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LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
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Etymology

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.

Letter

P (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.""

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Symbol

P

  1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for phosphorus.
  2. (metrology) symbol for peta-
  3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline
  4. (mathematics) probability
    P(A) is the probability of A occurring
  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) Repersents a parking area on a map, synonyms: 🅿️
  11. The symbol in bases higher than twenty-five for the number expressed as 25 in decimal.

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English

Etymology 1

Letter

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.
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Number

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /pʰiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)

  1. Abbreviation of park (outdoor recreational space).
  2. Abbreviation of park (gear selection for parking a vehicle).
    Coordinate terms: P, R, N, D, 2, 1
  3. Abbreviation of parking (space in which to park a vehicle, such as a parking lot).
    Synonym: 🅿️
  4. Abbreviation of phone (phone number, within a contacts list).
  5. Abbreviation of pager (pager number, within a contacts list).
  6. Abbreviation of passenger.
  7. Abbreviation of pocket.
    5P garment
  8. Alternative form of (Philippine peso)
  9. (chess) Abbreviation of pawn.
  10. (medicine) A P wave on an electrocardiogram.
  11. (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.
  12. (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.
  13. (UK, television) Initialism of product placement (displayed on screen as an indicator to viewers).
  14. An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions to indicate that a student passes a class.
  15. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol (a patrol aircraft, a patroller).
    Coordinate terms: PB, PT, PF
  16. (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

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.

Adverb

P (not comparable)

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

Proper noun

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.

Phrase

P

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

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /pɪə/

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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Noun

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

  1. P

Angami

Letter

P

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P upper case (lower case p)

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

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /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.

Pronunciation

Letter

P

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

Usage notes

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Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

P (lower case p)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Chinese

Etymology 1

Derived from English photoshop.

Pronunciation


Verb

P

  1. (chiefly Internet slang) to photoshop
Derived terms

See also

  • PS (pì-áisi)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation


Noun

P

  1. (LGBTQ) femme, lipstick lesbian
Antonyms
  • T (butch lesbian)

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

P

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) party
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation 1


Letter

P

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2


Letter

P

  1. The sixteenth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
  • 《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).
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

P (capital, lowercase p)

  1. the sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

Noun

P

  1. (chess) abbreviation of paard (knight)

See also

  • Previous letter: O
  • Next letter: Q

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

  • P, Ψ (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

P (upper case P, lower case p)

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and P for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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French

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

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German

Pronunciation

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

  • (letter name)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P

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

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Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

P (upper case, lower case p)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

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Icelandic

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

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Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

P (lower case p)

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

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