queue

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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: cue
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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 queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.

250 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: опашка (opaška) — heraldry: animal's tail
• Esperanto: vosto — heraldry: animal's tail
• Finnish: häntä — heraldry: animal's tail
• French: queue — heraldry: animal's tail
• Manx: arbyl — heraldry: animal's tail
• Polish: ogon — heraldry: animal's tail
• Russian: хвост (xvost) — heraldry: animal's tail
• Spanish: cola de un animal — heraldry: animal's tail
• Swedish: svans — heraldry: animal's tail
• Bashkir: толом (tolom) — hairstyle
• Bulgarian: опа́шка (opáška) — hairstyle
• Chinese Mandarin: 辮子 /辫子 (biànzi) — hairstyle
• Danish: hårpisk — hairstyle
• Finnish: letti — hairstyle
• Finnish: palmikko — hairstyle
• French: natte — hairstyle
• Georgian: ნაწნავი (nac̣navi) — hairstyle
• Georgian: დალალი (dalali) — hairstyle
• Greek: αλογοουρά (alogoourá) — hairstyle
• Japanese: 辮髪 (benpatsu) — hairstyle
• Manchu: ᠰᠣᠨᠴᠣᡥᠣ (soncoho) — hairstyle
• Polish: fryzura — hairstyle
• Portuguese: rabicho — hairstyle
• Portuguese: rabo de cavalo — hairstyle
• Romanian: coadă — hairstyle
• Russian: коси́чка (kosíčka) — hairstyle
• Russian: коса́ (kosá) — hairstyle
• Russian: хвост (xvost) — hairstyle
• Spanish: coleta — hairstyle
• Tagalog: tutsang — hairstyle
• Vietnamese: tóc đuôi sam — hairstyle
• Afrikaans: lyn — line of people
• Afrikaans: ry — line of people
• Albanian: radhë — line of people
• Albanian: rend — line of people
• Arabic: طابُور (ṭābūr) — line of people
• Arabic: صَفّ (ṣaff) — line of people
• Iraqi Arabic: صَفّ (ṣaff) — line of people
• Iraqi Arabic: سِرا (sira) — line of people
• Iraqi Arabic: طَابُور (ṭābūr) — line of people
• Armenian: հերթ (hertʻ) — line of people
• Azerbaijani: növbə — line of people
• Bashkir: сират (sirat) — line of people
• Belarusian: чарга́ (čarhá) — line of people
• Bulgarian: опа́шка (opáška) — line of people
• Catalan: cua — line of people
• Catalan: fila — line of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 隊列 /队列 (duìliè) — line of people
• Chuvash: черет (čeret) — line of people
• Czech: fronta — line of people
• Danish: kø — line of people
• Dutch: rij — line of people
• Esperanto: vico — line of people
• Estonian: järjekord — line of people
• Finnish: jono — line of people
• French: file — line of people
• French: queue — line of people
• Friulian: code — line of people
• Galician: cola — line of people
• Georgian: რიგი (rigi) — line of people
• Georgian: მდგომ (mdgom) — line of people
• German: Schlange — line of people
• German: Warteschlange — line of people
• German: Reihe — line of people
• Greek: ουρά (ourá) — line of people
• Greek: σειρά (seirá) — line of people
• Hebrew: תּוֹר (tor) — line of people
• Hindi: पंक्ति (paṅkti) — line of people
• Hindi: क़तार (qatār) — line of people
• Hungarian: sor — line of people
• Icelandic: biðröð — line of people
• Indonesian: antre — line of people
• Indonesian: antrean — line of people
• Irish: ciú — line of people
• Irish: scuaine — line of people
• Italian: fila — line of people
• Italian: coda — line of people
• Japanese: 列 (retsu) — line of people
• Japanese: 待ち行列 (machi gyōretsu) — line of people
• Japanese: 行列 (gyōretsu) — line of people
• Kazakh: кезек (kezek) — line of people
• Khmer: កន្ទុយ (kɑɑkɑntuy) — line of people
• Komi-Zyrian: ӧчередь (öćereď) — line of people
• Korean: 줄 (jul) — line of people
• Korean: 대기줄 (daegijul) — line of people
• Kyrgyz: кезек (kezek) — line of people
• Lao: ຄິວ (khiu) — line of people
• Latvian: rinda — line of people
• Macedonian: ред (red) — line of people
• Maltese: kju — line of people
• Māori: rārangi — line of people
• Māori: tūtira — line of people
• Marathi: रांग (rāṅga) — line of people
• Mongolian: ээлж дараалал (eelž daraalal) — line of people
• Mongolian: оочир (oočir) — line of people
• Norman: tcheue — line of people
• Norwegian Bokmål: kø — line of people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kø — line of people
• Old East Slavic: черга (čerga) — line of people
• Dari: قَطَار (qatār) — line of people
• Iranian Persian: صَفّ (saff) — line of people
• Iranian Persian: صَف (saf) — line of people
• Plautdietsch: Rieej — line of people
• Polish: kolejka — line of people
• Polish: ogonek — line of people
• Portuguese: fila — line of people
• Portuguese: alinhamento — line of people
• Romanian: coadă — line of people
• Russian: о́чередь (óčeredʹ) — line of people
• Kildin-Sami: о̄чередтҍ (ōčer’edt’) — line of people
• Serbo-Croatian: ре̑д — line of people
• Serbo-Croatian: rȇd — line of people
• Slovak: front — line of people
• Slovak: rad — line of people
• Slovene: vŕsta — line of people
• Spanish: fila — line of people
• Spanish: cola — line of people
• Spanish: línea — line of people
• Spanish: hila — line of people
• Swedish: kö — line of people
• Tagalog: pila — line of people
• Tajik: навбат (navbat) — line of people
• Tajik: очеред (očered) — line of people
• Tajik: саф (saf) — line of people
• Tajik: қатор (qator) — line of people
• Tamil: வரிசை (varicai) — line of people
• Tatar: чират (çirat) — line of people
• Thai: คิว (kiu) — line of people
• Turkish: kuyruk — line of people
• Turkish: sıra — line of people
• Ottoman Turkish: قویروق (kuyruk) — line of people
• Turkmen: nobat — line of people
• Ukrainian: че́рга (čérha) — line of people
• Ukrainian: черга́ (čerhá) — line of people
• Urdu: قِطار (qitār) — line of people
• Urdu: قَطار (qatār) — line of people
• Uyghur: ئۆچرەت (öchret) — line of people
• Uyghur: رەت (ret) — line of people
• Uyghur: قاتار (qatar) — line of people
• Uzbek: navbat — line of people
• Uzbek: ochered — line of people
• Uzbek: qator — line of people
• Vietnamese: xếp nối đuôi — line of people
• Welsh: cwt — line of people
• Welsh: ciw — line of people
• Belarusian: чарга́ (čarhá) — waiting list
• Bulgarian: опашка (opaška) — waiting list
• Chinese Mandarin: 等待名单 (déngdàimíngdān) — waiting list
• Czech: fronta — waiting list
• Danish: kø — waiting list
• Danish: venteliste — waiting list
• Dutch: wachtrij — waiting list
• Esperanto: vico — waiting list
• Finnish: jono — waiting list
• French: file — waiting list
• Georgian: რიგი (rigi) — waiting list
• German: Warteliste — waiting list
• Greek: σειρά (seirá) — waiting list
• Hebrew: תוֹר (tor) — waiting list
• Indonesian: antre — waiting list
• Indonesian: antrean — waiting list
• Italian: fila — waiting list
• Norwegian Bokmål: kø — waiting list
• Polish: lista oczekujących — waiting list
• Portuguese: fila — waiting list
• Russian: о́чередь (óčeredʹ) — waiting list
• Spanish: fila — waiting list
• Spanish: lista — waiting list
• Spanish: lista de espera — waiting list
• Spanish: lista de pendientes — waiting list
• Spanish: en espera — waiting list
• Spanish: cola — waiting list
• Swedish: kö — waiting list
• Swedish: väntelista — waiting list
• Ukrainian: че́рга (čérha) — waiting list
• Ukrainian: черга́ (čerhá) — waiting list
• Bulgarian: опашка (opaška) — data structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 佇列 — data structure
• Czech: fronta (FIFO) — data structure
• Czech: zásobník (LIFO) — data structure
• Danish: kø (FIFO) — data structure
• Danish: stak (LIFO) — data structure
• Finnish: jono — data structure
• French: file — data structure
• Greek: ουρά (ourá) — data structure
• Hebrew: תוֹר (FIFO) — data structure
• Hebrew: מחסנית (LIFO) — data structure
• Icelandic: biðröð (FIFO) — data structure
• Icelandic: biðröð (LIFO) — data structure
• Italian: coda — data structure
• Polish: kolejka — data structure
• Portuguese: fila (FIFO) — data structure
• Portuguese: pilha (LIFO) — data structure
• Romanian: coadă (FIFO) — data structure
• Russian: о́чередь (óčeredʹ) — data structure
• Russian: стек (stɛk) — data structure
• Spanish: cola (FIFO) — data structure
• Spanish: pila (LIFO) — data structure
• Swedish: kö (FIFO) — data structure
• Swedish: stack (LIFO) — data structure
• Thai: คิว (kiu) — data structure
• Thai: แถวคอย — data structure
• Arabic: وَقَفَ فِي الصَّفّ (waqafa fī aṣ-ṣaff) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Bulgarian: наре́ждам се на опа́шка (naréždam se na opáška) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Chinese Mandarin: 排隊 /排队 (páiduì) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Danish: stille sig i kø — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Finnish: jonottaa — put oneself at the end of a queue
• French: faire la queue — put oneself at the end of a queue
• French: se mettre en ligne — put oneself at the end of a queue
• German: sich anstellen — put oneself at the end of a queue
• German: Schlange stehen — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Greek: περιμένω στην σειρά (periméno stin seirá) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Hebrew: עמד בתור (amád b'tor) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Hungarian: sorba áll — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Hungarian: beáll a sorba — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Indonesian: antre — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Italian: mettersi in fila — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Italian: fare la coda — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Italian: fare la fila — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Japanese: 並ぶ (narabu) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Korean: 줄을 서다 (jur-eul seoda) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Malay: beratur — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Norman: faithe la tcheue — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Polish: stać w kolejce — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Polish: stanąć w kolejce — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Portuguese: entrar na fila — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Russian: стоя́ть в о́череди (stojátʹ v óčeredi) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Russian: станови́ться в о́чередь (stanovítʹsja v óčeredʹ) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Russian: стать в о́чередь (statʹ v óčeredʹ) — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Spanish: hacer cola — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Spanish: hacer fila — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Swedish: köa — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Swedish: ställa sig i kö — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Vietnamese: sắp hàng — put oneself at the end of a queue
• Albanian: rëndis — arrange into a queue
• Chinese Mandarin: 排隊 /排队 (páiduì) — arrange into a queue
• Danish: danne kø — arrange into a queue
• Finnish: jonottaa — arrange into a queue
• Finnish: muodostaa jono — arrange into a queue
• French: faire la queue — arrange into a queue
• German: aufreihen — arrange into a queue
• Greek: σχηματίζω σειρά (schimatízo seirá) — arrange into a queue
• Italian: mettere in fila — arrange into a queue
• Japanese: 並ぶ (narabu) — arrange into a queue
• Māori: rārangi — arrange into a queue
• Māori: tūtira — arrange into a queue
• Polish: ustawiać w kolejkę — arrange into a queue
• Polish: ustawić w kolejkę — arrange into a queue
• Portuguese: enfileirar — arrange into a queue
• Spanish: poner en fila — arrange into a queue