English spellings/Catalogs/Q
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with Q. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.
For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]
Q = queûe up = cûe prompt
q- k-
Qàder = Qàdir (also, sometimes with a silent u, = Quàder; or K-)
Qàntas Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, *Kwóntus, *Qùantus, first syllable sounding like that of qùantity
qát drug or khát or kát = cát animal
Qátàr, Qátar (*Cátter); AmE can sound like cútter; some pronounce it like catàrrh
Qatàri, or some BrE Qátari = cáttery
Qinghaî Chíng-
Qóm
qu- mostly kw-
Quâalude *Kwâylûde
quáck
qùad
quadraphónic (not -ro-)
quadriplêgic (not -ro-)
quadrûple
qùadrupéd
quágmire or qùagmire
qùality
quàlm -àm
qùandary
quángo
qùantity
qùarantìne
quàrk
qùarrel
qùarry hunt, mine
quartét (å), quintét, sextét, septét, octét, nonét, all with final-syllable stress
quårtz mineral = quårts liquid
qùash
quâsî- or -z-
quaỳ harbour = kêỳ lock
quêasy -zêe, rhymes with êasy and slêazy, not with grêasy -sêe
Quebéc, Quebécker Kwí- or Kwə-
quéll
quêry
quéstion *quéshchən
questionnãire *quéshchən-ãir rhymes with debonãir
queûe line of people/cars = cûe theatre, billiards = Keŵ Gardens
quìche *kêesh
quíd prô quô
quiéscent *kwìéssent
quîet silent two syllables, e as schwa: *kwîət, cf. quîte
quín quintuplet = Quínn
quinoa *kí-nôə, *kínwà
quïrk = Quïrk
quísling -z-
quít leave, stop
quîte moderately one syllable, cf. quîet
Quìto *Kêeto
Quíxôte *Quícksôat is the traditional English pronunciation, cf. Spanish-style Dón Quijôtè *Keehôtay
quixótic
quíz
quŏits
quotídian
Qur'àn = Koràn
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