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en | q |

As a pronoun en

is he, him.

As a letter q is

the seventeenth letter of the.

As a symbol q is

(label) iupac 1-letter abbreviation for glutamine.

en

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Noun

(head)
  • English

    • Etymology 2

    The name of the letter comes from (etyl) en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
  • (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).
    • Derived terms
    * (typography) en dash * (typography) en quad * (typography) en space
    See also
    *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
    • Derived terms
    * en ami * en banc * en bloc * en brochette * en clair * en effet * en famille * en femme * * en garde * en masse * en pantoufles * en passant * * en retard * en retraite * en revanche * en route * en secondes noces * en suite

    Anagrams

    * English two-letter words ----

    q

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=p, next=r, image= (wikipedia q)

    Letter

  • The seventeenth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (koppa)

    Symbol

    (Voiceless uvular plosive) (head)
  • voiceless uvular plosive.
  • electrical charge
  • heat

    • Synonyms

    * (electrical charge) Q * (heat) Q

    See also

    {{Letter , page=Q , NATO=Quebec , Morse= – – · – , Character=Q , Braille=? }} Image:Latin Q.png, Capital and lowercase versions of Q , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter Q.png, Uppercase and lowercase Q in Fraktur ----