q.
/kjˈu/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
1
Syllables
1
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Abbreviation of Queen.
noun
Alternative form of q (“question”).
noun
Alternative form of q (“quadrans”).
Example Sentences
- "a COLLECTION of ARTICLES, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, & Conſtitutions Eccleſiaſtical, With other PUBLICK RECORDS of the Church of England, Chiefly in the Times of K. Edward VI. Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and K. Charles I."
- "Wherefore the Earl of Eſſex, if he had not been befated with a ſtrong Opinion of ſucceſs in all his actions, (though built on the weakeſt foundation,) would never have referred his life and future well-being to the ſole arbitration of Chance, and the unconſtant guidance of a Womans Affection; which being only skin-deep, could not but in a Court furniſh a perſon of far leſs magnitude than a Sovereign Power with choice enough; eſpecially after his enemies, for their own ſecurity, had ſo far Indulged his, as to furniſh him with an Army paid by the Q. and choſen by himſelf."
- "And his Elogy upon Q. Elizabeth, and her Successor K. James, in the latter end of his Henry VII, is a Proof of that Play's being written after the Accession of the latter of those two Princes to the Crown of England."
- "MEMORIALS of AFFAIRS of STATE in the REIGNS of Q. ELIZABETH and K. JAMES I."
- "Tories taken in by K. William, II. 40, 242, 254. and by Q. Anne, 313, 314, 552."
Frequently Paired Words
K.