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
• Ϙ (koppa)

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q

1. (IPA) voiceless uvular plosive.
2. (physics) electrical charge
3. (physics) heat
4. (fluid dynamics) dynamic pressure

• (electrical charge): Q
• (heat): Q

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  Normal and italic Q
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  Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur

Other representations of Q:

• IPA^(key): /kjuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue

q (lower case, upper case Q, plural 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.

   175 mg/m² q 3 wks

• (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

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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

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

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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

• (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

q m or f (invariable)

1. lowercase form of Q

q

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

q

1. Quintus

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/ (standard)
• (phoneme) 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/
• 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”).

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

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q (lower case, upper case Q)

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

q

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

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