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Q.

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

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

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Latin Q.

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

    uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Latin Q.

noun/kjuː/Received-Pronunciation/kju/General-American/kjʉː/New-Zealand
  1. Abbreviation of question or questions.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
    Q and A
  2. Abbreviation of quarter.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  3. Abbreviation of quarter. A quarter ounce of a drug.

    UK · countable · slang · uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”).

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  5. Abbreviation of quasar.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  6. Abbreviation of qualified.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  7. American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).

    countable · uncountable
  8. Abbreviation of queen.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  9. Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).

    alt-of · countable · uncountable
  10. Abbreviation of qualification.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Shortening

name/kjuː/Received-Pronunciation/kju/General-American/kjʉː/New-Zealand
  1. Arthur Quiller-Couch.

  2. Abbreviation of Quran.

    abbreviation · alt-of
  3. 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)

  4. Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).

    US · abbreviation · alt-of
  5. Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Shortening

noun
  1. A gadget master, gadget creator.

    slang
Where this word comes from

From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed Q, from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he created Q-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named after Q-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.