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English Online Dictionary. What means g‎? What does g mean?

Translingual

Letter

g (upper case G)

The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Symbol

Symbol for the gram, an SI unit of mass.
Symbol for gravitational acceleration, approximately 9.81 m/s² or 32 ft/sec² at the earth's surface. Distinguished from G.
(IPA) Alternative form of ɡ (voiced velar stop).
(superscript ⟨ᵍ⟩, IPA) Alternative form of ᶢ.
(physics) gluon

Translations

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Letter styles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː/

Homophone: gee
(letter name) Rhymes: -iː
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/, /d͡ʒ/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G, plural gs or g's)

The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Number

g (lower case, upper case G)

The ordinal number seventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

g (countable and uncountable, plural gs)

(physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.
Alternative form: G

pull Gs
Abbreviation of gram.
(chiefly US) Abbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”).
Alternative form: G
(text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of good.
(Internet slang) Abbreviation of grin; often enclosed in * * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning.
Coordinate terms: bg (“big grin”), vbg (“very big grin”)

Derived terms

Multiple parts of speech

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of go and inflections goes, going, gone
(Stenoscript) The sounds /ɡ, ŋɡ, ŋ/
(Stenoscript) The suffix -ing

Usage notes

(abbreviation of go): Note that g is not used for the inflection went, which is instead notated with w—.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɟ/

Letter

g lower case (upper case G)

The ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡe/, [ɡe̞]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

Catalan

Letter

g (upper case G)

(used to represent /ɡ/ before a, o or u; /ʒ/ (/d͡ʒ/ in Valencian) before e or i; /t͡ʃ/ at the end of a syllable after i (assimilating to /d͡ʒ/ before a voiced consonant); and /k/ at the end of a word)

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (upper case G)

A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

g (upper case G)

A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The twelfth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eː
(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɣeː/

Noun

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
(physics) a unit of gravitational acceleration

Derived terms

harde g
zachte g

Noun

(physics) Abbreviation of gram.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/; before a voiceless consonant, IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called go and written in the Latin script.

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊eː/, [ˈɡ̊eː]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

g (upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Finnish

Etymology 1

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and g for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡeː/, [ˈɡe̞ː] (name of letter)
Rhymes: -eː

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords except for ng [ŋː].

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

Noun

(music) G (note)

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒe/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Symbol

(physics) g
(text messaging slang) Abbreviation of j’ai (“I have”).
g pas dfric ― i don't have any cash

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐌲

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /c/

Letter

g (upper case G)

A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Hungarian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈɡ]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɡeː]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called gé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Derived terms

g-moll

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of gramm (“gram”).

Noun

g (plural g-ok)

g (a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram)

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /cɛː/

Letter

g (upper case G)

The ninth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Ido

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡ/
(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɡe/

Letter

g (upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /dʒe/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /dʒ/ before 'i'/'e'/'y', as /ʒ/ in the suffix -age, and /ɡ/ elsewhere.

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Interlingua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Irish

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Italian

Letter

g f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called gi and written in the Latin script.

Japanese

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog g. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English g.

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /dji/ [d͡ʒi̞]
- Rhymes: -i
(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/ [ɡ̚]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called dyi and written in the Latin script.

References

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[3] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and g for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Latin

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /g/

Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡ]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called gā and written in the Latin script.

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (upper case G)

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

Lushootseed

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

The twelfth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.

Malay

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ/
IPA^(key): /k/ (per final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Navajo

Letter

g (upper case G)

A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡ], (in the syllable coda) [ç], [x]
(Sylt) IPA^(key): (at the start of a word or stressed syllable) [ɡ̊], (otherwise) [ç], [x]

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

Word-internal or final ⟨g⟩ alternates with ⟨ch⟩ in many cases. Originally this alternation reproduced closely the pronunciation: voiced [ʝ~ɣ] and devoiced [ç~x] respectively. For example, kuuch > kuuger reflected [kuːx] > [kuːɣɐ], whereas fraag > fraagen reflected [fraːɣ] > [fraːɣn̩].
Most contemporary dialects have eliminated the voiced fricatives [ʝ], [ɣ] devoicing them to [ç], [x] in coda and otherwise hardening them to [ɡ] (similarly to northern Standard German). This means that the pronunciation can still be deduced from the spelling, but it has become inscrutable why kuuch has final ⟨ch⟩ and fraag does not, given that both of them are now pronounced with [x] in the singular and [ɡ] in the plural.
Sylt Frisian has also eliminated the voiced fricatives, but it has devoiced them to [ç], [x] in all positions. Accordingly, it has not only Fraag [froːx], but also plural Fraagen [froːxn̩]. With very few exceptions, ⟨g⟩ is written after long or unstressed vowels and ⟨ch⟩ after short stressed vowels.

Norwegian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡeː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/, /k/, /j/, /ʃ/, /ɪ/

Letter

The seventh letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

When g is written before j, they merge together and create the sound of y in you.
G is sometimes pronounced like the s in sugar in words of French origin, like genre, due to the fact that Norwegian lacks the voiced palato-alveolar sibilant [ʒ].
In eastern and nothern dialects, g at the end of pronouns is pronounced like the y in boy. In western and southern dialects, the g is pronounced like g in great.
When g is written before t, it is pronounced like the k in king.
In Norwegian runic inscriptions from 17-19 centuries this letter is usually written as ᚵ.

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and g for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡjɛ/

Letter

g (upper case G, lower case)

The tenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called gie and written in the Latin script.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(letter name) (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

(International Standard) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
(Pan-Vlax) The tenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡ/, /dʒ/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ge, ghe, or gî and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

See G for pronunciation notes.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by f and followed by h. Its traditional name is gort (“ivy”).

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

G (uppercase)

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (Cyrillic spelling г)

The 11th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by f and followed by h.

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and g for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The ninth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

g (upper case G)

The twelfth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [k]

Letter

g (upper case G)

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet g, from Czech alphabet g, from Latin g. Pronunciation as /ɡə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German g.

Pronunciation

Phoneme

Letter name

Rhymes: -ə, -eː (ə̀, é) (non-tonal)
Hyphenation: g
Homophone: G (tonal and non-tonal)
Homophone: G (non-tonal only)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
The eleventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Symbol

(SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [ɡ].

Noun

g m inan

The name of the Latin script letter G / g.
(linguistics) The name of the phoneme /ɡ/.

Declension

Overall more common

More common when with a definite adjective

Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (phoneme) /ɡ/, [ɣ̞], /x/
IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈxe/ [ˈxe]
- Rhymes: -e

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

IPA^(key): /ɡeː/

Phoneme

IPA^(key): /ɡ/, /j/, /ɧ/
- Homophone: j (in some positions)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /ɡ/ in front of a, o, u and å and /j/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö. Pronounced /ɧ/ in some loan words.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish g. Each pronunciation has a different source:

Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English g.
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜄ (ga).
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish g.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /ˈdji/ [ˈd͡ʒi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  - IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈdji/ [ˈd̪ji] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -i
- IPA^(key): /ˈɡa/ [ˈɡa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -a
- IPA^(key): /ˈhe/ [ˈhɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
  - Rhymes: -e
- IPA^(key): /ɡ/ [ɡ] (phoneme)
- IPA^(key): /ɡ/ [ɣ] (phoneme, intervocalic)
- IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/ [d͡ʒ] (phoneme, followed by e or i, English unadapted loanwords)
  - IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /dj/ [d̪j] (phoneme, followed by e or i, English unadapted loanwords)
- IPA^(key): /h/ [h] (phoneme, followed by e or i, Spanish unadapted loanwords)
- IPA^(key): /s/ [s] (phoneme, followed by e or i, Spanish unadapted loanwords, obsolete)

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called dyi and written in the Latin script.
The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ga and written in the Latin script.
(historical) The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ge and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Interjection

(slang) Alternative letter-case form of G

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

g (upper case G)

A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Turkish

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/, /ɟ/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɟeː/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ~ʁ/

Letter

g (upper case G)

The eighth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧], [ɣəː˨˩], [ɣəː˨˩ ʔɗəːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ɣəː˦˩], [ɣəː˦˩ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧], [ɣəː˨˩], [ɣəː˨˩ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: giê, gờ, gờ đơn

Letter

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

Noun

Contraction of -ương.

Welsh

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/
- (informal) IPA^(key): /ɡə/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The tenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èg and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by ff and followed by ng.

Mutation

G at the beginning of words is omitted in a soft mutation, mutates to Ng in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word gorsaf (“station”):

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡí/

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called gí and written in the Latin script.

Zulu

Letter

g (lower case, upper case G)

The seventh letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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g

Translingual

Letter

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Translations

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

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Number

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Multiple parts of speech

Usage notes

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

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Catalan

Letter

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Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

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Chipewyan

Pronunciation

Letter

Czech

Letter

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

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Noun

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

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Estonian

Pronunciation

Letter

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

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Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Letter

Symbol

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes