q

Letter

 * 1) The seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

 * 1)  voiceless uvular plosive.
 * – see ⟨𐞥⟩.
 * 1)  as in IPA.
 * 2)  electrical charge
 * 3)  heat
 * 1)  heat

Usage notes
The name of this letter is spelled cue or formerly cu.

Etymology 2
.

Related terms

 * Q
 * DNQ, DNS, DNF, DSQ, DQ

Etymology 3
From.

Determiner

 * 1)  Each, every (with a time interval).

Related terms

 * qh, QD

Etymology 4

 * 1)  the sound sequence /ŋk/, /kw/ or /kjuː/.

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Usage notes

 * Used only in foreign words.

Usage notes

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

Usage notes
It is a symbol of the (somewhat dated) unit of.

It occurs in the following terms, along with their derivations and compounds:.

Also in some foreign proper names chiefly from Latin, French, and Spanish, including.

Etymology 2
From similarity pronunciation of in English and  in Indonesian.

Letter

 * 1) The voiceless stop, vs. curly-tail $⟨ɋ⟩$, which is voiced.

Alternative forms

 * $⟨⟩$ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)

Letter

 * 1) A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology
Continues.

Usage notes

 * Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords.

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in loanwords.
 * The qu is pronounced, , or.

Etymology
. Each pronunciation has a different source:
 * Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by.
 * Abecedario pronunciation is from.

Usage notes

 * This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.