G
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Languages (53)
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Translingual
Etymology
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
G (lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Symbol
G
- (metrology) giga-.
- gauss.
- (biochemistry) glycine, a natural amino acid.
- (biochemistry) Any of the nucleotides guanodine, nucleoside guanosine, or nucleobase guanine, which are components of DNA.
- (physics) The gravitational constant in the formula F = Gm1m2/r2; sometimes called "big G" to distinguish from g for the acceleration of gravity.
- (music) The major chord with a root of G.
- (medicine) Symbol for the Birmingham gauge.
- Coordinate term: F (“French gauge”)
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a glide or semivowel
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
Gallery
- Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions of G, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase G in Fraktur
See also
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Other representations of G:
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g, plural Gs or G's)
- The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
See also
Number
G (upper case, lower case g)
Etymology 2
Noun
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) General (suitable for a general audience).
- (sports) Abbreviation of goals (a sports statistic).
- Ground floor (of a building).
- A galaxy.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Gravity.
- (chiefly US) Abbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”).
- 1994, The Notorious B.I.G. (lyrics and music), “Juicy”, in Ready to Die, performed by The Notorious B.I.G.:
- Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis / When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this / 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa / Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur / Phone bill about two G's flat / No need to worry, my accountant handles that / And my whole crew is loungin' / Celebratin' every day, no more public housin'
- 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
- Just really want to smoke my weed, fuck these hoes, and stack my Gs.
- 2010 September 9, Gloria Campisi, “Psychologist sues city for 100G, alleging beating by cop earlier this year”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:
- Psychologist sues city for 100G, alleging beating by cop earlier this year
- 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):
- See the hoverboard-riding geezer? This close to payin' a G for a shot of my cousin Calvin's molars.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of genitive case.
- (UK, education) The academic grade that comes next below F.
- (slang) Abbreviation of gangster; often used to address one's friend.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
- 1995 August 1, “Gangsta's Paradise”, in Gangsta's Paradise, performed by Coolio featuring L.V.:
- I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like / On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
- 2014, Skepta, Jme (lyrics and music), “That's Not Me” (track 10), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta featuring Jme:
- Love for the G's in the ends / But we don't love no girls in the ends / Last time I fell in love with a sket / But trust me, I will never do that again
- (economics) Abbreviation of government spending.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Alternative letter-case form of g (unit of gravitational acceleration).
- (drug slang) Short for gamma-hydroxybutyrate or gamma-butyrolactone.
- 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
- Friday afternoon, 4.30. The order has gone to my dealer: two bags of meph, 50ml of G.
- (obsolete, chemistry) glucinum.
- (nautical, historical) Initialism of grog: marked in the ship's books when a sailor took the daily rum ration
- Coordinate term: T
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- (astronomy): ClG
- benzathine penicillin G
- Chatty G
- G20
- G-girl
- G-quadruplex
- (gravity): 1-G
- penicillin G benzathine
- Poblacion G
- Purok G
- split the G
- (sports): GF, GA
Related terms
- (gangster): O.G.
Afar
Letter
G
- The fourteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
See also
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Noun
Angami
Letter
G
- The fifteenth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h
Azerbaijani
Letter
G upper case (lower case g)
- The ninth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Basque alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.
See also
Central Franconian
Etymology
- /ɡ/ is from West Germanic stem-initial *g in most of Moselle Franconian; from *gg in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian; in much of Ripuarian from *d, *þ after long high vowels.
- For the origin of /j/, see J. /ɣ/ replaces the former after back vowels.
Pronunciation
- /ɡ/, /ɣ/, /j/, (coda respectively) [k], [x], [ɕ]
Letter
G
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
Systems for the use of G
- In the spelling of the Colognian Academy (Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch), any West Germanic or otherwise underlying *g is spelt g regardless of the pronunciation, except that ck is used for [k] in the syllable coda.
- In the popular German-based spelling, the sounds [ɣ] and [ɡ] are spelt g. The other sounds are represented by j [j] and ch [ɕ], [x] (except sometimes in unstressed ig for [iɕ]). In the coda, ck or rarely gg may be used for [k].
- In the Dutch-based spelling, [j] is j, [ɡ] is gk, coda [k] is k. The other sounds are spelt g.
Doubling of G
- In the German-based spelling, g [ɡ] is always doubled after short vowels. However, g for any other sound is never doubled according the Colognian Academy. In the popular system, g for [ɣ] may be doubled after short vowels or not.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, g is regularly doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
Letter
G (lower case g)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
Chinese
Etymology 1
From English G, gig (“gigabyte”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jì
- Wade–Giles: chi4
- Yale: jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
- Palladius: цзи (czi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gik1
- Yale: gīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: gik7
- Guangdong Romanization: gig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
G
Related terms
- M (“megabyte”)
References
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1
- Yale: jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
G
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) female prostitute (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jì
- Wade–Giles: chi4
- Yale: jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
- Palladius: цзи (czi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyu1 / zi1
- Yale: jyū / jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzy1 / dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ju1 / ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/, /t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note:
- zyu1 - Guangzhou;
- zi1 - Hong Kong, often realised as /t͡ʃiː⁵⁵/ by younger speakers.
Letter
G
- The seventh letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, common)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ge
- Wade–Giles: ko1
- Yale: gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
- Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, official)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gê
- Wade–Giles: keh1
- Yale: gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gè
- Palladius: гэй (gɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common)+
Letter
G
- The seventh 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).
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
Letter
G (lower case g)
- A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
G (capital, lowercase g)
- the seventh letter of the Dutch alphabet
See also
Elfdalian
Letter
G (upper case G, lower case g)
- The ninth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
The Dalecarlian runic variant for this letter is not available in Unicode.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The eighth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called go and written in the Latin script.
See also
Estonian
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Estonian alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
See also
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 G for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords except for ng [ŋː].
See also
Noun
G
- Alternative letter-case form of g (“G (musical note)”)
Adjective
G
- Abbreviation of gluteeniton (“gluten-free”) (e.g. in restaurant menus).
Usage notes
The abbreviations G, L, VL and M are the most common of their kind seen in restaurant menus. Other abbreviations are also seen, but not as standardized. Most menus contain a list of the abbreviations they use, including the four common ones.
French
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
German
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ɡeː/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɡ/, (coda) /k/, /ç/, /x/
- In Standard German proper, ‹g› in the syllable coda is pronounced [k] except for the unstressed syllable ig, which becomes [ɪç]. In southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol, [ɪk] is often heard in the latter case, too. In northern and central Germany, conversely, coda ‹g› is traditionally always pronounced like ‹ch›, thus as fricative [ç], [x~χ]. Many speakers have now adapted to the standard or mix both ways, e.g. restricting the fricative (outside of ig) to some of the commonest words. Those who still use it generally, may nevertheless switch to [k] in enunciation or when reading out.
- Fricative realisations [j~ʝ~ʒ] and [x~ɣ~ʁ] also occur syllable-initially in various regions, but these are now clearly marked as dialectal.
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the German alphabet.
See also
Heiltsuk
Pronunciation
Letter
G (lower case g)
- A letter of the Heiltsuk alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, A̓ a̓, B b, C c, C̓ c̓, D d, , G g, Gv gv, Ǧ ǧ, Ǧv ǧv, H h, H̓ h̓, Ħ ħ, I i, Í í, I̓ i̓, K k, Kv kv, K̓ k̓, K̓v k̓v, L l, ʼL l̓, Ḷ ḷ, Ḷ́ ḷ́, ʼḶ ḷ̓, Ɫ ɫ, M m, ʼM m̓, Ṃ ṃ, Ṃ́ ṃ́, ʼṂ ṃ̓, N n, ʼN n̓, Ṇ ṇ, Ṇ́ ṇ́, ʼṆ ṇ̓, P p, P̓ p̓, Q q, Qv qv, Q̓ q̓, Q̓v q̓v, S s, T t, T̓ t̓, ƛ, ̓ ƛ̓, U u, Ú ú, U̓ u̓, W w, ʼW w̓, X x, Xv xv, X̌ x̌, X̌v x̌v, Y y, ʼY y̓, Z z, ʔ
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The twelfth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called gé and written in the Latin script.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | G | G-k |
| accusative | G-t | G-ket |
| dative | G-nek | G-knek |
| instrumental | G-vel | G-kkel |
| causal-final | G-ért | G-kért |
| translative | G-vé | G-kké |
| terminative | G-ig | G-kig |
| essive-formal | G-ként | G-kként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | G-ben | G-kben |
| superessive | G-n | G-ken |
| adessive | G-nél | G-knél |
| illative | G-be | G-kbe |
| sublative | G-re | G-kre |
| allative | G-hez | G-khez |
| elative | G-ből | G-kből |
| delative | G-ről | G-kről |
| ablative | G-től | G-ktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
G-é | G-ké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
G-éi | G-kéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | G-m | G-im |
| 2nd person sing. | G-d | G-id |
| 3rd person sing. | G-je | G-i |
| 1st person plural | G-nk | G-ink |
| 2nd person plural | G-tek | G-itek |
| 3rd person plural | G-jük | G-ik |
Derived terms
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.
Icelandic
Letter
G (lower case g)
- The ninth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
G (lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Irish
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
- (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
- (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ
Italian
Pronunciation
Letter
G f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called gi and written in the Latin script.
See also
Japanese
Etymology 1
Noun
Etymology 2
Initial of ゴキブリ (gokiburi).
Noun
- (slang, euphemistic) cockroach
- Gとの格闘
- jī to no kakutō
- fight with a cockroach
- Gとの格闘
Kankanaey
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog G. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English G.
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called dyi and written in the Latin script.
See also
References
- Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and G for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The eleventh letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Latin
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /g/
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z
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
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The tenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called gā and written in the Latin script.
See also
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
G
- The seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Navajo
Letter
G (lower case g)
- A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
G
- (pensions) Initialism of grunnbeløp.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
G
- (pensions) Initialism of grunnbeløp.
Nupe
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The eighth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Polish
Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and G for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The tenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called gie and written in the Latin script.
See also
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- (International Standard) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The tenth 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 z International 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
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The ninth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ge, ghe, or gî and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
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/.
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by f and followed by h. Its traditional name is gort (“ivy”).
See also
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and G for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The ninth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
G (lower case g)
- The twelfth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Slovene
Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet G, from Czech alphabet G, from Latin G, 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. Pronunciation as /ɡə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German G.
Pronunciation
- Phoneme
- (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /ɡ/, [k], SNPT: /g/, [k]
- (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /ɡ/, [k], SNPT: /g/, [k]
- (colloquial): IPA(key): /ɡ/, [k], [x], SNPT: /g/, [k], [h]
- (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): /ɣ/, [x], SNPT: /ɣ/, [h]
Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
- Letter name
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Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The eleventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
- The eighth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.
Noun
G m inan
- The name of the Latin script letter G / g.
Inflection
- Overall more common
| First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent, -j- infix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | G | ||
| gen. sing. | G-ja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative imenovȃlnik |
G | G-ja | G-ji |
| genitive rodȋlnik |
G-ja | G-jev | G-jev |
| dative dajȃlnik |
G-ju, G-ji | G-jema | G-jem |
| accusative tožȋlnik |
G | G-ja | G-je |
| locative mẹ̑stnik |
G-ju, G-ji | G-jih | G-jih |
| instrumental orọ̑dnik |
G-jem | G-jema | G-ji |
| (vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
G | G-ja | G-ji |
- More common when with a definite adjective
- Dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
| First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | G | ||
| gen. sing. | G-ja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative imenovȃlnik |
G | G-ja | G-ji |
| genitive rodȋlnik |
G-ja | G-jov | G-jov |
| dative dajȃlnik |
G-ju, G-ji | G-joma | G-jom |
| accusative tožȋlnik |
G | G-ja | G-je |
| locative mẹ̑stnik |
G-ju, G-ji | G-jih | G-jih |
| instrumental orọ̑dnik |
G-jom | G-joma | G-ji |
| (vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
G | G-ja | G-ji |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “G”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
G upper case (lower case g)
- The thirteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called ga and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
See also
Spanish
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- the seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet
Derived terms
See also
Swedish
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish G. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English G.
- Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜄ (ga).
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish G.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈdji/ [ˈd͡ʒi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡa/ [ˈɡa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /ˈhe/ [ˈhɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -e
- IPA(key): /ɡ/ [ɡ] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ɡ/ [ɣ] (phoneme, intervocalic)
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/ [d͡ʒ] (phoneme, followed by e or i, English unadapted loanwords)
- IPA(key): /h/ [h] (phoneme, followed by e or i, Spanish unadapted loanwords)
- IPA(key): /s/ [s] (phoneme, followed by e or i, Spanish unadapted loanwords, obsolete)
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g, Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)
- The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called dyi and written in the Latin script.
See also
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g, Baybayin spelling ᜄ)
- The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ga and written in the Latin script.
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g, Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)
- (historical) The eighth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ge and written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdji/ [ˈd͡ʒi]
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
G (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)
- (music) fifth tone from a C major scale
Etymology 3
Initialism of English game.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdji/ [ˈd͡ʒi]
- Rhymes: -i
Interjection
G (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ)
Alternative forms
- g — alternate case
Related terms
Further reading
- “G”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ge and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), 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 (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The tenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called gờ or giê and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Welsh
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
Mutation
- G at the beginning of words is omitted in a soft mutation, mutates to Ng in a nasal mutation and is unchanged by aspirate mutation, for example with the word Gwynedd (“Gwynedd”):
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
- 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
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called gí 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
- (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
G (upper case, lower case g)
- The seventh letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
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