Dictionary

q en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /kjuː/ (letter, name)
• (General-American) audio
• /kw/ (phoneme)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /k/ (phoneme)

Meanings

1. (lowercase, number) The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

Forms

q en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /kjuː/ (letter, name)
• (General-American) audio
• /kw/ (phoneme)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /k/ (phoneme)

Meanings

1. (letter, lowercase) The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

Forms

q en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /kjuː/ (letter, name)
• (General-American) audio
• /kw/ (phoneme)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /k/ (phoneme)

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating 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).
   alt of indicating an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser
   alt of non-automatic qualification
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of question.
   alt of question
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Forms

Coordinates

Q

Relateds

DNF · DSQ · DQ · Q · DNS · DNQ · Q

q en · DET · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /kjuː/ (letter, name)
• (General-American) audio
• /kw/ (phoneme)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /k/ (phoneme)

Etymology

From Latin quaque (“every”).

Meanings

1. Each, every (with a time interval).
   • 175 mg/m² q 3 wks

Relateds

Q · banana q · q-word · QD · q-gram · max q · q-analog · qh · q-bar · q-derivative · q-tof