p

See also:PandAppendix:Variations of "p"

p U+0070,p LATIN SMALL LETTER P ←o [U+006F] Basic Latin q→ [U+0071]

Character variations

ᵖ U+1D56,ᵖ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL P ←ᵕ [U+1D55] Phonetic Extensions ᵗ→ [U+1D57]

𝆏 U+1D18F,𝆏 MUSICAL SYMBOL PIANO ←𝆎 [U+1D18E] Musical Symbols 𝆐→ [U+1D190]

ｐ U+FF50,ｐ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER P ←ｏ [U+FF4F] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｑ→ [U+FF51]

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Translingual

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The sixteenth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA[pɑː, ɑppɑː]with the sound[p]:

  (file)

Symbol

p

1. (IPA)avoicelessbilabialplosive.
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)powerof; the negativelogarithmof aconcentration,as inpHorpOH
6. (physics)proton

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions ofP,in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercasePinFraktur

See also

• (IPA):b(“voiced bilabial plosive”)
• (Latin script):AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSſsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
• (Variations of letter P):ṔṕṖṗⱣᵽƤƥP̃p̃ᵱᶈᴘＰｐȹ
• With hook:ƥ
• ƿ(wynn)

Other representations of P:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/piː/

  • Audio(US):

    (file)

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

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP,pluralpsorp's)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Englishalphabet,calledpeeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)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

Number

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. Theordinalnumbersixteenth,derived from thisletterof the Englishalphabet,calledpeeand written in theLatin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations

Alternative forms

• (page,per):p.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/piː/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

Preposition

p

1. Abbreviationofpost,meaningafter
2. Abbreviationofper.
3. (stenoscript)Abbreviationofup.

Translations

per

• Swedish:/(sv)

Noun

p

1. Alternative form ofp.;Abbreviationofpage(pluralpp)
2. (UK)Abbreviationofpenny;pence.
   • 2001,Steve Webb,Intensity-modulated radiation therapy:

     The 25pstamp 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)Abbreviationofprogressive scan.
   • 2010,Benny Bing,3D and HD Broadband Video Networking,page59:

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

5. (New Zealand,slang)Methamphetamine
6. Abbreviationofpiss(“urine”).

   I'll slurp all thatp.

Translations

page—seep.

Verb

p

1. (knitting)Abbreviationofpurl.
   • 1855,Godey's Magazine,volume51,page71:

     Knit 3,p1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

Adverb

p(notcomparable)

1. (Internet)Abbreviationofpretty(as an intensifier)

   I'm doingpgood, how are you?

   • 1995November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <[email protected]>,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,Usenet[1]:

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

2. (chieflyUS,stenoscript)Alternative spelling ofp.m.(“post meridiem”)orpm

Derived terms

• p-adic
• p-ANCA
• p-block
• p-brane
• p-code
• p-hacking
• p-hydroxymexiletine
• p-nitrobenzeneazoresorcinol
• p-nitrobenzene-azo-resorcinol
• p-n junction
• p-type
• p-value
• p way
• p-word
• p-zombie

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

plower case(upper caseP)

1. The twenty-thirdletterof the Azerbaijanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)hərf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Əə,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Xx,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Qq,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pe/,[pe̞]

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The seventeenthletterof the Basquealphabet,calledpeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. A letter of theMazahuaalphabet.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ⱥⱥ,A̱a̱,Bb,Cc,Cꞌcꞌ,Cjcj,Cucu,Cꞌucꞌu,Cjucju,Chch,Chꞌchꞌ,Chjchj,Dd,Dydy,Ee,Ɇɇ,E̱e̱,Gg,Gugu,Huhu,ꞌHuꞌhu,Ii,I̱i̱,Jj,Jꞌjꞌ,Jmjm,Jnjn,Jñjñ,Juju,Jyjy,Ll,Mm,Mꞌmꞌ,Nn,Nꞌnꞌ,Ññ,Ñꞌñꞌ,Oo,Øø,O̱o̱,Pp,Pjpj,Rr,Ss,Tt,Tꞌtꞌ,Tjtj,Tsts,Tsꞌtsꞌ,Tsjtsj,Uu,Ꞹꞹ,U̱u̱,Xx,Zz,Zhzh,ꞌ

Demotic

Noun

⁠⁠⁠f

1. Alternative form ofp.t(“sky”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Dutchalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• Previous letter:o
• Next letter:q

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

m

1. mat

Inflection

Declension ofp(masculine)

singular	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

Noun

m

1. plinth

Inflection

Declension ofp(masculine)

singular	p
dual	pwj
plural	pw

Proper noun

m./f. topo.

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

Determiner

msgproximaldemonstrative determiner

1. (Old Egyptian)Alternative form ofpj(“this”)

Inflection

Old Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners						pronouns1	adverbs
number	singular		dual		plural		unmarked
gender	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	unmarked
proximal to speaker	pn	tn	*jpnj	jptnj,jptntj	jpn	jptn	nn	—
distal	pf	tf	*jpfj	*jptfj,*jptftj	jpf	jptf	nf	—
proximal to spoken of	pj,pw,p	tj,tw	jpwj	jptwj,jptwtj	jpw	jptw,jptwt	nw	—
vocative	pꜣ	tꜣ	—	—	—	—	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ
Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners and pronouns			adverbs
number	singular		plural1
gender	masculine	feminine	unmarked
proximal	pn	tn	nn	ꜥn
distal	pf,pfꜣ	tf,tfꜣ	nf,nfꜣ	ꜥf
‘copula’ and vocative	pw,pwy	tw,twy	nw	—
anaphoric	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ
Joined byn(j)to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles

	masculine	feminine	plural		adverb
pronoun	pꜣw				dj
determiners and pronouns	pꜣj	tꜣj	nꜣj
possessive determiners1	pꜣy	tꜣy	nꜣy
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’)	p-n,pꜣ	t-nt,tꜣ	nꜣyw,nꜣ
definite articles	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ2
indefinite articles	wꜥ2		nhꜣy2
Used with suffix pronouns. Originally joined byn(j)to nouns they modify; later without it.

References

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone(letter name):po

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twentiethletterof the Esperantoalphabet,calledpoand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Ĉĉ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ĝĝ,Hh,Ĥĥ,Ii,Jj,Ĵĵ,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Ŝŝ,Tt,Uu,Ŭŭ,Vv,Zz

Estonian

Pronunciation

• Letter name:IPA^(key):/ˈpeː/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Estonianalphabet,calledpeeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)täht;Aa,Bb(Cc),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp(Qq),Rr,Ss,Šš,Zz,Žž,Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Õõ,Ää,Öö,Üü(Xx,Yy)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pʰ/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The nineteenthletterof the Faroesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstavur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Yy,Ýý,Ææ,Øø

Finnish

Etymology

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. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andpfor information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• Audio;“pee,pappi,ripaus,pee”:

  (file)

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Finnishalphabet,calledpeeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)kirjain;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss(Šš),Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Xx,Yy,Zz(Žž),Åå,Ää,Öö

Noun

p

1. Abbreviationofpenni.(Finnishpenny,no longer used)

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/pe/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The fifteenthletterof the Frenchalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. Aletterof the Fulaalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)karfeeje;',Aa,Bb,Mbmb,Ɓɓ,Cc,Dd,Ndnd,Ɗɗ,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ngng,Ɠɠ,Hh,Ii,Jj,Njnj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ŋŋ,Ññ,Ɲɲ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Ƴƴ

Gothic

Romanization

p

1. Romanization of𐍀

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• (letter name)pī

Pronunciation

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

Letter

p

1. The eleventhletterof the Hawaiianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa(Āā),Ee(Ēē),Ii(Īī),Oo(Ōō),Uu(Ūū),Hh,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Pp,Ww,ʻ

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pʰ/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. Aletterof the Heiltsukalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,A̓a̓,Bb,Cc,C̓c̓,Dd,Ꟛꟛ,Gg,Gvgv,Ǧǧ,Ǧvǧv,Hh,H̓h̓,Ħħ,Ii,Íí,I̓i̓,Kk,Kvkv,K̓k̓,K̓vk̓v,Ll,ʼLl̓,Ḷḷ,Ḷ́ḷ́,ʼḶḷ̓,Ɫɫ,Mm,ʼMm̓,Ṃṃ,Ṃ́ṃ́,ʼṂṃ̓,Nn,ʼNn̓,Ṇṇ,Ṇ́ṇ́,ʼṆṇ̓,Pp,P̓p̓,Qq,Qvqv,Q̓q̓,Q̓vq̓v,Ss,Tt,T̓t̓,Ƛƛ,Ƛ̓ƛ̓,Uu,Úú,U̓u̓,Ww,ʼWw̓,Xx,Xvxv,X̌x̌,X̌vx̌v,Yy,ʼYy̓,Zz,ʔ

Hungarian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twenty-eighthletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledpéand written in theLatin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	p	p-k
accusative	p-t	p-ket
dative	p-nek	p-knek
instrumental	p-vel	p-kkel
causal-final	p-ért	p-kért
translative	p-vé	p-kké
terminative	p-ig	p-kig
essive-formal	p-ként	p-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	p-ben	p-kben
superessive	p-n	p-ken
adessive	p-nél	p-knél
illative	p-be	p-kbe
sublative	p-re	p-kre
allative	p-hez	p-khez
elative	p-ből	p-kből
delative	p-ről	p-kről
ablative	p-től	p-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	p-é	p-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	p-éi	p-kéi

Possessive formsofp
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	p-m	p-im
2nd person sing.	p-d	p-id
3rd person sing.	p-je	p-i
1st person plural	p-nk	p-ink
2nd person plural	p-tek	p-itek
3rd person plural	p-jük	p-ik

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)betű;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Cscs,Dd,Dzdz,Dzsdzs,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Gygy,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Lyly,Mm,Nn,Nyny,Oo,Óó,Öö,Őő,Pp,Rr,Ss,Szsz,Tt,Tyty,Uu,Úú,Üü,Űű,Vv,Zz,Zszs.Only in the extended alphabet:QqWwXxYy.Commonly used:ch.Also defined:àë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthtsÿ.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈpɛrt͡s]

Noun

p(pluralp-ek)

1. Abbreviationofperc(“minute[s]”).

   Coordinate terms:ó,mp

Declension

Inflection (stem in-e-,front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	p	p-ek
accusative	p-et	p-eket
dative	p-nek	p-eknek
instrumental	p-cel	p-ekkel
causal-final	p-ért	p-ekért
translative	p-cé	p-ekké
terminative	p-ig	p-ekig
essive-formal	p-ként	p-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	p-ben	p-ekben
superessive	p-en	p-eken
adessive	p-nél	p-eknél
illative	p-be	p-ekbe
sublative	p-re	p-ekre
allative	p-hez	p-ekhez
elative	p-ből	p-ekből
delative	p-ről	p-ekről
ablative	p-től	p-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	p-é	p-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	p-éi	p-ekéi

Possessive formsofp
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	p-em	p-eim
2nd person sing.	p-ed	p-eid
3rd person sing.	p-e	p-ei
1st person plural	p-ünk	p-eink
2nd person plural	p-etek	p-eitek
3rd person plural	p-ük	p-eik

Further reading

• pinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/pʰjɛː/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The twentiethletterof the Icelandicalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstafur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Xx,Yy,Ýý,Þþ,Ææ,Öö

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Idoalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litero;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

Italian

Letter

pform(invariable,lower case,upper caseP)

1. The fourteenthletterof the Italianalphabet,calledpiand written in theLatin script.

Kankanaey

Etymology

BorrowedfromTagalogp.Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishp.

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/pi/[pi̞]
  • Rhymes:-i
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/p/[p̚]

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The eighteenthletterof the Kankanaeyalphabet,calledpiand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016)Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy[Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[2](in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN,pages10-11

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabetarticle on Wikipedia for more, andpfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twenty-fourthletterof the Kashubianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Éé,Ëë,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Oo,Òò,Óó,Ôô,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ùù,Ww,Yy,Zz,Żż

Kiowa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pʰ/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. A letter of theKiowaalphabet.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Aiai,Auau,Auiaui,B̶b̶,Bb,D̶d̶,Dd,Ee,G̶g̶,Gg,Hh,Ii,Kk,Kʼkʼ,Ll,Mm,Nn,n̶,Oo,Oioi,Pp,Pʼpʼ,Ss,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Uiui,Ww,Yy,Zz,꞉

Latin

Letter

p

1. Theletterof the Latinalphabet,written in theLatin script.

References

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

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs,which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur,and sporadically inCyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[p]

Letter

P

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twenty-fourthletterof the Latvianalphabet,calledpēand written in theLatin script.

See also

• 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

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The twenty-eighthletterof the Livonianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)kēratēd̦;Aa,Āā,Ää,Ǟǟ,Bb,Dd,D̦d̦,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Ōō,Ȯȯ,Ȱȱ,Õõ,Ȭȭ,Pp,Rr,Ŗŗ,Ss,Šš,Tt,Țț,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

Malay

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)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

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twentiethletterof the Maltesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)ittra;Aa,Bb,Ċċ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Ġġ,Gg,Għgħ,Hh,Ħħ,Ii,Ieie,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Żż,Zz

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[pʰ~p](generally)
• IPA^(key):[b̥](Sylt,when intervocalic in an unstressed syllable, merges with⟨b⟩)

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. Aletterof the North Frisianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (North Frisian letters):a,ä,å,ā,b,c,d,đ,e,ē,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,ö,p,r,s,t,u,ü,v,w(q,x,y,z)

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

p

1. The sixteenthletterof the Norwegianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The nineteenthletterof the Nupealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)banki;Aa(Áá,Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Dzdz,Ee(Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì),Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò),Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Tsts,Uu(Úú,Ùù),Vv,Ww,Yy,Zz,Zhzh

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthographyarticle on Wikipedia for more, andpfor development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈpɛ/

Letter

p(upper caseP,lower case)

1. The twenty-secondletterof the Polishalphabet,calledpeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ęę,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Óó,Pp(Qq),Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu(Vv),Ww(Xx),Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Portuguese

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Portuguesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ãã),Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee(Éé,Êê),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Ôô,Õõ),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. (International Standard)The twentiethletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax)The twenty-firstletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Xx,Ii,Jj,Kk,Khkh,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Phph,Rr,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,ZzInternational Standard:(Àà,Ää,Ǎǎ),Ćć,Ćhćh,(Èè,Ëë,Ěě), (Ìì,Ïï,Ǐǐ), (Òò,Öö,Ǒǒ),Rrrr,Śś,(Ùù,Üü,Ǔǔ),Źź,Ʒʒ,Qq,Çç,ϴθ.Pan-Vlax:Čč,Čhčh,Dždž,(Dźdź),Řř,Šš,(Śś),Žž,(Źź).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The nineteenthletterof the Romanianalphabet,calledpeorpîand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ăă,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Îî,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Șș,Tt,Țț,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pʰ/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The fourteenthletterof the Scottish Gaelicalphabet,written in theLatin script.It is preceded byoand followed byr.Its traditional name isbeith bhog(“soft birch”).

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litir;Aa(Àà),Bb(Bhbh),Cc(Chch),Dd(Dhdh),Ee(Èè),Ff(Fhfh),Gg(Ghgh),Hh,Ii(Ìì),Ll,Mm(Mhmh),Nn,Oo(Òò),Pp(Phph),Rr,Ss(Shsh),Tt(Thth),Uu(Ùù)
• (diacritics)◌̀
• (obsolete vowels)ÁáÉéÓó

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• P(uppercase)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(Cyrillic spellingп)

1. The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded byoand followed byr.

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian languagearticle on Wikipedia for more, andpfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twenty-fourthletterof the Silesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Ŏŏ,Ōō,Ôô,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The twenty-sixthletterof the Skolt Samialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bukva;Aa,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Čč,Ʒʒ,Ǯǯ,Dd,Đđ,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ǧǧ,Ǥǥ,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ǩǩ,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ŋŋ,Oo,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Vv,Zz,Žž,Åå,Ää,ʹ

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio(Spain):

    (file)

  • Rhymes:-e

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The seventeenthletterof the Spanishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromSpanishp.Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishp.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin characterᜉ(pa).
• Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishp.

Pronunciation

• (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)

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP,Baybayin spellingᜉᜒ)

1. The eighteenthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theFilipino alphabet), calledpiand written in theLatin script.
2. (historical)The nineteenthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbecedario), calledpeand written in theLatin script.

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP,Baybayin spellingᜉ)

1. The fourteenthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbakada alphabet), calledpaand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)titik;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Etymology 2

From the Abakada alphabet letterpbeing pronounced aspa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/pa/[pɐ]
• Rhymes:-a

Adverb

p(Baybayin spellingᜉ)(Internetslang,text messaging)

1. Abbreviationofpa:yet;still

   d2 s daanp

   Stillhere at the road.

Further reading

• “p”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Turkish

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twentiethletterof the Turkishalphabet,calledpeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)harf;Aa(Ââ),Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Iı,İi(Îî),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu(Ûû),Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. The twentiethletterof the Turkmenalphabet,calledpeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)harp;Aa,Bb,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ää,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Žž,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ňň,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Ww,Yy,Ýý,Zz

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard)IPA^(key):/piː/
  • (informal)IPA^(key):/pə/

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The twentiethletterof the Welshalphabet,calledpiand written in theLatin script.It is preceded byoand followed byph.

Mutation

• p at the beginning of words mutates tobin asoft mutation,tomhin anasal mutationand tophin anaspirate mutation,for example with the wordprawf(“test”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
prawf	brawf	mhrawf	phrawf
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)llythyren;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ää),Bb,Cc,Chch,Dd,Dddd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Êê,Ëë),Ff,Ffff,Gg,Ngng,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Îî,Ïï),Jj,Ll,Llll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Òò,Ôô,Öö),Pp,Phph,Rr,Rhrh,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Üü),Ww(Ẃẃ,Ẁẁ,Ŵŵ,Ẅẅ),Yy(Ýý,Ỳỳ,Ŷŷ,Ÿÿ)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “p”,inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online(in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/p/

Letter

p(upper caseP)

1. A letter of theYelealphabet.

Derived terms

There are digraphs for palatalized⟨py⟩,labialized⟨pw⟩,andlabio-palatalized⟨pyw⟩.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,â,b,Chch,Dd,e,é,ê,Ghgh,i,î,j,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ńń,o,ó,Pp,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Yy,꞉

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The eighteenthletterof the Yorubaalphabet,calledpíand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)lẹ́tà;Aa(Áá,Àà,Āā),Bb,Dd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Ēē),Ẹẹ(Ẹ́ẹ́,Ẹ̀ẹ̀,Ẹ̄ẹ̄),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Īī),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò,Ōō),Ọọ(Ọ́ọ́,Ọ̀ọ̀,Ọ̄ọ̄),Pp,Rr,Ss,Ṣṣ,Tt,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ūū),Ww,Yy
• (Benin)(Latin-scriptletters)lɛ́tà;Aa,Bb,Dd,Ee,Ɛɛ,Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Ɔɔ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy

Zulu

Letter

p(lower case,upper caseP)

1. The sixteenthletterof the Zulualphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)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