K

K (lower case k)

1. The eleventh 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 K):  Ḱḱ  Ǩǩ  Ķķ  Ḳḳ  Ḵḵ  Ƙƙ  Ⱪⱪ  ᶄᶄ  Ꝁꝁ  ᴋ  Ｋｋ

K

1. (chemistry) Symbol for potassium.
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. Thousand.

   5k = 5,000

6. (radio slang) over, waiting for reply

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

Other representations of K:

• IPA^(key): /kʰeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

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).

• (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 (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.

K

1. (education, US) Kindergarten.

   "K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade.

2. (often computing) Kilo-, 1,024.
3. (computing) A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
4. (Morse code) Go ahead, over: an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
5. (baseball) Strikeout, strikeouts.
6. (chess) King.
7. (biology) Carrying capacity.
8. (slang) OK.
9. (knitting) 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.

10. (slang) The drug ketamine.
11. (music) Köchel number.

    Die Zauberflöte, K. 620

12. (Britain, government) knighthood

On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out swinging, while a backwards K signifies striking out looking.

• (ketamine): K-hole, Special K

K (plural Ks)

1. (law, informal) A contract.

K

1. The seventh letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (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

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe K)

1. The letter K

K upper case (lower 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

K

1. Alternative form of 剋 (“to beat; to scold; to fight”).
2. Short for 卡拉OK (kǎlā'ōukèi, “karaoke”).
3. (Internet slang) Short for 擴／扩 (kuò, “to repost”).
4. (slang) Short for K粉 (kēifěn, “ketamine”).
5. thousand; kilo
6. (computing) kilobyte
7. karat

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ka/

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K (capital, lowercase k)

1. The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

• Previous letter: J
• Next letter: L

K (upper case, lower 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. (text messaging) Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).

K (upper case, lower 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

• IPA^(key): /kaː/

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• Rhymes: -aː

K (upper case, lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the German alphabet.

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "K".

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “K” shape.

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter K

Abbreviation of kelet (“east”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛlɛt]

K

1. E (east)

• észak (É), dél (D), kelet, nyugat (Ny)

• IPA^(key): /k/

K (lower 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

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈkaˌpːa/
• (phonetic realization) IPA^(key): [k~kʰ] (aspirated by some speakers to distinguish between c and k pronunciations)

K m or f (invariable, lower 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 Italian alphabet and is found only in loanwords.

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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 (upper case, lower 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

• (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]

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pɐ/, /ˈka.pa/

K (upper case, lower 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

• IPA^(key): /ka/

K (lowercase k)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, mostly used in foreign words to represent the phoneme /k/. Preceded by J and followed by L.

• IPA^(key): /k̠ʼ/

K

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

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

K (lower 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

K (capital, lowercase k)

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

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

K upper case (lower case k)

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

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

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

K (upper case, lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet.

K (upper case, lower 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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
• Phonetic: ca

From Portuguese K or French K

K (upper case, lower case k)

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

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

From English K, from Kelvin

K

1. K (Kelvin)

• Colloquially, even physics and chemistry teachers say "độ K" instead of just "K", despite the fact that there is no độ (“degree”) here like độ C (“degree Celsius”) or độ F (“degree Fahrenheit”).

K

1. cancer

K (upper case, lower 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