Semitic P (mouth) as well as Greek Π or π (Pi) and the Etruscan and Latin letters that developed from the former alphabet all symbolized /p/, a plosive, unvoiced consonant. Those who speak Arabic usually have difficulty pronouncing this sound; they pronounce like b instead.
In English and most other European languages, P is a voiceless bilabial plosive ('p' in the IPA). A common digraph in English is "ph", which represents the voiceless labiodental fricative 'f', and is commonly used to transliterate φ in loanwords from Greek. Both initial and final P can be combined with many other discrete consonants in English words. A common example of assimilation is the tendency of prefixes ending in N to become M before P (such as "in" + "pulse" -> "impulse").
In German, the digraph "pf" is common, representing a labial affricate of 'p' and 'f'.
Meanings for P
In baseball, P is the abbreviation for the position of pitcher.
the p-value of a given result in an experiment the is result's significance; that is, the probability of observing this result or a more extreme result, by chance alone.
In publishing, a circled P, Ⓟ, represents a copyright on a sound recording.
Guitarist Pini Shavit was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel.
Soon after, Pini was chosen to represent the New School as part of the jazz outreach program, performing with numerous groups as well as playing solo.
Pini spends much of his time composing and playing music that embodies a new sound, one that incorporates both the old and new as well as sounds from the east and west.
Feeds |
Contact