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-
Qàntas Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, *Kwóntus, first syllable sounding like that of qùantity
qát drug or khát or kát = cát animal
Qátàr, Qátar (*Cátter), though some do not distinguish it from catàrrh; the Q is pronounced by some as G, as in Arabic
Qatàri, or Qátari = cáttery, the former perhaps more American, the latter perhaps more British
Qinghaî Chíng-
Qóm
qu- kw-
Quâalude *Kwâylûde
quáck
qùad
quadraphónic (not -ro-)
quadriplêgic (not -ro-)
quadrûple
qùadrupéd
quágmire or qùagmire
quàlm -àm
quángo
qùantity
qùarantìne
quàrk
qùarrel
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
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
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