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k

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

Translingual

Letter

k (upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Symbol

(IPA) A voiceless velar plosive.
(geology) The permeability of a material for fluids.
(physics) The spring constant of an elastic material.
(thermodynamics) The heat capacity ratio.
Synonym: γ
(Cyrillic, phonetics) A voiceless uvular plosive, equivalent to IPA ⟨q⟩.

Noun

(numbers) Abbreviation of thousand. (1000) (taken from the SI-prefix k- for kilo- meaning 1000's multiplier)
(finance) €500k = 500,000 Euros

Gallery

Letter styles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /keɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K, plural ks or k's)

The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.

Number

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Etymology 2

From kilo-.

Noun

k (plural ks or k's)

(computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
(computing) A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
(colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.
(colloquial) thousand or thousands.
The SI measurement value of 1,000

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Clipping of OK.

Interjection

(colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) OK
Synonym: 'kay

Usage notes

"k" usually implies apathy or anger towards the statement it is responding to, in a less emphatic way than "K".

Derived terms

References

Etymology 4

Abbreviations.

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of can.
(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of come and inflections coming, came.
(Stenoscript) the prefix con- or com-.

Usage notes

Phonetically, /k/ is always ⟨k⟩. ⟨c⟩ is used for /tʃ/.

Afar

Letter

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

Ainu

Etymology

Contraction of ku.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [k]

Pronoun

k= (Kana spelling ㇰ)

(Saru, before vowels) I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Usage notes

Used before verbs and adjectives to express the first person. When isolated, kuani is used. They can also be used together, thus:

Kuani k=arpa wa ku=ye. ― I will go and tell him.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /c/, /ç/, /k/

Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

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

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/, [ka]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ca and written in the Latin script.

Chinese

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰ/

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech k, from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

(before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA^(key): [k]
(before a voiced consonant) IPA^(key): [ɡ]

Preposition

k [with dative]

to, toward, towards (movement towards a person)
Šel jsem si k bratrovi pro půjčku. ― I went to my brother for a loan.

Měla bys jít k lékařovi. ― You should go to a doctor.
to (in the direction of rather than a destination)
V jedné chvíli jsem si uvědomila, že jdu směrem k domu. ― At some point, i found myself walking towards the house.
to, up to
takže jsem vstala a šla k oknu. ― So I got up and I went to the window.

Od nevyšších k nejnižším. ― From the highest to the lowest.
for, to (purpose)
Co si dáš k obědu? ― What will you have for lunch?

něco k jídlu. ― Something to eat.

všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré. ― Everything bad is good for something.

Usage notes

This preposition is followed by the dative case.

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aː
(letter name): IPA^(key): /kaː/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

(text messaging) Nonstandard form of 'k.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/; before a voiced obstruent, IPA^(key): /ɡ/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko and written in the Latin script.

Conjunction

Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).

Synonyms

&
(text messaging) K

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called kaa and written in the Latin script.

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰ/

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Finnish

Etymology

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 k for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called koo and written in the Latin script.

Noun

(housing) Abbreviation of keittiö (“kitchen”).

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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 𐌺

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

(letter name) kē

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː/
(phoneme) [k ~ t]

Letter

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

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /cʰ/ ([cᶜ̧])

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈk]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈkaː]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eighteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ká and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Icelandic

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Ido

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k/
(letter name) IPA^(key): /ke/

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Italian

Letter

k f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case K)

the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, called cappa or kappa in Italian

Usage notes

The letter K is not considered part of the contemporary Italian alphabet. See under K.

Kankanaey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /kej/ [k̠ei̯]
- Rhymes: -ej
(phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/ [k̠̚]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called key and written in the Latin script.

References

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[2] (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 k for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Kiowa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰ/

Letter

k (upper case K)

A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

Latin

Letter

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

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): [k]

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Etymology 1

Letter

k (upper case K)

The fifteenth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Alternative forms

ku (before ch, g, and k)

Preposition

k (with dative)

Lushootseed

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

The seventeenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.

Malay

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/
IPA^(key): /ɡ/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Navajo

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʰ~k] (generally)
IPA^(key): [ɡ̊] (Sylt, when intervocalic in an unstressed syllable)

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Norwegian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /kɔː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/, /ç/

Letter

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

Usage notes

When written before j, k and j merge into voiceless palatal fricative, the ch sound in German ich.

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Old Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /k/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /k/

Preposition

k [with dative]

Alternative form of ku

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “k”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology 1

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 k for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka/

Letter

k (upper case K, lower case)

The fourteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Preposition

k [with dative]

Middle Polish form of ku

Portuguese

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ca or capa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

K (uppercase)

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (Cyrillic spelling к)

The 15th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by j and followed by l.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Alternative forms

ka (see usage notes)

Preposition

k (Cyrillic spelling к) (+ dative case)

to
towards

Usage notes

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 kući ― to/towards home

ka gradu ― to/towards the city

ka hladu ― to/towards the shade
before consonant clusters with emphasis on /k, g, h/:
ka školi ― to/towards school

ka zgradi ― to/towards the building

ka hladu ― to/towards the shade

Synonyms

ka (see usage notes)

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 k for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [k]

Preposition

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (phoneme) /k/
IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈka/ [ˈka]
- Rhymes: -a

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Notes

Although K is part of the Spanish Alphabet, it is only found in loanwords.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈke/ [ˈke]
Rhymes: -e

Conjunction

(slang) Abbreviation of que.

Pronoun

(slang) Abbreviation of que.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka]
Rhymes: -a

Adjective

(Argentina) Alternative letter-case form of K: kirchnerista
Antonyms: anti-K, antikirchnerista

Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

IPA^(key): /koː/

Phoneme

IPA^(key): /k/, /ɕ/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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).

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English k.
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜃ (ka).
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish k.

The use of ⟨k⟩ instead of using the Spanish-based ⟨c⟩ and ⟨q⟩ was promoted in the late 19th century primarily by the educated (such as José Rizal and Trinidad Pardo de Tavera) because of the Baybayin character primarily being applicable to all vowels, as well as the ease of usage with Tagalog grammar rules. Its order in the Abakada alphabet was due to the order of the similar sounding ⟨c⟩ in the Spanish alphabet.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /ˈkej/ [ˈkeɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -ej
- IPA^(key): /ˈka/ [ˈka] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
  - Rhymes: -a
- IPA^(key): /k/ [k] (phoneme)
- IPA^(key): /k/ [x] (phoneme, intervocalic)

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The eleventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called key and written in the Latin script.
The third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ka and written in the Latin script.
(historical) The twelfth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ka and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From English k, clipping of OK.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kej/ [keɪ̯]
Rhymes: -ej

Interjection

k (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌ᜔)

(Internet slang, text messaging) OK

Etymology 3

From the Abakada alphabet letter k being pronounced as ka.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ka/ [kɐ]
Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

k (Baybayin spelling ᜃ)

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of ka: you; u

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰ/

Letter

k (upper case K)

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /c/, /k/
(letter name): IPA^(key): (standard) /ceː/, /kɑː/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /k~q/

Letter

k (upper case K)

The thirteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called ka and written in the Latin script.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French k.

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

Etymology 2

Particle

(slang, Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of không.
k ăn đâu ― I'm not eating

Etymology 3

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

shorthand meaning nghìn
bánh mì 3k ― bread selling for 3 thousand dong

tặng 1K phần quà ― to give a thousand presents

Yele

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

k (upper case K)

A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

The digraph ⟨km⟩ transcribes the single consonant /k͡pŋ͡m/
The digraph ⟨kn⟩ transcribes the single consonant /kŋ/
The digraph ⟨kp⟩ transcribes the single consonant /k͡p/

Palatalized consonants are written ⟨kpy, ky⟩, labialized consonants as ⟨knw, kw⟩.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /kí/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called kí and written in the Latin script.

Zulu

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

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

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k

Translingual

Letter

Pronunciation

Symbol

Noun

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Number

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Interjection

Usage notes

Derived terms

References

Etymology 4

Usage notes

Afar

Letter

See also

Ainu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

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Chinese

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

Letter

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Usage notes

Synonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

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Etymology 2

Pronoun

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

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Conjunction

Synonyms

Estonian

Pronunciation

Letter

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

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Finnish

Etymology