cue

Signification (English)

Noun

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.
2. (obsolete) 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.

Verb

1. To give someone a cue signal.
2. To spark or provoke.

Verb

1. To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
2. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Concepts

queue

réplique

signal

indice

queue de billard

rappeler

réponse

souvenir

motivation

entrée en action

chance

🎲

ku

diriger

occasion

point de repère

preuve

Synonyms

hint

clue

queue

retort

reply

cue stick

rebuttal

crackdown

answer

rejoinder

chance

🎲

prompt

pool cue

pool stick

motive

replica

clew

tip

remind

signal

billiard cue

start

impetus

inkling

excuse

occasion

discriminative stimulus

password

pigtail

plait

plat

prelude

presentiment

pretext

rake

reaction

reason

refutation

rejoin

response

slogan

steer

suggestion

tail

tip-off

watchword

wind

give a signal

cueing

document loading

motivation

copy test

allude

cueline

allusion

beginning

braid

catchword

comeback

confidential information

feed

feeding

file

foreboding

half-word

handle

imply

incentive

indicate

inducement

intimate

intimation

key

🔑

lead

line

misgiving

motivator

opportunity

origination

outset

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkjuː/

Etymology (English)

Form of Latin qū. First attested as Middle English cu for half a farthing, as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”). Compare French qu.