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Before '''p''', '''n''' becomes '''m''' (with the exception of '''ínpùt'''): '''impŏrtant, cómpost''', cf. -'''nf'''- in '''informâtion, confŏrm''' (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm - as can '''ínpùt''' *impùt, cf. '''impûte'''). | Before '''p''', '''n''' becomes '''m''' (with the exception of '''ínpùt'''): '''impŏrtant, cómpost''', cf. -'''nf'''- in '''informâtion, confŏrm''' (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm - as can '''ínpùt''' *impùt, cf. '''impûte'''). | ||
==Scientific uses== | |||
*p: proton | |||
*p prefix: pico, 10<sup>-12</sup> | |||
*p- prefix: old chemical notation, para |
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P, p is a letter of the Latin alphabet. It is the sixteenth letter of most variants, being placed after O and before Q, as is the case for instance in the English alphabet. Its English name is pronounced [ˈpiː], like the vegetable pea.
Use in English
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p is an bilabilal stop, an unvoiced b (compare pén and Bén), a popping sound with the lips in the same position as b and m (as in mén). Examples (the accents show stress and pronunciation: see English spellings): póp, pâper, plûral, pêople, pét, pépper, pénsion, ápt, flípped, câper, apàrt, stoôp, recoûp, groûp, bürp, hàrp, stóp, cóp, rôpe, hŷpe, tŷpe.
p begins consonant clusters: ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent, Épsom, ápt.
p is silent at the beginning of a word before n, s, t: pterodáctyl, pneumátic, pneumônia, pseûdonym, ptàrmigan, Ptómely and in recêipt, which rhymes with decêit (cf. recéption -psh-).
It doubles only in the middle, to shorten the preceding vowel: hópping (cf. hópped, hôped), flóppy (cf. flóp), snápped, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping, and after an initial vowel as in appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper.
ph = 'f': Phílip, trôphy, phenómenon, grāph, apóstrophê, Philadélphia, phãraôh (-rô) - but Stêphen = Stêven.
ph also begins clusters: Dáphnê (-fn-), aphrodísiac (-fr-).
Before p, n becomes m (with the exception of ínpùt): impŏrtant, cómpost, cf. -nf- in informâtion, confŏrm (which can be pronounced *ímformâtion, *comfŏrm - as can ínpùt *impùt, cf. impûte).
Scientific uses
- p: proton
- p prefix: pico, 10-12
- p- prefix: old chemical notation, para