Q
\kjˈuː], \kjˈuː], \k_j_ˈuː]\
Definitions of Q
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, 249.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Is the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, and with the vowel u, by which it is always followed, has the sound of kw or k simply, but it never terminates a word. As a numeral it stands for 500, and with a dash over it for 500,000.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
