g
see also: G
Letter
  1. The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Translations
  • Russian: г
Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA: /d͡ʒiː/
  • (phoneme) IPA: /ɡ/, /d͡ʒ/
Letter
  1. Letter of the English alphabet
Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

g

  1. (physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.
    Alternative form: G
    pull Gs
  2. Abbreviation of gram
  3. (chiefly, US) Abbreviation of grand
    Alternative form: G
  4. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of grin often enclosed in :* * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning.
    Coordinate terms: bg (“big grin”), vbg (“very big grin”)

G
Etymology

From a modification of the Latin - letter C ("ce"), from the ett - letter 𐌂 ("ce"), from the Ancient Greek - letter Γ ("gamma"), derived from the Phoenician - letter 𐤂 ("giml"), from the Ancient Egyptian - hieroglyph 𓌙.

Letter
  1. The seventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA: /dʒiː/
Letter
  1. Letter of the English alphabet
    • 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.
Noun

g

  1. (sports, baseball) Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).
  2. (US, politics) Green.
  3. (US, of a movie) General suitable for a general audience.
  4. (sports) Goals (a sports statistic).
  5. Ground floor (of a building).
  6. A galaxy.
  7. Gravity.
  8. (chiefly, US) Abbreviation of grand
  9. (grammar) Abbreviation of genitive case
  10. (UK, education) The academic grade that comes next below F.
  11. (slang) Abbreviation of gangster often used to address one's friend.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:friend
  12. (economics) Abbreviation for Government Spending.
  13. Alternative case form of g unit of gravitational acceleration.
  14. (drug slang) Short for gamma-hydroxybutyrate or gamma-butyrolactone.
  15. (obsolete, chemistry) glucinum.
  16. (nautical, historical) Init of grog marked in the ship's books when a sailor took the daily rum ration
    Coordinate term: T
Related terms
  • (gangster) O.G.



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