q

q (upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the basic 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

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q

1. Abbreviation of quecto-.
2. (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
3. (physics) electrical charge
4. (physics) heat
5. (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure

• (electrical charge): Q
• (heat): Q

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  Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur

Other representations of Q:

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

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• (letter name) Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue

q (lower case, upper case Q, plural qs or q's)

1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

The name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu.

• (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 case Q)

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

q

1. (sports) conditional qualification
2. question

• Q
• DNQ, DNS, DNF, DSQ, DQ

From Latin quaque (“every”).

q

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

   175 mg/m² q 3 wks

   ("every three weeks").

• qh, QD

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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/

q lower case (upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth 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): /ku/, [ku]

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ku and written in the Latin 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

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

q (lower case, upper case Q)

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

• Previous letter: p
• Next letter: r

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuː/
• Homophone: kuu

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin 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)

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q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords qu is replaced with kv.

• (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/

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

q (lower case, upper case Q)

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

q m (plural q)

1. Abbreviation of quintal.

• Previous letter: p
• Next letter: r

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

q

1. Romanization of 𐌵

IPA^(key): /q/

q

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

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

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called kú and written in the Latin script.

It is a symbol of the (somewhat dated) unit of mázsa (100 kilos or a quintal, approx. two hundredweight).

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, kvad or quad, quantum satis, quaestor, quaestura, quattrocento, quisling, quodlibet, QR-kód, squash, and tequila.

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

• (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.

• q 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, always found before the letter U) IPA^(key): /kw/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /kwe/

q (upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth 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

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

q (upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin 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 of q in English and -ku in Indonesian.

q

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of aku.

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

q f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Q)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.

q

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth 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

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

q (upper case Q)

1. The twenty-first 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): /kʉː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

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• Homophone: ku

q

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

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

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q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth 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

q

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que (“that”).
2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of quê (“what”).

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

q (lower case, upper case Q)

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 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).

• 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, page 15

• IPA^(key): /k/

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called chiu and written in the Latin script.

• Used chiefly in loanwords.
• The digraph qu 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): (phoneme) /k/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈku/ [ˈku]
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  • Rhymes: -u

q (lower case, upper case Q)

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

• IPA^(key): /ke/ [ke]
• Rhymes: -e

q

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que (“that”).

   Hay un policía en la ruta q mas uso. ― There's a cop on the route that I use the most.

2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of qué (“what”).

   q paso? ― what happened?

q (lower case, upper case Q)

1. The seventeenth 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