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Q

abbr.

1. quarter (of a year)

2. Games queen

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q ¹ or Q  (ky)

n. pl. q's or Q's also qs or Qs

1. The 17th letter of the modern English alphabet.

2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter q.

3. The 17th in a series.

4. Something shaped like the letter Q.

5. Q A hypothetical lost manuscript, consisting largely of sayings of Jesus, that is believed to have been the source of those passages in Matthew and Luke that bear close similarity to each other but not to parallel passages in Mark.

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[Sense 5, probably from German Q(uelle), source.]

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q ²

Physics

The symbol for charge.

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q, Q [kjuː]

n pl q's, Q's, Qs

1. (Linguistics) the 17th letter and 13th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless velar stop, as in unique and quick

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q

symbol for

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) quintal

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Q

symbol for

1. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess queen

2. (Law) question

3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics heat Text messaging

abbreviation for

(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) queue

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

q - the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

Translations

Q¹ q [kjuː] N (= letter) → Q, q f
Q for Queen → Q de Quebec

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Q² ABBR

1. =Queen

2. =question → P

Q q [ˈkjuː] n (= letter) → Q, q m
Q for Queen → Q comme Quintal

Q, q

n → Q nt, → q nt ? P

Q q [kjuː] n (letter) → Q, q f or m inv
Q for Queen → Q come Quarto

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Q q [kjuː] n (letter) → Q, q f or m inv
Q for Queen → Q come Quarto