Q

See also

• (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 Q):  Ɋɋ  ʠ  Ｑｑ  ȹ

Descendants

• English: max Q

Letter

Q (upper case, lower case q, plural Qs or Q's)

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

Number

Q (upper case, lower case q)

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

Pronunciation

(Name of letter:)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kjuː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kju/

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kjʉː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: cue, queue, Kew

Noun

Q (countable and uncountable, plural Qs)

1. Abbreviation of question and questions.

   Q and A

2. Abbreviation of quarter.
   1. (slang, UK) A quarter ounce of a drug.
      • 2023 June 1, Dave, Central Cee, Jim Legxacy, Jo Caleb, Jonny Leslie, Kyle Evans (lyrics and music), “Sprinter” (track 2), in Split Decision, performed by Dave and Central Cee, Neighbourhood; Live Yours:

        Yeah, alright, started with a Q, didn't wait in line

3. (electronics) Short for Q factor (“quality factor”).
4. (astronomy) Abbreviation of quasar.
5. (sports) Abbreviation of qualified.

   Antonym: DNQ

6. American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
7. (card games, chess) Abbreviation of queen.
8. (medicine) Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).

Proper noun

Q

1. (literature, pseudonym) Arthur Quiller-Couch.
2. (Islam, followed by an ayah (verse) number) Abbreviation of Quran.
3. (theology, Christianity) The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
   • 2006, Brian Han Gregg, The Historical Jesus and the Final Judgment Sayings in Q, Mohr Siebeck, →ISBN, page 103:

     In comparing Q 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded in Q.

5. (US politics) Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).
   • 2017 December 19, Paris Martineau, “The Storm Is the New Pizzagate — Only Worse”, in New York‎, archived from the original on 26 December 2018:

     In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal.

   • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian‎:

     In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

   • 2019 March 6, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How a conspiracy theory about Democrats drinking children’s blood topped Amazon’s best-sellers list”, in Vox‎, archived from the original on 7 March 2019:

     At the end of her report, Coaston concluded, “Most people have never heard of QAnon, or Q — and that includes most of Donald Trump’s supporters.” That’s still the case, but the fact that this book is at the top of some of Amazon’s most prominent recommendation lists means that a far larger share of the population will — at a minimum — stumble across these ideas.

Noun

Q (plural Qs)

1. (slang) A gadget master, gadget creator.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

See also

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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

Usage notes

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletras; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Usage notes

• Only used in the digraph qu for /kʋ/. The Dutch-based spelling uses kw instead.

Alternative forms

• cute

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Q

1. (informal) cute

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Q

1. (Taiwan, informal, of food) soft and pliable; chewy (like mochi), exhibiting Q texture

Pronunciation

Infix

Q

1. (Cantonese, vulgar, euphemistic) fucking; bloody; damn

   多Q餘 [Cantonese, trad.]
   多Q余 [Cantonese, simp.]

   do¹ kiu¹ jyu⁴ [Jyutping]

   freaking unnecessary

   多Q事 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   do¹ kiu¹ si⁶ [Jyutping]

   freaking nosy

   麻Q煩 [Cantonese, trad.]
   麻Q烦 [Cantonese, simp.]

   maa⁴ kiu¹ faan⁴ [Jyutping]

   freaking troublesome

Pronunciation

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Noun

Q

1. (informal) (snooker) cue

Classifier

Q

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, figuratively) Classifier for number of sexual intercourses. (as a measure of pricing in prostitution) (clarification of this definition is needed)

   • 睇戲，或者見啲人講笑嗰陣，咪好多時會聽到啲：「喂！幾錢Q呀？」咁上下嘅對白嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     睇戏，或者见啲人讲笑嗰阵，咪好多时会听到啲：「喂！几钱Q呀？」咁上下嘅对白嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013, 合扶道・二媽, 援交妹自白 PT Girlfriend, page 92

     tai² hei³, waak⁶ ze² gin³ di¹ jan⁴ gong² siu³ go² zan⁶, mai⁶ hou² do¹ si⁴ wui⁵ teng¹ dou² di¹: “Wai³! gei² cin² kiu¹ aa³?” Gam³ soeng⁶ haa^6-2 ge³ deoi³ baak⁶ ge²? [Jyutping]

     In movies or when people are joking, you would often hear a saying along the lines of "Hey! How much is a bang?", won't you?

Pronunciation

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Noun

Q

1. (informal) quinella

Pronunciation

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Verb

Q

1. (informal) to use QQ, the popular Chinese instant messaging program

Alternative forms

• q, quest, quet, ques, que

Pronunciation

Noun

Q

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) question (in assignments, tests, exams, etc.) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   你考試通常做long Q先定short Q先㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你考试通常做long Q先定short Q先㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ haau² si³ tung¹ soeng⁴ zou⁶ long¹ kwet¹ sin¹ ding⁶ sot¹ kwet¹ sin¹ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   In exams, which of the following would you usually work on first, long questions or short questions?

Pronunciation

Noun

Q

1. (card games) queen (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)

See also

Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 2

Usage notes

• Used only in foreign words.

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)

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords qu is replaced with kv.

Derived terms

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, Ꟛ ꟛ, G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ

Declension

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

See also

• Uʼmista (Latin-script letters) A a, A̱ a̱, B b, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, K k, Kw kw, K̓ k̓, K̓w k̓w, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵ̓ ḵ̓, Ḵ̓w ḵ̓w, L l, ʼL ʼl, Ł ł, M m, ʼM ʼm, N n, ʼN ʼn, O o, P p, P̓ p̓, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Tł tł, T̓ł t̓ł, Ts ts, T̓s t̓s, U u, W w, ʼW ʼw, X x, Xw xw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, Y y, ʼY ʼy, ʼ

• Liq̓ʷala (Latin-script letters) A a, Ə ə, B b, D d, Ꟛ ꟛ, Dᶻ dᶻ, E e, G g, Gʷ gʷ, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧʷ ǧʷ, H h, I i, K k, Kʷ kʷ, K̓ k̓, K̓ʷ k̓ʷ, Q q, Qʷ qʷ, Q̓ q̓, Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ, L l, L̓ l̓, Ł ł, M m, M̓ m̓, N n, N̓ n̓, O o, P p, P̓ p̓, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, C c, C̓ c̓, U u, W w, W̓ w̓, X x, Xʷ xʷ, X̌ x̌, X̌ʷ x̌ʷ, Y y, Y̓ y̓, ʔ

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