k
- noun
- /keɪ/
- In the word 'kite', the first letter is k.
You can't hear the K, but you can feel it Knuckle.
- You can't hear the K, but you can feel it Knuckle.
Examples
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Awesome list although you initially spelled Kurt Cobain's name wrong; you used a 'k' in Cobain instead of a 'c'.
Blog text (9) -
Here are LOI and K and I on the east side of Maui.
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If you go to test and search for October cast, the K is in cast, not in October.
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Instruction in contracted braille is also essential to focus attention on the logographic orthography of graphemes (for example, the letter k represents the word knowledge), including braille contractions and short forms.
Academic text (2007) -
The letter k is the eleventh letter of the English alphabet.
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To spell 'cat' correctly, you must know that it does not start with the letter k.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A tiny particle made when particles hit each other very fast that breaks into smaller particles
- Specialized
A tiny particle smaller than an atom that breaks into other particles after high-energy collisions
Surface Forms
Etymology
K comes from an old letter called kappa, which itself came from a Middle Eastern sign that meant 'palm' or 'hand'. So think of k as a letter that began as a picture of a hand, and today it is the letter we use for the 'k' sound.