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P U+0050, P LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P ← O [U+004F] Basic Latin Q → [U+0051]

From the Etruscan letter 𐌐 (p, “pe”), from the Ancient Greek letter Π (P, “pi”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤐 (p, “pe”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂋.

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
   • 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 73:

     "That doesn't look too flash either," frowned Henry. "Let's put the P back.""

• (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

P

1. (chemistry) Chemical element symbol for phosphorus.
2. (metrology) symbol for peta-
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
4. (mathematics, statistics) probability

   P(A) is the probability of A occurring

   P(doom)

5. (physics) power
6. (physics) The symbol for poise.
7. (computer science) class of problems solvable in polynomial time
8. (linguistics) A wildcard for a plosive

   Synonym: S (“stop”)

9. pula (currency of Botswana)
10. (cartography) Represents a parking area on a map, synonyms: 🅿️
11. The symbol in bases higher than twenty-five for the number expressed as 25 in decimal.
12. (license plate codes) Portugal

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

Other representations of P:

NATO phonetic: Papa Morse code: ·––· Braille: ⠏ ASL Manual: P

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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

1. The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
   • 1926, George Kelly, Craig's Wife, Act I, page 5:

     Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.

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

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

Abbreviations.

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /pʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophones: p, pea, pee, Pi

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)

2. Abbreviation of park (“outdoor recreational space”).
4. Abbreviation of park (“gear selection for parking a vehicle”).

   Coordinate terms: P, R, N, D, 2, 1

6. Abbreviation of parking (“space in which to park a vehicle, such as a parking lot”).

   Synonym: 🅿️

7. Abbreviation of phone (“phone number, within a contacts list”).
8. Abbreviation of pager (“pager number, within a contacts list”).
9. Abbreviation of passenger.
10. Abbreviation of pocket.

    5P garment

11. Alternative form of ₱ (Philippine peso)
12. (baseball) Initialism of pitcher.
13. (chess) Abbreviation of pawn.
14. (medicine) A P wave on an electrocardiogram.
15. (slang, chiefly US) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially heroin).
    • 2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible:

      P directly targets the dopamine pathways in your brain and as a result goes straight to your pleasure/reward module, which makes it an incredibly hard drug to break free from.

16. (slang, New Zealand) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially methamphetamine).
    • 2011 May 6, New Zealand Herald:

      Almost 70kg of pre-cursor drugs that could be used to manufacture $20 million of P have been seized by police and customs officers.

17. (UK, television) Initialism of product placement (displayed on screen as an indicator to viewers).
18. An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions to indicate that a student passes a class.
19. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol (“a patrol aircraft, a patroller”).

    Coordinate terms: PB, PT, PF

20. (MLE, slang) A pound (currency unit).
    • Poundz, Life I Live

      They don't know 'bout the life that I live, / Man made bare Ps and buy new sticks

P (not comparable)

1. (UK) Abbreviation of probationary (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
2. (Australia) Abbreviation of provisional (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
3. (anatomy, medicine) Abbreviation of pulmonary.

P (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of P.M. (“post meridiem”) or PM

P

1. (computing theory) The set of all problems that are solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine
2. (law) Initialism of patient, the subject of proceedings in the Court of Protection.
3. (biblical, history) Abbreviation of Priestly source.

• NP

P

1. Initialism of produced/production date (on food or drink packaging, accompanying the use-by date)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /pɪə/

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth 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

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

1. P

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-ninth 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [pʰ]
• (letter name) IPA^(key): [pʰeː], [pʰɯː]

P (upper case, lower 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): (phoneme) /p/

P (upper case, lower 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

• “P”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpe̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpe]

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• /p/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated *p; from *p in sp, mp, in Ripuarian also lp, rp; in most of Moselle Franconian from *bb.

• IPA^(key): /p/

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.
2. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (Dutch-based), written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /p/

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Derived from English photoshop.

P

1. (chiefly Internet slang) to photoshop
   • 2023 August 17, 汤皓, 牟馨仪, 温淑蛉, “社交平台荷官“安娜”头像过千”, in 法制文萃报, page 5:

     随后，有不少网友发挥起了创意，将“安娜”与东坡肉P在一起，配文：“上菜了。”还有“安娜”与各类教材P在一起，祈祷“保证上岸”等等。 [MSC, simp.]
     隨後，有不少網友發揮起了創意，將“安娜”與東坡肉P在一起，配文：“上菜了。”還有“安娜”與各類教材P在一起，祈禱“保證上岸”等等。 [MSC, trad.]

     Suíhòu, yǒu bùshǎo wǎngyǒu fāhuī qǐ le chuàngyì, jiāng “Ānnà” yǔ dōngpōròu pī zàiyīqǐ, pèiwén: “Shàngcài le.” Háiyǒu “Ānnà” yǔ gèlèi jiàocái pī zàiyīqǐ, qídǎo “bǎozhèng shàng'àn” děngděng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• PS (pì-áisi)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

P

1. (LGBTQ) femme, lipstick lesbian

• T (“butch lesbian”)

From English party. Doublet of party, 派對 / 派对 (pàiduì), and 趴體 / 趴体 (pātǐ).

P

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) party

From Japanese P (P, “player”).

P

1. (slang) -some; denoting a group (especially of sexual activity) with a certain number of members.

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese, written in the Latin script.

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• 《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 pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other contexts (such as English).

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peː/

• Audio:

  (file)

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

P

1. (chess) abbreviation of paard (“knight”)

• Previous letter: O
• Next letter: Q

• P, Ψ (Dalecarlian runes)

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

See p.

P (upper case, lower 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

• “p”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “po”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

P (upper case, lower 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)

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.

P (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) lettre; A a (À à,  â, Æ æ), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Πî, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n (Ñ ñ), O o (Ô ô, Œ œ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), Z z

• IPA^(key): /peː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

P n (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (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

P n (strong, genitive P, plural P or Ps)

1. P

• “P”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

• (letter name) pī

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

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) B b, P p, P̓ p̓, D d, T t, T̓ t̓, Z z, C c, C̓ c̓, S s, Ꟛ ꟛ, Ƛ ƛ, Ƛ̓ ƛ̓, Ɫ ɫ, G g, K k, K̓ k̓, X x, Gv gv, Kv kv, K̓v k̓v, Xv xv, Ǧv ǧv, Qv qv, Q̓v q̓v, X̌v x̌v, Ǧ ǧ, Q q, Q̓ q̓, X̌ x̌, M m, Ṃ́ ṃ́, Ṃ ṃ, ʼM m̓, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, Ṇ́ ṇ́, Ṇ ṇ, ʼN n̓, ʼṆ ṇ̓, L l, Ḷ́ ḷ́, Ḷ ḷ, ʼL l̓, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Y y, Í í, I i, ʼY y̓, I̓ i̓, W w, Ú ú, U u, ʼW w̓, U̓ u̓, H h, Á á, A a, H̓ h̓, A̓ a̓, Ħ ħ, ʔ

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

P (upper case, lower 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: ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ and others.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰjɛː] (letter name)

P (upper case, lower 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

• IPA^(key): /pee/

P (upper case, lower 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

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

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The sixteenth 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

Might be a clipping of English ping, from a feature on BlackBerry Messenger where a user can automatically send a message that says "PING!!!" in order to ping another user.^[1]

P

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) used to ping or otherwise start a text messaging conversation

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Isoko alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
• Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
• Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

• (letter name) IPA^(key): ^**/ˈpi/^*
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /p/

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

1. The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi 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 producer. The VOCALOID sense may have arisen from an extension of the concept of producers in THE IDOLM@STER; both THE IDOLM@STER and VOCALOID were/are popular topics on the Niconico video sharing website.

P(ピー) • (-pī) 

1. (entertainment, music) initialism of プロデューサー (purodyūsā, “producer”)
2. (more specifically) Used in the names of musicians who produce music featuring VOCALOID or adjacent software.

   ささくれP(ピー)

   sasakure-pī

   sasakureP

• (VOCALOID) The practice of bestowing or creating new "P-names" is largely extinct.

• ボカロP(ピー) (bokaro-pī)
• P名(ピーめい) (pī-mei)

P(ピー) • (pī-) 

1. (typography, especially in typeface names) initialism of プロポーショナル (puropōshonaru, “proportional”)

   M(エム)S(エス) P(ピー)ゴシック

   Emuesu Pī-goshikku

   MS PGothic

P(ピー) • (pī) 

1. (video games, only in compounds) initialism of プレイヤー (pureiyā, “player”)

   2(ツー)P(ピー)カラー

   tsū-pī karā

   "player two" colors; alternate colors

• Usage with the English-derived reading of numbers (2P(ツーピー)) is more common than usage with the Sino-Japanese reading of numbers (2P(にピー)).

Borrowed from Tagalog P. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English P.

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

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; 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

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[3] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

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 (upper case, lower 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

The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter ü is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /pə³³/

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. (Patsho) The fifteenth letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, E e, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, Ny ny, O o, P p, Ph ph, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, U u, Ü ü, V v, W w, Y y

Uppercase	IPA	Canonical Pronunciation	Phonetic examples in English	Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A	a	aa	father	āmpāu(pastor)
Ch	tʃʰ	tʃʰə	chair, watch	chām(book)
E	ɛ	a	bed, elephant	ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H	h	hə	husband	hǖhêi(hello)
I	i	ee	beet	îe(winnowing tray)
J	tʃ	tʃə	picture, culture, nature	jām(house)
K	k	kə	sky, skip	kēu(uncle)
Kh	kʰ	kʰə	canoe, Cost, cat	khèu(head)
L	l	lə	alone	lāi(spear)
M	m	mə	money	màu(ant)
N	n	nə	nine, never	nòk
Ng	ŋ	ŋə	sing, throng	ngēm(news)
Ny	ɲ	ɲə	canyon, bunyan	nyù(mother)
O	ɔ	ɔ	orange	ônyù(sky)
P	P	pə	spill, span	pòu(father)
Ph	pʰ	pʰə	pound	phōh(hand)
S	ʃ	ʃə	shine	sā(liver)
Sh	ʃʰ	ʃʰə	shine (with a more aspirated "sh")	shām(mat)
T	t	tə	stop, stand	tòuh(wild pig)
Th	tʰ	tʰə	Thomas	thoi(pumking)
Ts	ts	tsə	cats, hats, pizza	tsēm(salt)
Tsh	Tsʰ	Tsʰə	tshep(kiss)	tshō(traditional basket)
U	ʊ, u	ʊ, u	look, hoop	ûo(goat)
Ü	ə	ə	banana	chǖlám(corn)
V	v	və	very	vèu(chicken)
W	w	wə	watt	wā(flour)
Y	j	jə	yellow	yòh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word	ʔ	ʔ stop	Mountain, button, cotton	chāh(through)

• P.

P m (indeclinable, plural PP)

1. abbreviation of pater (“father”)
2. abbreviation of pāpa (“pope”)

   Synonym: PP

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 (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) burts; A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) Buschtaf; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (Ë ë, É é), 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 m (plural P-en or P)

1. the letter P

• P in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [pi]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [p]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [p̚]

P (upper case, lower 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

P (upper case, lower 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

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. the sixteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet

In neo-runic inscriptions and texts (from period after the Reformation) may be replaced by ᛔ or a similar character usually derived from ᛒ-rune.

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Æ æ, Ø ø, Å å

P m (definite singular P-en, indefinite plural P-er, definite plural P-ene)

1. the letter P

• “P” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “P” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
• “P – bokstav” in Store norske leksikon.

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Æ æ, Ø ø, Å å

P m (definite singular P-en, indefinite plural P-ar, definite plural P-ane)

1. the letter P

• “P” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/

P (upper case, lower 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

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /p/, [p~pʰ~b]

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Aa aa, C c, Cw cw, H h, I i, Ii ii, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lh lh, M m, N n, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Uu uu, W w, X x, Xw xw, Y y, 7

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ/

• Syllables - pa, Count - 1

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P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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): /ˈpɛ/

• Audio:

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P (upper case, lower case p)

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 m (upper case, lower 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

• “P”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /p/

P (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower 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): /p/

P (no case)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, 𝽈, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, Y, Z, s, ¸

• IPA^(key): /pʰ/

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by O and followed by R; traditionally named 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

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and P for development of the glyph itself.

P (upper case, lower 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, lower 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

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The eighteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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/ [ˈpɪ] (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 (upper case, lower case p)

1. the eighteenth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script
2. the fourteenth letter of the Abakada alphabet, called pa and written in the Latin script
3. (historical) the nineteenth letter of the Abecedario, called pe 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, 2018

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), 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 (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [pe˧˧], [ʔɓe˧˧ fəː˧˩], [pəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ fəː˧˨], [pəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [pej˧˧], [ʔɓej˧˧ fəː˨˩˦], [pəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: pê, bê phở, pờ

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twentieth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called pê, bê phở or pờ and written in the Latin script.

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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

P (upper case, lower case p)

1. The twentieth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by O and followed by Ph.

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

• P at the beginning of words mutates to B in a soft mutation, to Mh in a nasal mutation and to Ph in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word Prawf (“test”):

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

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

P (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower 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