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Translingual
Letter
p (upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation
IPA (file)
Symbol
p
- (IPA) voiceless bilabial plosive
- (physics) pressure
- (music) piano (play softly)
- (chemistry) power of; the negative logarithm of a concentration, as in pH or pOH
- (physics) proton
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of P, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase P in Fraktur
See also
- (IPA): b (“voiced bilabial plosive”)
- (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
- With hook: ƥ
- ƿ (wynn)
Other representations of P:
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English
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /piː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P, plural ps or p's)
- The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Number
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The ordinal number sixteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Abbreviations
Alternative forms
- (page, per): p.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piː/
Audio (US) (file)
Preposition
p
- Abbreviation of post, meaning after
- Abbreviation of per.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of P.M..
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.
Translations
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Noun
p
- Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
- (UK) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
- 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy:
- The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image.
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- (physics) proton
- (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
- 2010, Benny Bing, 3D and HD Broadband Video Networking, page 59:
- HD video may contain 720 or 1080 vertical progressive scan lines (720p or 1080p), 1080 interlaced lines (1080i), and is capable of displaying a 16:9 image and output digital audio.
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- Abbreviation of pee.
- I'll slurp all that p.
Translations
Verb
p
- (knitting) Abbreviation of purl.
- 1855, Godey's Magazine (volume 51, page 71)
- Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.
- 1855, Godey's Magazine (volume 51, page 71)
Adverb
p (not comparable)
- (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)
- I'm doing p good, how are you?
- 1992 October 20, Peter Yee <yee
atlas.arc.nasa.gov>, "NASA Daily News for 10/13/92 (Forwarded)", message-ID <1992Oct20.091605.29223@news.arc.nasa.gov>, sci.space.news, Usenet :
- The searches will use radio telescope antennas to "listen" to stars for non-random radio noise P much like someone tuning a radio listens for a station between the static.
- 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgan
delphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet :
- There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole[sic] think SU27 is p bad!).
- (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of p.m. (“post meridiem”) or pm
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p lower case (upper case P)
- The twenty-third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/, [pe̞]
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The seventeenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Demotic
Noun
f
- Alternative form of p.t (“sky”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː
- (letter name): IPA(key): /peː/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- Previous letter: o
- Next letter: q
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /pɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: pe
Noun
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m
- mat
Inflection
singular | p |
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dual | pwj |
plural | pw |
Noun
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m
- plinth
Inflection
singular | p |
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dual | pwj |
plural | pw |
Proper noun
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m./f. topo.
- Pe, a city in Lower Egypt, where the Pharaohs were crowned.
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (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 case P)
- The twentieth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called po and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeː/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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)
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰ/
Letter
p (upper case P)
- The nineteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, 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, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø
Finnish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Noun
p
- Abbreviation of penni. (Finnish penny, no longer used)
French
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /pe/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The fifteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Fula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
See also
- (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ
Gothic
Romanization
p
- Romanization of 𐍀
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈp]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈpeː]
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called pé and written in the Latin script.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 forms of p | ||
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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-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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt͡s]
Noun
p (plural p-ek)
- Abbreviation of perc (“minute[s]”).
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 forms of p | ||
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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
- p in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /pʰjɛː/
Letter
p (upper case P)
- The twentieth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, 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
Ido
Pronunciation
- (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /p/
- (letter name) IPA(key): /pe/
Letter
p (upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Italian
Letter
p f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case P)
- The fourteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called pi and written in the Latin script.
Latin
Letter
p
- The letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.
References
- p in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “p”, in Harry 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 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
- IPA(key): [p]
Letter
![](Images/wiktionary/Latin_alphabet_Pp.svg.png.webp)
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called pē and written in the Latin 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 case P)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Malay
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
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 case P)
- The twentieth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /peː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/
Audio (file)
Letter
p
- The sixteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Nupe
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The nineteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ/
Letter
p (upper case P, lower case)
- The twenty-second letter of the Polish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
Further reading
- p in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- p in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- (International Standard) The twentieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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 zInternational 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).
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The nineteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called pe or pî and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, 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
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (uppercase) P
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (Cyrillic spelling п)
- The 22nd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by o and followed by r.
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (upper case P)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phoneme) /p/
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈpe/ [ˈpe]
- (Castilian)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- (Castilian)
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The seventeenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Turkish
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The twentieth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, 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, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /p/
Letter
p (upper case P)
- The twentieth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called pe and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /k͡p/
- (letter name): IPA(key): /k͡pí/
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The eighteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called pí and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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
- As used in 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
Zulu
Letter
p (lower case, upper case P)
- The sixteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (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