Editing Q (section)

{{short description|17th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
{{About|the letter|other uses|Q (disambiguation)|and|Queue (disambiguation)}}{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}{{Technical reasons|Q#|the programming language|Q Sharp}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
| name = Q
| letter = Q q
| script = [[Latin script]]
| type = [[Alphabet]]
| typedesc = ic and [[logographic]]
| language = [[Greek language]]<br>[[Latin language]]
| phonemes = ([[Q#Use in writing systems|Table]])<br>{{IPAc-en|'|k|juː}} [{{IPAlink|q}}] [{{IPAlink|k}}]
| unicode = U+0051, U+0071
| alphanumber = 17
| number = 
| fam1 = <hiero>O34</hiero><hiero>V24</hiero>
| fam2 = [[File:Proto-semiticQ-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Qup]]
| fam3 = [[File:Protoquf.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
| fam4 = [[File:Phoenician_qoph.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Qoph]]
| fam5 = [[𐌒]]
| usageperiod = Unknown to present
| children = {{bull}}[[Ƣ]]<br>{{bull}}[[Ɋ]]<br>{{bull}}[[℺]]<br>{{bull}}[[Ԛ]]
| sisters = [[Phi|Φ]]<br>[[Ф]]<br>[[Qoph|ק<br>ق<br>ܩ]]<br>[[ࠒ]]<br>[[𐎖]]<br>[[ቀ]]<br>[[wikt:Փ|Փ]] [[wikt:փ|փ]]<br>[[wikt:Ֆ|Ֆ]] [[wikt:ֆ|ֆ]]
| equivalents = 
| associates = [[List of Latin-script digraphs#Q|q(x)]]
| direction = Left-to-right
| image = File:Latin_letter_Q.svg
| imageclass = skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|q}}

'''Q''', or '''q''', is the seventeenth [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|k|j|uː|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Q.wav}}, most commonly spelled [[English alphabet#Letter names|''cue'']], but also ''kew'', ''kue'', and ''que''.<ref>"Q", ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989). <br>''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993) lists "cue" and "kue" as current. [[James Joyce]] used "kew"; it and "que" remain in use.</ref>