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List of English words containing Q not followed by U

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Six rows of black square keys with white letters, numbers, and symbols on them slope from the top left to the bottom right with a metallic strip in the top right corner. — ''[[QWERTY]]'', one of the few native English words with ''Q'' not followed by ''U'', is derived from the first six letters of a standard [[keyboard layout]].

In English, the letter Q is almost always followed immediately by the letter U, e.g. quiz, quarry, question, squirrel. However, there are some exceptions. The majority of these are anglicised from Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Inuktitut, or other languages that do not use the English alphabet, with Q often representing a sound not found in English. For example, in the Chinese pinyin alphabet, qi is pronounced (similar to "chi" in English) by an English speaker, as pinyin uses "q" to represent the sound , which is approximated as (ch) in English. In other examples, Q represents in standard Arabic, such as in qat and faqir. In Arabic, the letter ق, traditionally romanised as Q, is quite distinct from ك, traditionally romanised as K; for example, ”قلب” means "heart" but “ كلب ” means "dog". However, alternative spellings are sometimes accepted, which use K (or sometimes C) in place of Q; for example, Koran (Qur'ān) and Cairo (al-Qāhira).

Of the words in this list, most are (or can be) interpreted as nouns, and most would generally be considered loanwords. However, all of the loanwords on this list are considered to be naturalised in English according to at least one major dictionary (see ), often because they refer to concepts or societal roles that do not have an accurate equivalent in English. For words to appear here, they must appear in their own entry in a dictionary; words that occur only as part of a longer phrase are not included.

Proper nouns are not included in the list, including many names, places, and companies, as these can be created arbitrarily.

Words

Unless noted otherwise, all words listed here are assumed to be pluralized by adding -s or -es. References in the "Sources" column relate to the headword in column one; variant spellings are then separately referenced. The sources given are selective, and the absence of a reference to a particular dictionary does not necessarily mean that the word does not appear in that dictionary.

Word	Meaning	Sources	Other forms
An ancient Chinese percussion instrument	[MW]
A former Yemeni monetary unit	[L]	Also written bogache	Arabic
A veiled garment worn by some Muslim women	[ODE][LC][C][AHC][OED]	Also written burka, burkha, or burqua	Urdu and Persian fa, from Arabic ar
The number five, as signified in dice or cards	[ODE][COD][OED]		French cinq 'five'
A plant of the genus Potentilla, or an ornamental design thereof	[SOED][OED]	Much more commonly written cinquefoil	Middle English, from Latin quinquefolium, from quinque 'five' + folium 'leaf'
A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat	[WI]		French coq 'cockerel'

French
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Q or q, the 17th letter of the modern English alphabet
[MW]

Arabic قِبلي, "coming from the qibla
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Four times a day
[MW]

Albanian
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A Chinese chime
[MW]
Also written as: ch'ing

Arabic, literally 'stoppage' from ar, 'come to a standstill'
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A trapezoidal Chinese hammered dulcimer
[C]

| | |- valign="top" !scope=row|yaqona |A Fijian intoxicating beverage, kava |[C][OED] | |Fijian yaqona, in which q represents |}

List of dictionaries cited

[AH]:
[AHC]:
[AOX]:
[C]:
[Co]:
[COD]:
[E]:
[L]:
[LC]:
[MW]:
[MWO]:
[ODE]:
[OED]:
[OSPD4]:
[RHU]:
[RHW]:
[SOED]:
[TWL]:
[W]:
[WI]:

References

Bibliography

Scrabble Word Lists Q without U – Parker Brothers, attributed to:

References

David Sacks. (2004). "Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of our Alphabet from A to Z". Random House.
Machavariani, p. 136
Leaman, Oliver. (2008). "The Qur'an : an encyclopedia". Routledge.
Robinson, Philip. (1997). "Ulster-Scots: A Grammar of the Traditional Written and Spoken Language". The Ullans Press.

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