"PG" meaning in English

See PG in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-PG.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} PG (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of parental guidance: suitable for viewing, reading, or listening, by minors. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: parental guidance (extra: suitable for viewing, reading, or listening, by minors)
    Sense id: en-PG-en-adj-Xns9erof

Proper name

Audio: En-au-PG.ogg
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PG
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Germanic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Proto-Germanic Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-PG-en-name-XpvCG-Aa Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. Initialism of Persian Gulf. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Persian Gulf
    Sense id: en-PG-en-name-BoBhHuI3
  3. (comics) Initialism of Power Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Power Girl (extra: DC Comics superheroine) Categories (topical): Comics
  4. Abbreviation of Prince George's County. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Prince George's County Categories (topical): DC Comics, Fictional characters, Pokémon
    Sense id: en-PG-en-name-PhBlru72 Disambiguation of DC Comics: 1 5 5 16 30 5 4 8 6 7 5 4 3 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 1 6 1 5 45 6 2 4 1 13 9 5 3 Disambiguation of Pokémon: 2 6 5 9 25 18 4 4 3 11 4 3 3 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 5 2 4 33 5 2 2 2 9 6 4 2 5 0 0 1 1 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 1 4 37 5 1 2 1 10 7 4 2 5 0 0 0 1 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 6 41 6 3 4 3 13 8 5 3
  5. (gaming) Initialism of Pokémon Go. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pokémon Go Categories (topical): Gaming Synonyms: PoGo
    Sense id: en-PG-en-name-G-2VFEUh Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: games, gaming
  6. Initialism of Project Gutenberg. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Project Gutenberg
    Sense id: en-PG-en-name-u7oyzS9G Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Noun

Audio: En-au-PG.ogg Forms: PGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PG (countable and uncountable, plural PGs)
  1. (uncountable, film, British, US, Philippines) Initialism of parental guidance, a rating for a film that may be viewed by minors at their parents' discretion. Tags: British, Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: parental guidance (extra: a rating for a film that may be viewed by minors at their parents' discretion) Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-PG-en-noun-JrH-pe0P Categories (other): American English, British English, Philippine English Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (countable, chiefly UK) Initialism of paying guest. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: paying guest
    Sense id: en-PG-en-noun-4JlwwHiE Categories (other): British English
  3. (countable, basketball) Initialism of point guard. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: point guard Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-PG-en-noun-~QCqSNaz Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (slang) Short for paregoric, a painkiller. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable Alternative form of: paregoric (extra: a painkiller)
    Sense id: en-PG-en-noun-FLar7R08
  5. (biochemistry) Initialism of proteoglycan. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: proteoglycan Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-PG-en-noun-5uJzinrx Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (organic chemistry) Initialism of propylene glycol. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: propylene glycol Categories (topical): Organic chemistry
    Sense id: en-PG-en-noun-fAmwJ29X Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1997 October 25, Lightning, “REVIEW Power Girl #1, uhm, I mean Supergirl #16”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <62tta5$a7g$1@206.230.70.77>:",
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          "ref": "1998 May 6, CaptT...@webtv.net, “Re: Why is TV kind of pre-Crisis and comics Post-Crisis”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <6iouoe$1jf$1@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net>:",
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