k

k (upper case K)

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

• (Voiceless velar plosive):

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k

1. (IPA) voiceless velar plosive.
2. (geology) the permeability of a material for fluids
3. (physics) the spring constant of an elastic material
4. (physics) Boltzmann's constant

k

1. (numbers) Abbreviation of thousand. (1000) (taken from the SI-prefix k- for kilo- meaning 1000's multiplier)

   (finance) €500k = 500,000 Euros

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

• (IPA): ɡ (“voiced velar plosive”)
• (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 K):  Ḱḱ  Ǩǩ  Ķķ  Ḳḳ  Ḵḵ  Ƙƙ  Ⱪⱪ  ᶄᶄ  Ꝁꝁ  ᴋ  Ｋｋ

Other representations of K:

• Uppercase: K
• With cedilla: ķ
• With hook: ƙ
• With háček: ǩ
• With acute: ḱ
• With dot below: ḳ
• With line below: ḵ
• ĸ (kra)
• Κ (kappa)
• К (ka)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /keɪ/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪ
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

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

1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.

• (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

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

From kilo-.

k (plural ks or k's)

1. (computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
2. (computing) A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
3. (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.

   We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.

4. (colloquial) thousand or thousands.

   Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.

5. The SI measurement value of 1,000

• 56k
• 401k/401(k)

Clipping of OK.

k

1. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) OK

   Synonym: 'kay

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

• kk

Abbreviations.

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of can.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of come and inflections coming, came.
3. (stenoscript) the prefix con- or com-.

• Phonetically, /k/ is always ⟨k⟩. ⟨c⟩ is used for /tʃ/.

k

1. The seventh letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /c/, /ç/, /k/

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin 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): /ka/, [ka]

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (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

From Old Czech k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

• (before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA^(key): [k]
• (before a voiced consonant) IPA^(key): [ɡ]

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k (+ dative)

1. to, toward, towards (movement towards a person)

   Šel jsem si k mému bratrovi pro půjčku. ― I went to my brother for a loan.

   Měla by jsi jít k lékařovi. ― You should go to a doctor.

2. to (in the direction of rather than a destination)

   V jedné chvíli jsem si uvědomila, že jdu směrem k domu. ― At some point, i found myself walking towards the house.

3. to, up to

   takže jsem vstala a šla k oknu. ― So I got up and I went to the window.

   Od nevyšších k nejnižším. ― From the highest to the lowest.

4. for, to (purpose)

   Co si dáš k obědu? ― What will you have for lunch?

   něco k jídlu. ― Something to eat.

   všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré. ― Everything bad is good for something.

This preposition is followed by the dative case.

• ke
• ku

• k in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• k in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• Rhymes: -aː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kaː/

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• Previous letter: j
• Next letter: l
• 'k

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

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (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

k

1. Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).
   • 1938, Alardo Prats, Pario, transl., Fronto k Postfronto de Aragonio, page 24:

     Io mortis en Hispanio k io ega k brilega naskiĝis.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 1948, Gaston Waringhien, Leteroj de L.-L. Zamenhof: La Tragedio de Lia Vivo Rivelita de Lia Ĵus Retrovita Korespondo kun la Francaj Eminentuloj, Edlonis S.A.T., OCLC 37719373, page 9:

     Cetere li bone konsciis sian valoron, tiris el ĝi orgojlon, kompleze flegadis sian « mi », k rapide senpacienciĝis, se li renkontis kontraŭulon, kiu rifuzis lasi sin persvadi de liaj rezonoj.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2003 January 13, Sebastian Hartwig, “Re: 'Ghisdate pri Esperanto' hodiau en la boksmala”, in soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet‎, retrieved 2017-05-17:

     SAS estas ja nur aerkompanio de tiuj tri landoj. (Ferooj k Gr(o)enlando apartenas al Danio, Islando havas propran kompanion Loftleidir (krom pli nova Viking Air).)

     SAS is really just an airline of those three countries. (the Faroe Islands and Greenland belong to Denmark, Iceland has its own company Loftleidir (besides a newer Viking Air).)

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• (text messaging) K

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː/

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (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)

• IPA^(key): /kʰ/

k (upper case K)

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

• (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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k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (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

k

1. (housing) Abbreviation of keittiö (“kitchen”).

• IPA^(key): /ka/

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• IPA^(key): /k/

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

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

• (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

k

1. Romanization of 𐌺

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

k (lower case, upper case K)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ká and written in the Latin 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 q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

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

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

k (upper case K)

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

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

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (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

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

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

• The letter K is not considered part of the contemporary Italian alphabet. See under K.

k

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

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.

• IPA^(key): [k]

K

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

k (upper case K)

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

• (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

• ku (before ch, g, and k)

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

• IPA^(key): /k/

k (with dative)

1. to

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

k

1. The seventeenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.

k (lower case, upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin 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): /k/
• IPA^(key): /ɡ/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kɔː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/, /ç/

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k

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

• When written before j, k and j merge into voiceless palatal fricative, the ch sound in German ich.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

• IPA^(key): /ka/

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k (upper case K, lower case)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

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

k (lower case, upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin 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
• kkk (Internet laugh)

• IPA^(key): /k/

k (lower case, upper 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.

• (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 z International 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).

• IPA^(key): /k/

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns.

• (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

See Translingual section.

• (uppercase): K

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

k (Cyrillic spelling к)

1. The 15th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by j and followed by l.

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

• ka (see usage notes)

k (Cyrillic spelling к) (+ dative case)

1. to
2. towards

Although both k and ka can be used synonymously, k must take the alternative form ka in the following environment:

• before /k, g, h/:

  ka kući ― to/towards home

  ka gradu ― to/towards the city

  ka hladu ― to/towards the shade

• before consonant clusters with emphasis on /k, g, h/:

  ka školi ― to/towards school

  ka zgradi ― to/towards the building

  ka hladu ― to/towards the shade

• ka (see usage notes)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

k (upper case K)

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

• (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

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

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  • Rhymes: -a

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈke/ [ˈke]
• Rhymes: -e

k

1. (slang) Abbreviation of que.

k

1. (slang) Abbreviation of que.

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /koː/

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /k/, /ɕ/

k (lower case, upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called kå and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /k/ in front of a, o, u and å and /ɕ/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö (some loan words might ignore this rule).

Letter

• IPA^(key): /kej/, [keɪ̯] (in Filipino alphabet)
• IPA^(key): /ka/, [kɐ] (in Abakada alphabet)

Phoneme

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]
  • IPA^(key): [kx] (allophone in initial position)
  • IPA^(key): [x] (allophone in Intervocalic position)

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• IPA^(key): /kej/, [keɪ̯]

k

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) OK

• IPA^(key): /ka/, [kɐ]

k

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of ka (in text messaging and Internet conversations): you; u

   Nasan k na?

   Where are you?

• “k”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k~q/

k (upper case K)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

• (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

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

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

k (lower case, upper case K)

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