-kból
delative K-ról K-król
ablative K-tól K-któl
non-attributive
possessive - singular
K-é K-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
K-éi K-kéi
Possessive forms of K
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. K-m K-im
2nd person sing. K-d K-id
3rd person sing. K-ja K-i
1st person plural K-nk K-ink
2nd person plural K-tok K-itok
3rd person plural K-juk K-ik

See also


Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

K (lower case k)

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

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ka/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈkap.pa/
    • Rhymes: -appa
  • (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /k/
  • (phonetic realization of some speakers to distinguish between c and k pronunciations) IPA(key): [kʰ]

Letter

K f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case k)

  1. the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, called cappa or kappa in Italian

Usage notes

  • The letter K is not considered part of the Italian alphabet and is found only in loanwords.

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Jamaican Creole

Noun

K (plural Ks)

  1. Abbreviation of Kalashnikov.
    • 2002 November 12, “Like Glue”, in Dutty Rock, performed by Sean Paul:
      One ting me haffi tell dem, Dutty got di woody woody. Frontway, backway, dutty K-man have di shooby shooby.
      One thing I have to tell them, I've got an erection, Forwards, backwards, the dirty gunman wielding a Kalashnikov has to shove it, shove it.
      2008 September 12, “Weh Dem A Go”, in Jamaican Style, Vol.3, performed by Vybz Kartel,Jah Vinci:
      Dem shoulda memba say di Haskell a spray, di sixpance a play. Weh dem a guh wid dem Chiney K?
      They should remember that the Haskell(Hi-Point) 45 ACP Semi-auto Pistol sprays (bullets), the six-shooter will play. Where are they going with their (imitation) Chinese Kalashnikovs?
    • 2008 December 27, “Last Man Standing”, in Pon Di Gaza 2.0, performed by Vybz Kartel:
      Me get a K from Vagga from De La Vega weh mek Chiney man skin black like naega
      I get a Kalashnikov from my friend Vagga from De La Vega which makes a Chinese man's skin black like a nigga's.
    • 2008, “Chiney K”, in Gaza vs Gully EP Part 1, performed by Mavado:
      Inna middle day, gun play. Bad man ah beat di Chiney K. Night turn to day, all mama pray. Dem ah beat di Chiney K.
      In the middle of the day, there's gun play. Bad men shoot the Chinese imitation Kalashnikovs. Night turns to day, all mothers pray. They shoot the Chinese (imitation) Kalashnikovs.

Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [k]
(file)

Letter

K

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

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Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ke]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [k]
  • (Phoneme 1, Syllable final) IPA(key): [ʔ]
  • (Phoneme 2, Syllable final) IPA(key): [k̚]

Letter

K

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

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Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

See also

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

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Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ca or capa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns.

See also


Saanich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k̠ʼ/

Letter

K

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

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /k/

Letter

K (lower case k)

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

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Slovene

Letter

K (capital, lowercase k)

  1. The 12th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by J and followed by L.

Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kæːf/

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called kaaf and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by Q and followed by L.

See also


Spanish

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. the eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet

Swedish

Basement level.

Pronunciation

Letter name
  • IPA(key): /koː/
Phoneme
  • IPA(key): /k/, /ɕ/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. the eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet

Symbol

K

  1. (SAB system) history
    Meronyms: K.2, K.3, K.4, K.5, K.6, Kc, Kd, Ke, Kf, Kg, Kh, Ki, Kj, Kk, Kl, Km, Kn, Ko, Kt, Ku, Kv, Ky
  2. (dated, county letter) Blekinge
    Synonym: 10
  3. (dated, 1941) type of beredskapskort (readiness ration card) valid until ration cards for any of the individual items are made
    Coordinate terms: A, U, X

Abbreviations

  1. Abbreviation of källare, källarplan or källarvåning (basement level).
  2. (card games) Abbreviation of kung (king).
    Coordinate terms: D (queen), Kn (knight), E (ace)
  3. Abbreviation of kallt (cold).
    Antonym: V (“warm”)
  4. Abbreviation of kylskåp (refrigerator).
    Coordinate term: F (“freezer”)
  5. Abbreviation of kontor (office; office space).
  6. Abbreviation of kombinationsbrunn or kopplingsbrunn (connection vault).
    Coordinate terms: A (“sewage”), BP (“fire hydrant”), D (“urban runnoff”), R (“cleaning well”), V (“water main”)
  7. Abbreviation of kulvert (culvert).
  8. Abbreviation of kultur (culture).
  9. Abbreviation of klubb (club; association).
  10. (military) Abbreviation of kavalleri (cavalry).

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /c/, /k/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): (standard) /ceː/, /kaː/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

See also


Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Portuguese K or French K.

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ca and written in the Latin script.

See also

Etymology 2

From English K, from Kelvin.

Noun

K

  1. K (Kelvin)
Usage notes

Noun

K

  1. cancer

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kí/

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

See also


Zulu

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

See also

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