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Etymology 1

From the letter Q, abbreviation of Latin quando (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

Noun

cue (plural cues)

  1. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
  2. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
    • Hast thou […] suck'd Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees?
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Translations
name of the letter Q, q
  • Arabic: كو ar(ar) (kuu) m.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
  • Hindi: क्यू hi(hi) (kyū)
  • Japanese: キュー ja(ja) (kyū)
  • Korean: 큐 ko(ko) (kyu)
  • Macedonian: ку mk(mk) (ku) n.
  • Portuguese: quê pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: кью ru(ru) (k'ju) n. (English), ку ru(ru) (ku) n. (Latin)
action or event that is a signal to do something
  • Bulgarian: намек bg(bg) m., загатване bg(bg) n.
  • Hebrew: אות he(he) m.
  • Icelandic: stikkorð is(is) n., markorð is(is) n.
  • Italian: segnale it(it) m.
  • Portuguese: Sinal pt(pt)
  • Russian: намёк ru(ru) (namjók) m., (bureaucratic) сигнал ru(ru) (signál) m.

Verb

to cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)

  1. The act of giving someone a cue signal.
    Cue the cameraman, and action!

Etymology 2

Cues for cuesports

Variant of queue

Noun

cue (plural cues)

  1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.
Derived terms
Translations
straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool
  • Bulgarian: щека bg(bg) f.
  • Czech: tágo cs(cs) n.
  • Dutch: keu nl(nl) c.
  • Finnish: köö fi(fi), poolkeppi fi(fi)
  • German: Queue de(de) n.
  • Hungarian: dákó hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: kjuði is(is) m.
  • Macedonian: так mk(mk) (tak) m.
  • Mandarin: 球杆 cmn(cmn) (qíugǎn)
  • Polish: kij (bilardowy) pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: taco pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: кий ru(ru) (kij) m.
  • Spanish: taco es(es) m.
  • Swedish: kö c., biljardkö c.

Verb

to cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing, simple past and past participle cued)

  1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of taking aim on the cue ball with the cue and hitting it.
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