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Translingual

Letter

p (upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Symbol

p

  1. (IPA) voiceless bilabial plosive
  2. (physics) pressure
  3. (music) piano (play softly)
  4. (chemistry) power of; the negative logarithm of a concentration, as in pH or pOH
  5. (physics) proton

Gallery

See also

  • (IPA): b (voiced bilabial 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 P):  Ṕṕ  Ṗṗ  Ᵽᵽ  Ƥƥ  P̃p̃  ᵱ  ᶈ  ᴘ  Pp  ȹ
  • With hook: ƥ
  • ƿ (wynn)

Other representations of P:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /piː/
    • Rhymes: -iː
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P, plural ps or p's)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
See also
  • (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

Number

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The ordinal number sixteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations

Alternative forms

  • (page, per): p.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piː/

Preposition

p

  1. Abbreviation of post, meaning after
  2. Abbreviation of per.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.
Translations

Noun

p

  1. Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
  2. (UK) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
  3. (physics) proton
  4. (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
  5. Abbreviation of piss (urine).
Translations

Verb

p

  1. (knitting) Abbreviation of purl.

Adverb

p (not comparable)

  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)
    I'm doing p good, how are you?
    • 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet [1]:
      There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole[sic] think SU27 is p bad!).
  2. (chiefly US, stenoscript) Alternative spelling of p.m. (post meridiem) or pm

Derived terms

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p lower case (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (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

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe/, [pe̞]

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Demotic

Noun

 f

  1. Alternative form of p.t (sky)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eː
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /peː/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: o
  • Next letter: q

Egyptian

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /pɛ/
    • Conventional anglicization: pe

Noun

 m

  1. mat

Inflection

Noun

 m

  1. plinth

Inflection

Proper noun

 m./f. topo.

  1. Pe, a city in Lower Egypt, where the Pharaohs were crowned.

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /po/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/
  • Homophone (letter name): po

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called po and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (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

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeː/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰ/

Letter

p (upper case P)

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

See also

  • (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

Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and p for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (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

Noun

p

  1. Abbreviation of penni. (Finnish penny, no longer used)

French

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pe/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

  • (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

Gothic

Romanization

p

  1. Romanization of 𐍀

Hungarian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈp]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈpeː]

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.
Declension

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡s]

Noun

p (plural p-ek)

  1. Abbreviation of perc (minute[s]).
    Coordinate terms: ó, mp
Declension

Further reading

  • p in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pʰjɛː/

Letter

p (upper case P)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, 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, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /p/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /pe/

Letter

p (upper case P)

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

See also

  • (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

Italian

Letter

p f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case P)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.

Latin

Letter

p

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

References

  • p in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • p”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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): [p]

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • 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

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d,  , 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

Malay

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

  • (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

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p/
  • IPA(key): /b/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
  • With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g,  , H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /peː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p

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

Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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 p for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ/

Letter

p (upper case P, lower case)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Portuguese

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

  • (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

Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. (International Standard) The twentieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called pe or and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase) P

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (Cyrillic spelling п)

  1. The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by o and followed by r.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (upper case P)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /p/
  • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈpe/ [ˈpe]
    • (Castilian)
    • Rhymes: -e

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish p. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English p.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish p.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character (pa).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: p
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /pi/, [pɪ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈpe/, [ˈpɛ]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /pa/, [pɐ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/, [p]
  • Rhymes: -i, -e, -a

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called pi and written in the Latin script.
  2. (historical) The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called pe and written in the Latin script.

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P, Baybayin spelling )

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called pa and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Further reading

  • “p”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Turkish

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/

Letter

p (upper case P)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k͡p/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /k͡pí/

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
  • As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

Zulu

Letter

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

See also

  • (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

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