What does the Latin letter P mean?
The Latin letter P represents the same sound as the Greek letter Pi, but it looks like the Greek letter Rho . 𐤐 : Semitic letter Pe, from which the following symbols originally derive. Π π : Greek letter Pi. 𐌐 : Old Italic and Old Latin P, which derives from Greek Pi, and is the ancestor of modern Latin P.
What does the word "p" mean in Latin?
The Semitic Pê (mouth), as well as the Greek Π or π ( Pi ), and the Etruscan and Latin letters that developed from the former alphabet, all symbolized /p/, a voiceless bilabial plosive .
What is the sixteenth letter of the alphabet?
the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc. something having the shape of a P. a written or printed representation of the letter P or p. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p.
Is tobacco a strong growing P lant?
Tobacco is a strong growing p lant resisting heat and drought to a far ( p. 018) greater extent than most p lants. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings. Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more sim p le method of Hiss ( p. 263).
What does P stand for in chemistry?
p. 1. Abbreviation for pupil; optic papilla. 2. In polynucleotide symbolism, phosphoric ester or phosphate. 3. Symbol for pico-2; the negative decadic logarithm; proton; protein; momentum (in italics). 4. In cytogenetics, symbol for the short arm of a chromosome.
What does the symbol "peta" mean?
1. Symbol for peta-; phosphorus ; phosphate; phosphate; proline; product; poise; power; frequently with subscripts indicating location and/or chemical species. 2. Followed by a subscript, refers to the plasma concentration of the substance indicated by the subscript; permeability constant. 3.
P Symbol
P symbol text (ⓟ ⒫ ℘ ṗ ṕ ) is a collection of p-like text symbols that resemble the shape of letter p. For example; circled latin small letter p ( ⓟ ), parenthesized latin small letter p ( ⒫ ), script capital p ( ℘ ), latin small letter p with dot above ( ṗ ), latin small letter p with acute ( ṕ ).
How to type p symbol on any mobile or app?
Select one or more p symbols (ⓟ ⒫ ℘ ṗ ṕ ) using the p text symbol keyboard of this page.
Overview
P, or p, is the sixteenth letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is pee , plural pees.
Use in writing systems
In English orthography and most other European languages, ⟨p⟩ represents the sound /p/.
A common digraph in English is ⟨ph⟩, which represents the sound /f/, and can be used to transliterate ⟨φ⟩ phi in loanwords from Greek. In German, the digraph ⟨pf⟩ is common, representing a labial affricate /pf/.
Related characters
The Latin letter P represents the same sound as the Greek letter Pi, but it looks like the Greek letter Rho.
• 𐤐 : Semitic letter Pe, from which the following symbols originally derive
• P with diacritics: Ṕ ṕ Ṗ ṗ Ᵽ ᵽ Ƥ ƥ ᵱ ᶈ
See also
• Mind your Ps and Qs
• Pence or "penny," the English slang for which is p (e.g. "20p" = 20 pence)
External links
• Media related to P at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of P at Wiktionary
• The dictionary definition of p at Wiktionary