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Translingual
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]Pronunciation of IPA [qɑː, ɑqqɑː] with the sound [q]: (file)
Symbol
[edit]q
- Abbreviation of quecto-.
- (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
- (superscript ⟨𐞥⟩) – see ⟨𐞥⟩.
- (NAPA) as in IPA.
- (physics) electrical charge
- (physics) heat
- (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure
Synonyms
[edit]Gallery
[edit]- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of , in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur
See also
[edit]Other representations of Q:
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (letter name): IPA(key): /kjuː/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: cue, queue
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
Etymology 1
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q, plural qs or q's)
- The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]The name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu.
See also
[edit]- (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
Number
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]q (plural q's)
- (athletics) Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification: indicates an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events).
- Coordinate term: Q (“automatic qualification”)
- Abbreviation of question.
- Alternative form: Q
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Determiner
[edit]q
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]q
- (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ŋk/, /kw/ or /kjuː/.
See also
[edit]Albanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- The twenty-third letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (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
Azerbaijani
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q lower case (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (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
Basque
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The eighteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ku and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
See also
[edit]- (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
Blin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (uppercase Q)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used only in foreign words.
See also
[edit]- (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)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and q for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (letter name); “kuu”: (file)
Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called kuu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords qu is replaced with kv.
See also
[edit]- (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
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (letter name): IPA(key): /ky/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -y
- Homophones: cul, culs, cu, cus, ku, kus, qu, qus
Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Noun
[edit]q m (plural q)
- Abbreviation of quintal.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “q”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]q
- Romanization of 𐌵
Greenlandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q
- The thirteenth letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (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
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called kú and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]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.
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | q | q-k |
accusative | q-t | q-kat |
dative | q-nak | q-knak |
instrumental | q-val | q-kkal |
causal-final | q-ért | q-kért |
translative | q-vá | q-kká |
terminative | q-ig | q-kig |
essive-formal | q-ként | q-kként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | q-ban | q-kban |
superessive | q-n | q-kon |
adessive | q-nál | q-knál |
illative | q-ba | q-kba |
sublative | q-ra | q-kra |
allative | q-hoz | q-khoz |
elative | q-ból | q-kból |
delative | q-ról | q-król |
ablative | q-tól | q-któl |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
q-é | q-ké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
q-éi | q-kéi |
Possessive forms of q | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | q-m | q-im |
2nd person sing. | q-d | q-id |
3rd person sing. | q-ja | q-i |
1st person plural | q-nk | q-ink |
2nd person plural | q-tok | q-itok |
3rd person plural | q-juk | q-ik |
See also
[edit]- (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.
Further reading
[edit]- q in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ido
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (context pronunciation, always found before the letter U) IPA(key): /kw/
- (letter name) IPA(key): /kwe/
Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (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
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Alternative forms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (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
Etymology 2
[edit]From similarity pronunciation of q in English and -ku in Indonesian.
Pronoun
[edit]q
- (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of aku.
Inupiaq
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- A letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Q)
- The fifteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called cu and written in the Latin script.
Kâte
[edit]Letter
[edit]q
- The voiceless stop /k͡p/, vs. curly-tail ⟨ɋ⟩, which is voiced /ɡ͡b/.
Kwak'wala
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ⟨ḵ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- (Liqʼwala dialect) A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Latin
[edit]Letter
[edit]q
- A letter of the Latin alphabet.
Lushootseed
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q
- The thirty-first letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.
Malay
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (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
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (upper case Q)
- The twenty-first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (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
Mam
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (uppercase Q)
Norwegian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q
- The seventeenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]- Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]q
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of quê (“what”).
Romani
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- (International Standard) Used to represent the dative and genitive cases.
See also
[edit]- (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).
References
[edit]- 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
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called chiu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]- Used chiefly in loanwords.
- The digraph qu is pronounced /kw/, /kv/, or /kʲ/.
See also
[edit]- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, 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
Spanish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The eighteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]q
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of que (“that”).
- Hay un policía en la ruta q más uso. ― There's a cop on the route that I use the most.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of qué (“what”).
- q pasó? ― what happened?
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish q. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English q.
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish q.
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q, Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called kyu and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
[edit]- This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
See also
[edit]- (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
Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ)
- (historical) The twentieth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called cu and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
[edit]- “q”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Zulu
[edit]Letter
[edit]q (lower case, upper case Q)
- The seventeenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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