P

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌐 (p, “pe”), from the Ancient Greek letter Π (P, “pi”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤐 (p, “pe”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂋.

Letter

P (lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
   • 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 73:

     "That doesn't look too flash either," frowned Henry. "Let's put the P back.""

Symbol

P

1. (chemistry) symbol for phosphorus
2. (metrology) symbol for peta-
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
4. (mathematics) probability

   P(A) is the probability of A occurring

5. (physics) power
6. (physics) The symbol for poise.
7. (computer science) class of problems solvable in polynomial time
8. (linguistics) A wildcard for a plosive

   synonyms: S for a 'stop'

9. pula (currency of Botswana)

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of P, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur

See also

Character=P

Other representations of P:

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /pɪə/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Noun

P (plural P's, diminutive P'tjie)

1. P

Letter

P

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

P upper case (lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe/, [pe̞]

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

Etymology

• /p/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated *p; from *p in sp, mp, in Ripuarian also lp, rp; in most of Moselle Franconian from *bb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (lower case p)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Etymology 1

Derived from English photoshop.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

From English party. Doublet of party, 派對 / 派对 (pàiduì), and 趴體 / 趴体 (pātǐ).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/

• Audio:

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Letter

P (capital, lowercase p)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

• Previous letter: O
• Next letter: Q

Alternative forms

• P, Ψ (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

P (upper case P, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Homophone (letter name): po

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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 P for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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.

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pee/

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): ^**/ˈpi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

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

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From English producer. The VOCALOID sense may have arisen from an extension of the concept of producers in THE IDOLM@STER; both THE IDOLM@STER and VOCALOID were/are popular topics on the Niconico video sharing website.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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 P for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

• P.

Proper noun

P m (indeclinable)

1. Praenominal abbreviation of Publius.

Noun

P (plural PP)

1. Abbreviation of pater, father.
2. Abbreviation of patris.
3. Abbreviation of patri.
4. Abbreviation of patrem.
5. Abbreviation of patre.
6. Abbreviation of papa, pope.

   Synonym: PP

7. Abbreviation of papae.
8. Abbreviation of papam.

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]

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Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [pi]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [p]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [p̚]

Letter

P

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

Letter

P (upper case P, lower case p)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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): /ˈpɛ/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (upper case, lower 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by o and followed by r. Its traditional name is beith bhog (“soft birch”).

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 P for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

Letter

P (lower 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

Letter

P (capital, lowercase p)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The eighteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.