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Translingual
Letter
o (upper case O)
- The fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- (superscript) See º.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of IPA [oː]: (file)
Symbol
o
- (IPA) a close-mid back rounded vowel.
- (superscript ⟨ᵒ⟩, IPA) [o]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [o].
- (transcription, superscript ⟨ᵒ⟩) marks a labialized consonant.
- Synonym: ˚
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of O, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter O): Óó Òò Ŏŏ Ôô Ốố Ồồ Ỗỗ Ổổ Ǒǒ Öö Ȫȫ Őő Õõ Ṍṍ Ṏṏ Ȭȭ Ȯȯ Ȱȱ Øø Ǿǿ Ǫǫ Ǭǭ Ōō Ṓṓ Ō̂ō̂ Ṑṑ Ỏỏ Ȍȍ Ȏȏ Ơơ Ớớ Ờờ Ỡỡ Ởở Ợợ Ọọ Ộộ Ɵɵ ⱺ ᴏ Oo Ꜵꜵ Œœ Ꝏꝏ Ꝍꝍ Ȣȣ
Other representations of O:
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Homophones: oh, owe
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O, plural os or o's)
- The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
- Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.
- The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.
See also
Number
o (lower case, upper case O)
Noun
o (plural oes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
- A zero (used in reading out numbers).
- It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).
- The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
Particle
o
- (nonstandard) alternative form of O (vocative particle)
- 2007, The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, published 1640, p.37, 41 & 46:
- I lift my soule to thee o Lord
mee, o Iehovah, heare
In thee, o Lord, I put my trust
Translations
vocative particle to mark direct address — see O
Interjection
o
- Alternative form of oh
Noun
o
Adjective
o
- Clipping of over.
Etymology 3
See o'.
Preposition
o
- Alternative form of of
Etymology 4
Abbreviations.
- (Stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨o⟩.
- (Stenoscript) the long vowel /oʊ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɔə˞], [ɔː˞] count as /oʊr/.)
- (Stenoscript) the words on, so.
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Particle
o
Usage notes
Used with indefinite forms only. Can be placed either before or after the noun:
Further reading
- "o pjesëz", in Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
Aragonese
Etymology
Article
o m (definite singulars)
- the
- O río Ebro ― The Ebro River
Usage notes
Asturian
Etymology
Conjunction
o
Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
o lower case (upper case O)
- The twenty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), Proto-Turkic *ol.
Pronoun
Cyrillic | о | |
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Abjad | او |
o (definite accusative onu, plural onlar)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
nominative | mən | sən | o | biz | siz | onlar | |
accusative | məni | səni | onu | bizi | sizi | onları | |
dative | mənə | sənə | ona | bizə | sizə | onlara | |
locative | məndə | səndə | onda | bizdə | sizdə | onlarda | |
ablative | məndən | səndən | ondan | bizdən | sizdən | onlardan | |
genitive | mənim | sənin | onun | bizim | sizin | onların |
Derived terms
Determiner
o
- that, that one
- 2010 January 22, joy.az, archived from the original on 4 March 2022:
- Amma nə xoş o insana ki, səhvini başa düşüb və tövbə edib haqq yoluna qayıdır
- But blissful is the/that person who realizes his mistake and repents and returns to the path of righteous.
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- The sixteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
See also
Noun
o (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
See also
Borôro
Pronunciation
Noun
o
Breton
Determiner
o (requires spirant mutation)
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- The fifteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Conjunction
o
Derived terms
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
Letter
o (upper case O)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ
Corsican
Etymology
Conjunction
o
References
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ol. Compare Turkish o and Azerbaijani o.
Pronoun
o
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
nominative | men | sen | o | biz | siz | olar | |
accusative | meni | seni | onı | bizni | sizni | olarnı | |
dative | maña | saña | oña | bizge | sizge | olarǧa | |
locative | mende | sende | onda | bizde | sizde | olarda | |
ablative | menden | senden | ondan | bizden | sizden | olardan | |
genitive | menim | seniñ | onıñ | bizim | siziñ | olarnıñ |
References
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.
Pronunciation
Preposition
o [with locative]
Preposition
o [with accusative]
Further reading
Danish
Particle
o
- (higher register or humorous) Vocative particle.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Interjection
o
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- The fifteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- The nineteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
See also
Noun
o (accusative singular o-on, plural o-oj, accusative plural o-ojn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
See also
Estonian
Pronunciation
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- The fifteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.
See also
Extremaduran
Etymology
Conjunction
o
Fala
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese o, from Latin illo (“he”).
Article
o m sg (plural os, feminine a, feminine plural as)
- (Mañegu) Masculine singular definite article; the
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
- O términu de Valverdi, mais grandi, limita con Portugal, precisamenti con dois distintius Departamentos, que eran Beira Alta con capital en Guarda, a Beira Baixa con capital en Castelo Branco.
- The Valverde locality, the biggest, borders Portugal, more precisely with two distinct departments, which were Beira Alta with Guarda as its capital, and Beira Baixa with Castelo Branco as its capital.
Pronoun
o
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
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singular | first person | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
second person | tú | te, -ti | ti | |||
third person |
m | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el | |
f | ela | a | ela | |||
plural | first person |
common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | |
m | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
f | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
second person |
common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
m | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
f | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
third person |
m | elis | le, -li | usLV, osM | elis | |
f | elas | as | elas | |||
third person reflexive | — | se, -si | sí |
Dialects: L Lagarteiru M Mañegu V Valverdeñu
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese ou, from Latin aut (“or”).
Conjunction
o
- or
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme 6:
- Poin encontralsi, a o millol, hasta “oito” o mais.
- There can be found, at best, up to “eight” or more.
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oː/
- Homophones: og, ov
Letter
o (upper case O)
- The seventeenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and o for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- The fifteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.
See also
Verb
o
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Pronoun
o (postpositive -o) (ORB, broad)
See also
singular | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic1 | possessive2 |
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1st person | jo | mè | min | ||
2nd person | te | tè | tin | ||
3rd person masculine | il | lo / le | lui | sin | |
3rd person feminine | el | la | lyé | ||
3rd person neuter | o | y | — | ||
3rd person reflexive | — | sè | |||
plural | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic1 | possessive2 |
1st person | nos | noutro | |||
2nd person | vos | voutro | |||
3rd person masculine | ils | los / les | lor | lor | |
3rd person feminine | els | les | lor / lyés | ||
3rd person reflexive | — | sè | |||
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | 2 Generally preceded by a definite article. |
Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
References
Further information
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hŏc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 441
French
Pronunciation
Noun
o m (plural os)
- The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
Derived terms
Symbol
o
Derived terms
Fula
Etymology 1
Letter
o (lower case, upper case O)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
See also
Etymology 2
Suffix
o (plural ɓe)
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) having to do with people, and for loan words
Usage notes
Pronoun
o
Usage notes
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- makko (possessive pronoun)
Related terms
Article
o
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
- Debbo o ― the woman
Usage notes
Determiner
o
- used in indicating someone
- O debbo ― this/that woman
Usage notes
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