Translingual [ edit ]

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Etymology [ edit ]

From a modification of the Latin letter C (“ce”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, “ce”), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, “gamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂‎ (g, “giml”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

Letter [ edit ]

G (lower case g)

The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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Symbol [ edit ]

G

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Letter styles

Capital and lowercase versions of G , in normal and italic type

Uppercase and lowercase G in Fraktur

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Other representations of G:

English [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g, plural Gs or G's)

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Number [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

seventh, derived from this gee and written in the The ordinal number, derived from this letter of the English alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Noun [ edit ]

G (countable and uncountable, plural Gs)

( sports , baseball ) Games ( the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in ) . ( US , politics ) Green. ( US , of a movie of a movie ) General ( suitable for a general audience ) . ( sports ) Goals ( a sports statistic ) . Ground floor (of a building). A galaxy. gravity ( slang , chiefly chiefly US ) Grand ( thousand dollars ) . 2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown ‎[1], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG): , Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in, Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG): Just really want to smoke my weed, fuck these hoes, and stack my Gs. ( grammar ) genitive case Abbreviation of ( Britain , education ) The academic grade that comes next below F.

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( gravity ) : 1-G

1-G ( astronomy ) : ClG

ClG ( sports ) : GF, GA

Noun [ edit ]

G (plural Gs)

( slang ) A gangster, gangsta. ( economics ) Abbreviation for Government Spending. g Alternative letter-case form of ( unit of gravitational acceleration ) .

Afar [ edit ]

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G

The fourteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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Azerbaijani [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G upper case (lower case g)

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Basque [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

ge and written in the The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Chinese [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From English G (“gigabyte”) and English gig (“gigabyte”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Particularly: “Mandarin (?)”

Noun [ edit ]

G

Dutch [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( letter name ) : IPA (key) : /xeː/

IPA : Audio

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G (capital, lowercase g)

The seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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Esperanto [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( letter name ) : IPA (key) : /ɡo/

IPA : ( phoneme ) : IPA(key): /ɡ/

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G (upper case, lower case g)

go and written in the The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Estonian [ edit ]

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G (upper case, lower case g)

gee and written in the The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Finnish [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

gee and written in the The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

Usage notes [ edit ]

Used only in loanwords expect for ng [ŋː].

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German [ edit ]

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G (upper case, lower case g)

The seventh letter of the German alphabet.

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Hungarian [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( phoneme ) : IPA (key) : [ ˈɡ]

IPA : ( letter name ) : IPA (key) : [ ˈɡeː]

IPA : Audio

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G (upper case, lower case g)

gé and written in the The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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( 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.

Ido [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (lower case g)

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Italian [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( name of letter ) IPA (key) : /dʒi/

IPA : ( phoneme ) IPA (key) : /ɡ/

IPA : ( phoneme, before e or i ) IPA(key): /dʒ/

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G m or f (invariable, lower case g)

gi and written in the The seventh letter of the Italian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Japanese [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From English G.

Noun [ edit ]

G ( ジー ) • (jī)

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Initial of ゴキブリ (gokiburi).

Noun [ edit ]

G ( ジー ) • (jī)

Latvian [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

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.

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G (upper case, lower case g)

gā and written in the The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Letters of the Latvian alphabet: burti A a Ā ā B b C c Č č D d E e Ē ē F f G g Ģ ģ H h I i Ī ī J j K k Ķ ķ L l Ļ ļ M m N n Ņ ņ O o P p R r S s Š š T t U u Ū ū V v Z z Ž ž

Malay [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( Name of letter ) IPA (key) : [d͡ʒi]

IPA : ( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key) : [ɡ]

IPA : ( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA(key): [k̚]

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G

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Norwegian Bokmål [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

G

( pensions ) grunnbeløp Initialism of

Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

G

( pensions ) grunnbeløp Initialism of

Portuguese [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

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Romanian [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

ge, ghe , or gî and written in the The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet , calledorand written in the Latin script

Usage notes [ edit ]

When followed by an i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /dʒ/, as in plângi (/plɨndʒʲ/) and înger (/ɨn.dʒer/). When followed by hi or he (ghi and ghe) and in all other cases, it represents /ɡ/.

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Skolt Sami [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( phoneme ) IPA(key): /ɡ/

Letter [ edit ]

G (lower case g)

The twelfth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet , written in the Latin script

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Slovene [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (capital, lowercase g)

The 8th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by F and followed by H.

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Somali [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( phoneme ) : IPA (key) : /ɡ/

IPA : ( letter name ) : IPA(key): /ɡæ/

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G upper case (lower case g)

ga and written in the The thirteenth letter of the Somali alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

Usage notes [ edit ]

The thirteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by C and followed by F.

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Spanish [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

The seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

ge and written in the The eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Vietnamese [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

gờ or giê and written in the The tenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet , calledorand written in the Latin script

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Welsh [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( standard ) IPA (key) : /ɛɡ/ ( informal ) IPA (key) : /ɡə/

IPA :

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)

èg and written in the The tenth letter of the Welsh alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script It is preceded by Ff Ng

Mutation [ edit ]

Welsh mutation radical soft nasal aspirate Gwynedd Wynedd Ngwynedd unchanged Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every

possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further reading [ edit ]

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “G”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zulu [ edit ]

Letter [ edit ]

G (upper case, lower case g)