p

p (upper case P)

1. The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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p

1. (IPA) a voiceless bilabial plosive.
2. (superscript ⟨ᵖ⟩, IPA) [p]-onset (prestopping / preocclusion / preplosion), [p]-release (e.g. ⟨kᵖ⟩ for [k͡p]), [p]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [p].
3. (physics) pressure
4. (music) piano (play softly)
5. (chemistry) power of; the negative logarithm of a concentration, as in pH or pOH
6. (physics) proton

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

• (IPA): b (“voiced bilabial plosive”)
• (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 P):  Ṕṕ  Ṗṗ  Ᵽᵽ  Ƥƥ  P̃p̃  ᵱ  ᶈ  ᴘ  Ｐｐ  ȹ
• With hook: ƥ
• ƿ (wynn)

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Other representations of P:

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /piː/

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  • Rhymes: -iː
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

p (lower case, upper case P, plural ps or p's)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letter; 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

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

Abbreviations

• (page, per): p.

• IPA^(key): /piː/

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p

1. Abbreviation of post, meaning after
2. Abbreviation of per.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.

p

1. Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
2. (UK) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
   • 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy:

     The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image.

3. (physics) proton
4. (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
   • 2010, Benny Bing, 3D and HD Broadband Video Networking, page 59:

     HD video may contain 720 or 1080 vertical progressive scan lines (720p or 1080p), 1080 interlaced lines (1080i), and is capable of displaying a 16:9 image and output digital audio.

5. (New Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine
6. Abbreviation of piss (“urine”).

   I'll slurp all that p.

p

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of purl.
   • 1855, Godey's Magazine, volume 51, page 71:

     Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

p (not comparable)

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)

   I'm doing p good, how are you?

   • 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet :

     There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole^[sic] think SU27 is p bad!).

2. (chiefly US, stenoscript) Alternative spelling of p.m. (“post meridiem”) or pm

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

p lower case (upper case P)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /pe/, [pe̞]

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (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

⁠⁠⁠ f

1. Alternative form of p.t (“sky”)

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• Previous letter: o
• Next letter: q

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛ/
  • Conventional anglicization: pe

 m

1. mat

 m

1. plinth

  m./f. topo.

1. Pe, a city in Lower Egypt, where the Pharaohs were crowned.

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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

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• Homophone (letter name): po

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː/

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (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)

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

p (upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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.

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p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (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

p

1. Abbreviation of penni. (Finnish penny, no longer used)

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pe/

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• IPA^(key): /p/

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

p

1. Romanization of 𐍀

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

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrt͡s]

p (plural p-ek)

1. Abbreviation of perc (“minute[s]”).

   Coordinate terms: ó, mp

• p in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pʰjɛː/

p (upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /pe/

p (upper case P)

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

• (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

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

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

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.

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

p

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

• p in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “p”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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.

• IPA^(key): [p]

P

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

p (upper case P)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /p/
• IPA^(key): /b/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)
• With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

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

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p

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

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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.

• IPA^(key): /p/, or IPA^(key): /b/ if voiced

p (upper case P, lower case)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /p/

p (lower case, upper 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.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /p/

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

p (lower case, upper 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”).

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

• P (uppercase)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

p (Cyrillic spelling п)

1. The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by o and followed by r.

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.

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

p (upper case P)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (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

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /p/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈpe/ [ˈpe]
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  • Rhymes: -e

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Borrowed from Spanish p. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English p.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜉ (pa).
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish p.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpi/ [ˈpi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpa/ [ˈpa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpe/ [ˈpɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /p/ [p] (phoneme)

p (lower case, upper case P, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called pi and written in the Latin script.
2. (historical) The nineteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called pe and written in the Latin script.

p (lower case, upper case P, Baybayin spelling ᜉ)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called pa and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• “p”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /p/

p (upper case P)

1. The twentieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k͡p/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /k͡pí/

p (lower case, upper case P)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called pí and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

p (lower case, upper case P)

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

• (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