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・ Silent Honor
・ Silent Horizon
・ Silent Hour/Golden Mile
・ Silent House
・ Silent House (film)
・ Silent Hunter
・ Silent Hunter II
・ Silent Hunter III
・ Silent Interviews
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・ Silent Invasion
・ Silent Jack
・ Silent Jealousy
・ Silent June
Silent k
・ Silent Kill
・ Silent Knight
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・ Silent Knight (disambiguation)
・ Silent Lake Provincial Park
・ Silent letter
・ Silent Letter (album)
・ Silent Library
・ Silent Library (TV series)
・ Silent Lies
・ Silent Light
・ Silent lotus
・ Silent Love
・ Silent Love (1977 film)


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Silent k : ウィキペディア英語版
Silent k
A silent ⟨k⟩ occurs when the letter ⟨k⟩ appears in a word but does not actually reflect the pronunciation of a voiceless velar plosive (), or any sound for that matter. A silent ⟨k⟩ is quite common in the English language, most often preceding an ⟨n⟩ at the beginning of a word. There are rare exceptions to this rule; one example is Knoebels Grove located in Pennsylvania.
While not as common, the letter ⟨g⟩ will also become silent when placed in front of an ⟨n⟩ at the beginning of a word, rather than being realized as a voiced velar plosive (). An exception is the acronym GNU.
== Etymology ==

In Old English, ⟨k⟩ and ⟨g⟩ were not silent in these words. Cognates in other Germanic languages show that the ⟨k⟩ was probably a voiceless velar plosive in Proto-Germanic (compare German ''Knecht'' to ''knight'', ''Knoten'' to ''knot'', etc. where the initial ⟨k⟩ is not silent); likewise, ⟨g⟩ was probably a voiced velar plosive (compare German Gnom to gnome, Gneis to gneiss, etc. where the initial ⟨g⟩ is not silent).

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