English

Etymology
wikipedia
French queue#French|queue, from Latin cauda

Pronunciation
IPA|/kju�/

Homophones
cue

Noun
en-noun

1. UK A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which the person or object at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end.
2. UK A waiting list or other means of organising people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
3. computing A data structure in which objects are removed from one end, called the head, and added to the other, called the tail, in an analogous manner to a queue in the sense above. This method of queueing being called first-in first-out is often abbreviated to FIFO.
4. computing A queue having the head and the tail at the same end; a LIFO queue, a stack.
5. history A hairstyle in China during the times of the Emperors. It was a long braid in the back of the head with a bald part in the front.

Synonyms
(1): line (US)

Translations
trans-top|line of people
Czech: fronta f
Danish: kø
Dutch: rij
Finnish: jono
German: Wartezimmer, Warteschlange
Hebrew: ת�ֹר (tor) m
Hungarian: t|hu|sor
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Italian: fila#Italian|fila f
Spanish: fila#Spanish|fila, cola, linea f
Portuguese: fila#Portuguese|fila f
Russian: о�е�ед� (ó�er'ed') f
Swedish: kö
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trans-top|waiting list
Czech: fronta f
Danish: kø, venteliste
Dutch: wachtrij
Finnish: jono
Hebrew: ת�ֹר (tor) m
Italian: fila#Italian|fila f
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Portuguese: fila#Portuguese|fila f
Spanish: fila#Spanish|fila, lista f
Russian: о�е�ед� (ó�er'ed') f
Swedish: kö
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trans-top|FIFO queue
Czech: fronta f
Danish: kø
Finnish: jono
Hebrew: ת�ֹר (tor) m
Portuguese: fila#Portuguese|fila f
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Russian: о�е�ед� (ó�er'ed') f
Swedish: kö
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trans-top|LIFO queue
Czech: zásobník m
Danish: stak
Finnish: jono
Hebrew: ��סנ�ת (m�ḥs�nit) m
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Portuguese: pilha f
Russian: ��ек (stek) m
Swedish: stack
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ttbc|French: file#French|file f (1, 2)
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ttbc|Spanish: coleta f (1)
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Verb
en-verb|queues|queueing or queuing|queued

1. intransitive Of a person or vehicle, to put oneself or itself at the end of a queue (in sense 1).
2. intransitive Of people or vehicles, to arrange themselves into a queue (in sense 1).
3. context|transitive|computing|informal|with "up" To enqueue, to add something to a queue.

Synonyms
join a queue, join the queue

Translations
trans-top|put oneself at the end of a queue
Danish: stille sig i kø
Finnish: jonottaa
Hebrew: �ע��� �ת�ֹר (l'ʿ�mod b'tor) m
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Italian: mettersi in fila
Swedish: köa
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trans-top|arrange into a queue
Danish: danne kø
Finnish: jonottaa
Italian: mettere in fila
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trans-top|add something to a queue
Danish: sætte i kø, stille i kø
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Swedish: köa
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See also
dequeue
double-ended queue
FIFO
first-in first-out
queueing theory
queue up
queue-jump

French

Etymology
Latin cauda

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /kø/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /k2/

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. tail
2. queue, line
3. context|slang|lang=fr cock, dick

Derived terms
à la queue leu leu

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