cue

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjuː/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /kjʉw/ (General American) enPR: kyo͞o, IPA(key): /kju/ (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /kjʉw/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /kjʉ/ (Wales) IPA(key): /kɪʊ/ Hyphenation: queue Rhymes: -uː Homophones: queue, Kew, kyu, Q, que === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku. ==== Alternative forms ==== kue, kew, que The Oxford English Dictionary lists obsolete forms cu (15th century) and qu (pl. ques), que, kue, kewe (16th century), with the current form cue dating from the 16th century. Webster's Third New International Dictionary lists cue (pl. cues), kue (pl. kues) and ku (pl. kus) as current. There is also a form kew in recent use, and que continues to be used. ==== Noun ==== cue (plural cues) The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. (obsolete, UK, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books. ===== Derived terms ===== mind one's pees and cues ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed === Etymology 2 === From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin. ==== Noun ==== cue (plural cues) An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword. (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording. A hint or intimation. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued) To give someone a cue signal. (by extension) To spark or provoke. ===== Usage notes ===== This is often used in the imperative. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”). ==== Noun ==== cue (plural cues) (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued) (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. ===== Synonyms ===== cue up === References === === See also === === Further reading === “cue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “cue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === ecu, UCE, ECU, CEU, écu, Ecu. == Classical Nahuatl == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʷɛ/ === Interjection === cue (mild exclamation) == Ik == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Kuliak *kywɛh (“water”). Cognate with Nyang'i kwe, Soo kwɛ. === Noun === cue (stem cué-) water, liquid baby girl the taboo of not giving water to the elders first ==== Declension ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Terrill B. Schrock (2017), The Ik language: Dictionary and grammar sketch, Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 33 Terrill Schrock (2015), “On whether 'Dorobo' was a fourth Kuliak language”, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 44, number 1, →DOI, page 54 == Lutuv == === Noun === cue cow == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuː.e/ === Noun === cūe genitive singular of cū == Old French == === Alternative forms === coe queue === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwɛ/ === Noun === cue oblique singular, f (oblique plural cues, nominative singular cue, nominative plural cues) tail (of an animal) ==== Descendants ==== Bourguignon: coue Champenois: coue Franc-Comtois: quoûe Middle French: queu, cueue French: queue English: queue, cue (partly through Anglo-Norman) Picard: queue Poitevin-Saintongeais: coue Walloon: cawe === References === cowe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub