G

From a modification of the Latin letter C (“ce”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, “ce”), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, “gamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “giml”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

G (lower case g)

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

• (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 G):  Ǵǵ  Ğğ  Ĝĝ  Ǧǧ  Ġġ  Ģģ  Ḡḡ  Ǥǥ  Ɠɠ  ᶃ  ɢ  Ｇｇ  Ŋŋ

G

1. (metrology) giga-.
2. gauss.
3. (biochemistry) glycine, a natural amino acid.
4. (biochemistry) Any of the nucleotides guanodine, nucleoside guanosine, or nucleobase guanine, which are components of DNA.
5. (physics) The gravitational constant in the formula F = Gm₁m₂/r²; sometimes called "big G" to distinguish from g for the acceleration of gravity.
6. (music) The major chord with a root of G.
7. (medicine) Symbol for the Birmingham gauge.

   Coordinate term: F (“French gauge”)

8. (linguistics) A wildcard for a glide or semivowel
9. (clothing) Bra cup size.

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

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Other representations of G:

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /dʒiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

G (upper case, lower case g, plural Gs or G's)

1. The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.

• (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

G (upper case, lower case g)

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

G (countable and uncountable, plural Gs)

1. (sports, baseball) Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).
2. (US, politics) Green.
3. (US, of a movie) General (suitable for a general audience).
4. (sports) Goals (a sports statistic).
5. Ground floor (of a building).
6. A galaxy.
7. Gravity.
8. (chiefly US) Abbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”).
   • 1994, The Notorious B.I.G. (lyrics and music), “Juicy”, in Ready to Die, performed by The Notorious B.I.G.:

     Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis / When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this / 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa / Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur / Phone bill about two G's flat / No need to worry, my accountant handles that / And my whole crew is loungin' / Celebratin' every day, no more public housin'

   • 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown‎, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

     Just really want to smoke my weed, fuck these hoes, and stack my Gs.

   • 2010 September 9, Gloria Campisi, “Psychologist sues city for 100G, alleging beating by cop earlier this year”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:

     Psychologist sues city for 100G, alleging beating by cop earlier this year

   • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):

     See the hoverboard-riding geezer? This close to payin' a G for a shot of my cousin Calvin's molars.

9. (grammar) Abbreviation of genitive case.
10. (UK, education) The academic grade that comes next below F.
11. (slang) Abbreviation of gangster; often used to address one's friend.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend

    • 1995 August 1, “Gangsta's Paradise”, in Gangsta's Paradise, performed by Coolio featuring L.V.:

      I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like / On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight

    • 2014, Skepta, Jme (lyrics and music), “That's Not Me” (track 10), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta featuring Jme:

      Love for the G's in the ends / But we don't love no girls in the ends / Last time I fell in love with a sket / But trust me, I will never do that again

12. (economics) Abbreviation for Government Spending.
13. Alternative letter-case form of g (unit of gravitational acceleration).
14. (drug slang) Short for gamma-hydroxybutyrate or gamma-butyrolactone.
    • 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend‎, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:

      Friday afternoon, 4.30. The order has gone to my dealer: two bags of meph, 50ml of G.

15. (obsolete, chemistry) glucinum.
16. (nautical, historical) Initialism of grog. marked in the ship's books when a sailor took the daily rum ration

    Coordinate term: T

• G.

• (gravity): 1-G
• (astronomy): ClG
• (sports): GF, GA
• (others): Chatty G, G-girl

• (gangster): O.G.

G

1. The fourteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /χɪə/

G (upper case, lower case g)

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

• (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

G (plural G's, diminutive G'tjie)

1. G

G

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

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

G upper case (lower case g)

1. The ninth 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): /ɡe/, [ɡe̞]

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ge 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

• /ɡ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *g in most of Moselle Franconian; from *gg in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian; in much of Ripuarian from *d, *þ after long high vowels.
• For the origin of /j/, see J. /ɣ/ replaces the former after back vowels.

• /ɡ/, /ɣ/, /j/, (coda respectively) [k], [x], [ɕ]

G

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

From English G, gig (“gigabyte”).

• (Hong Kong Cantonese) 激 (gik1), GB

G

1. (computing, informal) gigabyte

• M (“megabyte”)

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

From Mandarin 雞／鸡 (jī).

G

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) female prostitute (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

   call G [Cantonese]  ―  ko¹ zi¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to visit a female prostitute

G

1. The seventh letter of the Latin alphabet.

G

1. The seventh letter used in Pinyin.

• 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

1. IPA^(key): /k/

G (lower case g)

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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /xeː/

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G (capital, lowercase g)

1. The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

G (upper case G, lower case g)

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

The Dalecarlian runic variant for this letter is not available in Unicode.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡo/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

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G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called go 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

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called gee 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)

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 G for information on the development of the glyph itself.

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

• Used only in loanwords except for ng [ŋː].

• (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

G

1. Alternative letter-case form of g (“G (musical note)”)

G

1. Abbreviation of gluteeniton (“gluten-free”) (e.g. in restaurant menus).

The abbreviations G, L, VL and M are the most common of their kind seen in restaurant menus. Other abbreviations are also seen, but not as standardized. Most menus contain a list of the abbreviations they use, including the four common ones.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɡeː/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɡ/, (coda) /k/, /ç/, /x/
  • In Standard German proper, ‹g› in the syllable coda is pronounced [k] except for the unstressed syllable ig, which becomes [ɪç]. In southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol, [ɪk] is often heard in the latter case, too. In northern and central Germany, conversely, coda ‹g› is traditionally always pronounced like ‹ch›, thus as fricative [ç], [x~χ]. Many speakers have now adapted to the standard or mix both ways, e.g. restricting the fricative (outside of ig) to some of the commonest words. Those who still use it generally, may nevertheless switch to [k] in enunciation or when reading out.
  • Fricative realisations [j~ʝ~ʒ] and [x~ɣ~ʁ] also occur syllable-initially in various regions, but these are now clearly marked as dialectal.

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh letter of the German alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), 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 (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈɡ]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɡeː]

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G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called gé and written in the Latin script.

• G-dúr

• (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): /ɡ/

G (lower case g)

1. The seventh 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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡe/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

G (upper case, lower case g)

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

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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

• (letter name) IPA^(key): ^**/ˈd͡ʒi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /ɡ/
• (phonemic realization before e or i) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

G f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called gi and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), 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, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From English G.

G(ジー) • (jī) 

1. G, gravity

Initial of ゴキブリ (gokiburi).

G(ジー) • (jī) 

1. (slang, euphemistic) cockroach

   G(ジー)との格闘(かくとう)

   jī to no kakutō

   fight with a cockroach

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and G for development of the glyph itself.

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The eleventh 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

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): [ɡ]

G

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called gā 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

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [ɡ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [k̚]

G

1. The seventh 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

G

1. (pensions) Initialism of grunnbeløp.

G

1. (pensions) Initialism of grunnbeløp.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The eighth 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 G for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ɡ/, or IPA^(key): /k/ if devoiced

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The tenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called gie 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

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh 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): /ɡ/

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. (International Standard) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The tenth 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): /ɡ/, /dʒ/

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ge, ghe, or gî and written in the Latin script.

When followed by an i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /dʒ/, as in plângi (/plɨndʒʲ/) and înger (/ɨn.dʒer/). When followed by hi or he (ghi and ghe) and in all other cases, it represents /ɡ/.

• (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): /k/

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The seventh letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by f and followed by h. Its traditional name is gort (“ivy”).

• (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

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and G for development of the glyph itself.

G (upper case, lower case g)

1. The ninth 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