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. (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
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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

• (IPA): g (“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)

• IPA^(key): /keɪ/

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k (lower case, upper case K, plural 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)

k

1. See K
2. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of okay. (Also spelled 'kay.)

• kk

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

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

1. to
2. toward, towards

• ke
• ku

• 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

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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”).
   • 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).)

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• (text messaging) K

• 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

• 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

• (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

k f (invariable)

1. See under K

k

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

k

1. Abbreviation of Kaeso.

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

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

• (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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ka/

k (lowercase, capital K)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Mostly used in foreign words to represent the phoneme /k/. Preceded by j and followed by l.

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 gradu - to the city

  ka gore - towards above

  ka hladu - toward 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

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

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k (lower case, upper case K)

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

• IPA^(key): /ke/

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).

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

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