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p Ρ Appendix:Variations of "p"
P 🅿
Translingual
Etymology
From the mul ett - letter ett 𐌐 pe, from the mul grc - letter grc Π pi, derived from the mul phn - letter phn 𐤐 pe, from the mul egy - hieroglyph egy 𓂋.
Letter
mul
mul letter 16
en 1988 Mary Steele Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds Puffin Books Ringwood 73 "That doesn't look too flash either," frowned Henry. "Let's put the P back.""
See also
Symbol
mul symbol
phosphorus
mul metrology symbol for peta-
mul amino acid IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
mul mathematics statistics probability
en P(A) is the probability of A occurring
en P(doom)
mul physics power
mul physics The symbol for poise.
mul computer science class of problems solvable in polynomial time
mul linguistics A wildcard for a plosive
mul S<gloss:stop>
pula (currency of Botswana)
mul cartography Represents a parking area on a map, synonyms: 🅿️
The symbol in bases higher than twenty-five for the number expressed as mul 25 in decimal.
mul license plate codes Portugal
Gallery
See also
P Papa ·––· ⠏
Category:Chemical element symbols
English
Etymology 1
Letter
en
en letter 16 pee
en w:George Kelly w:Craig's Wife 1926 Act I 5 Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.
See also
Number
en
en ordinal 16 pee
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
Pronunciation
name of letter en /pʰiː/
en iː 1
en en-us-p.ogg US
en p pea pee Pi
Noun
~
en Q22698 en park<id:Q22698><gloss:outdoor recreational space>.
en Q135447198 en park<id:Q135447198><gloss:gear selection for parking a vehicle>.
en P<id:Q135447198> R<id:Q2203464> N<id:Q135447128> D<id:Q135447265> second gear<alt:2> first gear<alt:1>
en Q6501349 en parking<id:Q6501349><gloss:space in which to park a vehicle, such as a parking lot>.
en mul:🅿️#Symbol
en phone<gloss:phone number, within a contacts list>.
en pager<gloss:pager number, within a contacts list>.
en passenger.
en pocket.
en 5P garment
en ₱ Philippine peso
en baseball en pitcher.
en chess en pawn.
en medicine A en P wave on an electrocardiogram.
en slang chiefly _ US en pure A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially heroin.
en 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.
en slang New Zealand en pure A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially methamphetamine.
en New Zealand Herald 6 May 2011 Almost 70kg of pre-cursor drugs that could be used to manufacture $20 million of P have been seized by police and customs officers.
en UK television en product placement displayed on screen as an indicator to viewers.
An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions to indicate that a student passes a class.
en US military aviation en patrol a patrol aircraft, a patroller.
en PB PT PF
en 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
Adjective
-
en UK en probationary (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
en AU en provisional (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
en anatomy medicine en pulmonary.
Adverb
-
en chiefly US en P.M. post meridiem or en PM
Proper noun
en computing theory The set of all problems that are solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine
en legal en patient the subject of proceedings in the Court of Protection.
en bible history en w:Priestly source.
Related terms
NP
Phrase
phr
en produced/production date on food or drink packaging, accompanying the use-by date
Derived terms
en keep it P creatine-P P-cell P-hacking P-spot P-town P-factor P-pop P-in-V P-Head P-side -pitant CHNOPS P-site FOXP2
en Electrocardiography
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
letter name af /pɪə/
Letter
af
af letter 16
See also
Noun
P's P'tjie
P
Angami
Letter
njm
njm letter 29
See also
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
phoneme az [pʰ]
letter name az [pʰeː] [pʰɯː]
Letter
az
az letter 23
See also
Basque
Pronunciation
raw:/p/<q:phoneme>
Letter
eu
eu letter 17 pe
See also
Further reading
Catalan
Pronunciation
pé
Letter
ca
ca letter 16 pe
See also
Central Franconian
Etymology
/p/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated gmw-pro *p; from *p in sp, mp, in Ripuarian also lp, rp; in most of Moselle Franconian from *bb.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /p/
Letter
gmw-cfr
gmw-cfr letter German-based
gmw-cfr letter Dutch-based
Usage notes
2 Doubling of P
In the German-based spelling, p is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
In the Dutch-based spelling, p is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
maz /p/
Letter
maz
maz letter
Chinese
Etymology 1
Derived from zh en photoshop.
Pronunciation
pī,pì pi1 sh:1phi v
Verb
zh chiefly Internet slang to photoshop
zh 2023-08-17 汤皓; 牟馨仪; 温淑蛉 社交平台荷官“安娜”头像过千 法制文萃报 5 http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/Village_ruled_by_law/download/2023-08/17/f91da79b-6582-4f95-b991-8700ef373747.pdf
随后,有 不少{shǎo} 网友 发挥 起 了 创意,将“^安娜{nà}”与 东坡肉 P{pī} 在一起,配文:“上菜 了。”还有“^安娜{nà}”与 各类 教材 P{pī} 在一起,祈祷“保证 上岸”等等。 y
Derived terms
zh P圖
See also
PS
Etymology 2
zh
Pronunciation
pī,py=P n
Noun
zh noun
zh LGBT femme, lipstick lesbian
Antonyms
zh T butch lesbian
Etymology 3
From yue en party. zh party 派對 趴體.
Pronunciation
pi1 n
Noun
zh noun
zh HKC party
Etymology 4
From zh ja P player.
Pronunciation
pī pi1 n
Suffix
zh suffix
zh slang -some; denoting a group (especially of sexual activity) with a certain number of members.
Derived terms
zh 5P字 群P
Etymology 5
Pronunciation 1
pī,pì pi1 xm:phi pi1 sh:1phi letters
Letter
zh
zh letter 16 the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese
Pronunciation 2
pō,pê̄,1nb=common,2nb=official letters
Letter
zh
zh letter 16 Pinyin
Usage notes
Dutch
Pronunciation
letter name nl /peː/
nl Nl-P.ogg
Letter
nl
the sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet
Noun
nl noun
nl chess nl paard knight
See also
Previous letter: nl O
Next letter: nl Q
Elfdalian
Alternative forms
ovd P Ψ Dalecarlian runes
Letter
ovd
ovd letter 19
Esperanto
Pronunciation
See eo p.
Letter
eo
eo letter 20 po
See also
Further reading
p
po
Estonian
et:
Letter
et
et letter 16 pee
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Letter
fi
fi letter 16 pee
See also
French
Letter
fr
fr letter 16
See also
German
Pronunciation
de /peː/
de De-P.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Letter
de
de letter 16
See also
Noun
n,-,-:s
en P
Declension
n,-,-:s
Further reading
Hawaiian
Alternative forms
haw pī letter name
Pronunciation
letter name pī
phoneme /p/
Letter
haw
haw letter 11
See also
Heiltsuk
Pronunciation
hei /pʰ/
Letter
hei
hei letter 2
See also
Hungarian
Pronunciation
phoneme
letter name pé
Letter
hu
hu letter 28 pé
Declension
P- eP-
See also
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Pé<qq:letter name>
Letter
is
is letter 20
See also
Ido
Pronunciation
io /pee/
Letter
io
io letter 16
See also
Indonesian
Pronunciation
letter name id /pe/
phoneme id /p/
Etymology 1
Letter
id
id letter 16
See also
Etymology 2
Might be a id en:ping 1, from a feature on BlackBerry Messenger where a user can automatically send a message that says "PING!!!" in order to ping another user.id 2021-08-13 Maya Citra Rosa Kepanjangan dan Kegunaan Istilah PC, PM, VN, VC, P dan TC WhatsApp Kompas https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/08/13/063100565/kepanjangan-dan-kegunaan-istilah-pc-pm-vn-vc-p-dan-tc-whatsapp?page=all https://web.archive.org/web/20210813114727/https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/08/13/063100565/kepanjangan-dan-kegunaan-istilah-pc-pm-vn-vc-p-dan-tc-whatsapp?page=all 13 August 2021
Interjection
id interjection
id Internet slang text messaging used to ping or otherwise start a text messaging conversation
References
Irish
Letter
ga
ga letter 14
See also
Isoko
Letter
iso
iso letter 25
References
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
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
**pì*<pre:letter name> p<pre:phonemic realization>
Letter
it
it letter 14 pi
See also
Italian alphabet
Japanese
Etymology 1
From ja en 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.
Suffix
suffix ピー
ja entertainment music ja プロデューサー purodyūsā producer
ja more specifically Used in the names of musicians who produce music featuring VOCALOID or adjacent software.
ささくれP ささくれ-ピー sasakureP
Usage notes
VOCALOID The practice of bestowing or creating new "P-names" is largely extinct.
Derived terms
ボカロP ボカロ-ピー
P名 ピー-めい
Etymology 2
Prefix
prefix ピー
ja typography especially in typeface names ja プロポーショナル puropōshonaru proportional
M%S Pゴシック ^エム%エス ^ピー-ゴシック MS PGothic
Etymology 3
Noun
ピー
ja video games only in compounds ja プレイヤー pureiyā player
2Pカラー ツー-ピー カラー "player two" colors; alternate colors
Usage notes
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 -).
ja Singing voice synthesis
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Kankanaey
Etymology
kne tl P. Letter pronunciation is influenced by kne en P.
Pronunciation
pi<a:letter name> p<a:phoneme>
Letter
letter
kne letter 18 pi
See also
References
10-11
Kashubian
Etymology
Letter
csb
csb letter 24
See also
Khiamniungan Naga
Etymology
Pronunciation
kix /pə³³/
Letter
kix
kix Patsho kix letter 15
See also
Pronunciation guide
Latin
Alternative forms
la P.
Noun
la noun m indeclinable plural PP
la pater father
la pāpa pope
la PP
Latvian
lv:
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
p
lv
Letter
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lv
lv letter 24 pē
See also
Luxembourgish
Letter
lb
lb letter 16
See also
Noun
m P-en P
the letter en P
Further reading
Malay
ms:
Pronunciation
ms [pi] Name of letter
ms [p] Phoneme, Syllable initial
ms [p̚] Phoneme, Syllable final
Letter
ms
ms letter 16
See also
Maltese
Letter
mt
mt letter 20
See also
Norwegian
Letter
no
the sixteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet
Usage notes
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.
Norwegian Bokmål
no P
Letter
nb
nb letter 16
See also
Noun
P-
the letter en P
References
“P – bokstav” in no Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Letter
nn
nn letter 16
See also
Noun
P-
the letter en P
References
Nupe
Pronunciation
phoneme nup /p/
Letter
nup
nup letter 19
See also
Nuxalk
Pronunciation
phoneme blc /p/ [p~pʰ~b]
Letter
blc
blc letter 16
See also
Oromo
Pronunciation
pa
pa
om Om-p.ogg
Letter
om
om letter 16
Polish
Etymology
pl letter
Pronunciation
pe - - LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-P.wav
Letter
pl
pl letter 22 pe
See also
Portuguese
Letter
pt
pt letter 16
See also
Further reading
Romani
Pronunciation
rom /p/
Letter
rom
rom International Standard rom letter 20
rom Pan-Vlax rom letter 21
See also
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro /p/
Letter
ro
ro letter 19 pe pî
See also
Saanich
Pronunciation
str /p/
Letter
str nocase
str letter 24
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
gd /pʰ/
Letter
gd
gd letter 14 O R ; traditionally named gd beith bhog soft birch
See also
Silesian
Etymology
Letter
szl
szl letter 24
See also
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
phoneme sms /p/
Letter
sms
sms letter 26
See also
Slovene
sl:
Letter
sl
sl letter 17
sl letter 24 Resian
sl letter 18 Natisone Valley dialect
Spanish
Letter
es
es letter 17
Swedish
Letter
sv
sv letter 16
See also
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es P. Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by tl en P.
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character tl pa.
Abecedario pronunciation is from tl es P.
Pronunciation
pí<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet> pá<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet> pé<qq:letter name, Abecedario> +<qq:phoneme>
Letter
tl
18 pi fil
14 pa abak
tl historical 19 pe abec
See also
Further reading
Turkish
Letter
tr
tr letter 20 pe
See also
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
pê bê phở pờ
Letter
vi
vi letter 20 pê bê phở pờ
See also
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /piː/ standard
cy /pə/ informal
Letter
cy
cy letter 20 pi It is preceded by cy O and followed by cy Ph.
See also
Mutation
P at the beginning of words mutates to cy B in a en soft mutation, to cy Mcy h in a en nasal mutation and to cy Ph in an en aspirate mutation, for example with the word cy prawf Prawf test:
Prawf
Further reading
Yoruba
Pronunciation
phoneme yo /k͡p/
letter name yo /k͡pí/
Letter
yo
yo letter 18 pí
See also
Zulu
Letter
zu
zu letter 16
See also