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• Received-Pronunciation: /kjuː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /kjʉw/
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• General-American: kyo͞o
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• General-American: /kju/
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• Australia, New-Zealand: /kjʉw/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /kjʉ/
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• Wales: /kɪʊ/
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• rhymes with -uː
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• homophone: queue
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• homophone: Kew
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• homophone: kyu
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• homophone: Q
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• homophone: que
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• CMU ARPABET: K Y UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.

From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كُو (kū) — name of the letter Q, q
• Asturian: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Bengali: কিউ (kiu) — name of the letter Q, q
• Bulgarian: ку (ku) — name of the letter Q, q
• Catalan: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Czech: kvé — name of the letter Q, q
• Dutch: quu — name of the letter Q, q
• Esperanto: kuo — name of the letter Q, q
• Faroese: ku — name of the letter Q, q
• Finnish: kuu — name of the letter Q, q
• Finnish: guu — name of the letter Q, q
• French: ku — name of the letter Q, q
• French: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Galician: que — name of the letter Q, q
• Greek: κιου (kiou) — name of the letter Q, q
• Hawaiian: kopa — name of the letter Q, q
• Hindi: क्यू (kyū) — name of the letter Q, q
• Hungarian: kú — name of the letter Q, q
• Icelandic: kú — name of the letter Q, q
• Ido: qe — name of the letter Q, q
• Indonesian: ki — name of the letter Q, q
• Irish: cú — name of the letter Q, q
• Italian: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Japanese: キュー (kyū) — name of the letter Q, q
• Korean: 큐 (kyu) — name of the letter Q, q
• Latin: kū — name of the letter Q, q
• Macedonian: ку (ku) — name of the letter Q, q
• Malay: kiu — name of the letter Q, q
• Marathi: क्यू (kyū) — name of the letter Q, q
• Norwegian: ku — name of the letter Q, q
• Occitan: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Portuguese: quê — name of the letter Q, q
• Russian: кью (kʹju) — name of the letter Q, q
• Russian: ку (ku) — name of the letter Q, q
• Serbo-Croatian: ku — name of the letter Q, q
• Spanish: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Tagalog: kyu — name of the letter Q, q
• Thai: คิว (kiu) — name of the letter Q, q
• Turkish: kû — name of the letter Q, q
• Vietnamese: cu — name of the letter Q, q
• Vietnamese: quy — name of the letter Q, q
• Vietnamese: quờ — name of the letter Q, q
• Welsh: ciw — name of the letter Q, q
• Bulgarian: намек (namek) — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Bulgarian: загатване (zagatvane) — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Catalan: estímul — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Czech: podnět — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Czech: signál — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Czech: narážka — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Dutch: teken — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Finnish: merkki — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Finnish: vihje — action or event that is a signal to do something
• French: signe — action or event that is a signal to do something
• French: signal — action or event that is a signal to do something
• German: Wink — action or event that is a signal to do something
• German: Signal — action or event that is a signal to do something
• German: Hinweis — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Hebrew: אות (ot) — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Hebrew: סִימָן (siman) — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Hungarian: utalás — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Hungarian: jel — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Hungarian: jelzés — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Icelandic: stikkorð — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Icelandic: markorð — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Italian: segnale — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Italian: avvertimento — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Latin: signum — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Māori: tohuuru — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Persian: علامت دادن — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Portuguese: sinal — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Portuguese: deixa — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Russian: намёк (namjók) — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Russian: сигна́л (signál) — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Slovak: podnet — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Slovak: znamenie — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Slovak: signál — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Spanish: señal — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Tagalog: balap — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Welsh: ciw — action or event that is a signal to do something
• Bulgarian: суфлиране (suflirane) — words which serve to remind an actor
• French: réplique — words which serve to remind an actor
• German: Stichwort — words which serve to remind an actor
• Māori: tohuuru — words which serve to remind an actor
• Russian: подсказка (podskazka) — words which serve to remind an actor
• Serbo-Croatian: šlagvort — words which serve to remind an actor
• Spanish: pie — words which serve to remind an actor
• Welsh: ciw — words which serve to remind an actor
• Bulgarian: намек (namek) — hint or intimation
• Bulgarian: подсказка (podskazka) — hint or intimation
• Finnish: vinkki — hint or intimation
• Finnish: vihje — hint or intimation
• Māori: tīwhiri — hint or intimation
• Russian: подсказка (podskazka) — hint or intimation
• Spanish: indicio — hint or intimation
• Spanish: barrunto — hint or intimation
• Ukrainian: нáтяк (nátjak) — hint or intimation
• Armenian: կիյ (kiy) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Armenian: խաղաձող (xaġajoġ) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Belarusian: кій (kij) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Bulgarian: щека (šteka) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Catalan: tac — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Chinese Mandarin: 球杆 (qiúgǎn) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Czech: tágo — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Dutch: keu — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Esperanto: puŝbastono — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Faroese: biljardstokkur — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Finnish: köö — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Finnish: biljardikeppi — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• French: queue de billard — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• German: Queue — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• German: Billardstock — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Greek: στέκα (stéka) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Hungarian: dákó — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Hungarian: biliárddákó — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Icelandic: kjuði — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Ido: bastono — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Ido: biliardo-bastono — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Irish: ciú — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Italian: stecca — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Japanese: キュー (kyū) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Latvian: kija — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Macedonian: так (tak) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Manx: maidjey billiard — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Māori: kiu — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Polish: kij (bilardowy) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Portuguese: taco — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Russian: кий (kij) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Serbo-Croatian: tak — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Slovak: tágo — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Spanish: taco — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Swedish: kö — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Swedish: biljardkö — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Turkish: isteka — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Ukrainian: кий (kyj) — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Vietnamese: cơ — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Volapük: biliarastaf — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Welsh: ciw — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Zazaki: çue — straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
• Bulgarian: намеквам (namekvam) — to give a cue signal
• Bulgarian: намекна (namekna) — to give a cue signal
• Russian: намекать (namekatʹ) — to give a cue signal
• Russian: сигнализировать (signalizirovatʹ) — to give a cue signal
• Spanish: darle el pie a — to give a cue signal
• Spanish: darle la entrada a — to give a cue signal
• Spanish: señalizar — to give a cue signal