Standard Lemma guide

qoph

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kɒf/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: cough (cot–caught merger)
  • rhymes with -ɒf

1

noun

Meaning 1

The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character

History

Etymology

From Hebrew קוֹף (qōf).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاف (qāf) — Semitic letter
  • Catalan: cof — Semitic letter
  • Dutch: koef — Semitic letter
  • Finnish: qof — Semitic letter
  • French: qouf — Semitic letter
  • French: qof — Semitic letter
  • French: qoph — Semitic letter
  • Hebrew: קוּף (quf) — Semitic letter
  • Hebrew: ק — Semitic letter
  • Latin: coph — Semitic letter
  • Malay: qaf — Semitic letter
  • Swedish: qof — Semitic letter
  • Yiddish: קוף (kuf) — Semitic letter