o

o (upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /o/

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o

1. (IPA) close-mid back rounded vowel

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of O, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur

• (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:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ/

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• Homophones: oh, owe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

o (lower case, upper case O, plural os or o's)

1. The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
2. 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.

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

o (plural oes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
2. 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).

• oh

• kayo
• o-dark-thirty
• okay

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}
• oh

o

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of O (vocative particle)
   • 2007 (1640), The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, p.37, 41 & 46:

     I lift my soule to thee o Lord

     mee, o Iehovah, heare

     In thee, o Lord, I put my trust

o

1. Alternative form of oh

o

1. (IRC, acronym of) Operator
2. (acronym of) Object, see SVO

o

1. Over

See o'.

o

1. Alternative form of of

Abbreviations.

1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨o⟩.
2. (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/.)

   Thus the words or, owe.

3. (stenoscript) the words on, so.

• -o

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /oː/

o

1. O (emphatic vocative marker of nouns)

   O malet e Shqipërisë!

   O mountains of Albania!

Used with indefinite forms only. Can be placed either before or after the noun:

• Qup (“Coby”, indefinite) + -o → Qup-o (“O Coby”).
• o + Qup → o Qup (“O Coby”).

• "o pjesëz", in Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

From Latin illum, accusative form of ille (“that”).

o m (definite singulars)

1. the

   O río Ebro ― The Ebro River

• Becomes l' before many words beginning with a vowel.
• The form lo, either pronounced as lo or ro, can be found after words ending with an -o.
• Eastern dialects use the form el.

From Latin aut.

o

1. or

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɔ/

o lower case (upper case O)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

From Old Anatolian Turkish اول (ol), Proto-Turkic *ol.

o (definite accusative onu, plural onlar)

1. he, she, it

   O evdə deyil ― S/he is not at home.

   O çox yaxşı insandır. ― S/he is a very good person.

• onunku

o

1. that, that one

   O evdə deyil ― S/he isn't at that house.

   • 2010 January 22, “Archived copy”, in joy.az‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2022, retrieved 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.

   Antonym: bu

• IPA^(key): /o/, [o̞]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

o (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

o

1. tooth

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈo/

o f (plural os)

1. The Latin letter O (lowercase o).

From Latin aut.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

o

1. or

• o bé

From Latin aut. Cognates include Italian o and Spanish o.

o

1. or

• http://infcor.adecec.net/

From Proto-Turkic *ol. Compare Turkish o and Azerbaijani o.

o

1. (personal pronoun) he, she, it

   Synonym: (Northern dialect) anav

2. (demonstrative pronoun) that

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

• IPA^(key): /o/

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o

1. (+ locative) about
2. (+ accusative) for

• o in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• o in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

o

1. (higher register or humorous) Vocative particle.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:o.

• Rhymes: -oː
• IPA^(key): /oː/

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o

1. oh

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Previous letter: n
• Next letter: p

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /o/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/

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o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

o (accusative singular o-on, plural o-oj, accusative plural o-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː/, [ˈoː]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

From Latin aut. Cognates include Spanish o and Italian o.

o

1. or

From Old Portuguese o, from Latin illo (“he”).

o m sg (plural os, feminine a, feminine plural as)

1. (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.

o

1. (Mañegu) Third person singular masculine accusative pronoun; him

From Old Portuguese ou, from Latin aut (“or”).

o

1. 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.

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 212

• IPA^(key): /oː/
• Homophones: og, ov

o (upper case O)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

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o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called oo and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

• IPA^(key): /o/

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• Rhymes: -o

o m (plural os)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

o

1. (computing) octet (B (byte))

• (computing): ko, Mo, Go, To, Po, Eo, Zo, Yo
• (computing): o/s, ko/s, Mo/s, Go/s, To/s, Po/s, Eo/s, Zo/s, Yo/s

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

o (plural ɓe)

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) having to do with people, and for loan words

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

o

1. he, she (third person singular subject pronoun; short form)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
• This is used in all conjugations except for affirmative non-accomplished (where the long form is used).

• mo

• makko (possessive pronoun)

• omo (second person singular subject pronoun; long form)
• himo (second person singular subject pronoun; long form; variant in Pular)
• kanko (emphatic form)

o

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)

   Debbo o ― the woman

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

o

1. used in indicating someone

   O debbo ― this/that woman

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• IPA^(key): /o̝/, [ʊ]

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From Old Galician and Old Portuguese o, from Latin illum, from ille.

• lo

o m sg (feminine singular a, masculine plural os, feminine plural as)

1. Masculine singular definite article; the

• The definite article o (in all its forms), due to historical sandhi, regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (“to”), con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”). For example, con o (“with the”) contracts to co, and en o (“in the”) contracts to no.
• The definite article o (in all its forms), due to historical sandhi, contracts with preceding words which ends in [s] or [r] into the second form of the article lo (la, los, las); this feature, frequent in spoken Galician, is not always marked in the written language. When done, a hyphen is used to separate both words:

Debes comer o caldo ~ Debes come-lo caldo ― You should eat the soup

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

o

1. accusative of el

The Galician pronouns, being atones, are usually appended to the verb; though sandhi, o could acquire the form -no (for example, when appended to a verb form ended in a falling diphthong or in a nasal consonant, the nasal in -no having an antihiatic epenthetic origin) or -lo (when appended to a verb form ended in a -s or -r, the l having its origin in the assimilation of the -s or -r with the l present in the pronoun before the 12th century).

• “o” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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o

1. O
   • 1843, Gallus Schwab, Gebetbuch für katholische Christen, Bamberg, p.45:

     Sei gegrüßet, o Du mein Jesu! Mit tieftster Demuth bete ich Dich an und verehre Dich!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

ō

1. Romanization of 𐍉

Clipping of óga.

o

1. house

o

1. or, lest

o

1. of, belonging to

• Used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars), while a is used for acquired possessions.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈo]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈo]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

• o in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /o/

o (upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

o

1. Apocopic form of od

• e (“and”)
• a (“to”)

• IPA^(key): /o/

o (upper case O)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• ọ (retracted tongue position)

• IPA^(key): /o/

o (dependent form, independent form ya)

1. (personal, epicene) he, she, it

   O nyere m mmiri.

   She gave me water.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /o/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/, [o], [ɔ]

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/^*
• Homophone: ho
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: ò

o f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case O)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

o f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

From Latin aut.[1]

• od (used optionally before words beginning with a vowel)

• IPA^(key): /o/^*, /o/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: o

o

1. or

• o in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

o

1. Misspelling of ho.

o

1. Rōmaji transcription of お
2. Rōmaji transcription of オ
3. Rōmaji transcription of を
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヲ

• IPA^(key): /ʔo˧/

o

1. pig

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 47

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

o (third person plural)

1. they

• -ao (“their”)

• “o” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 355. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

From Latin aut.

o

1. or

From Etruscan letter 𐌏 (o), from Ancient Greek letter ο (o, “omicron”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏‎ (ʿ‎, “ayin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹.

o

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oː/, [oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o/, [ɔː]

ō f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter O.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• o in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• o in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• o in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• o in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• o in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ô (for the vocative particle)
• ōh (for the interjection meaning "oh")

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oː/, [oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o/, [ɔː]

ō

1. o! (vocative particle)
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.II:

     O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?

     Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!

   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Judges 3:19

     et reversus de Galgalis ubi erant idola dixit ad regem verbum secretum habeo ad te o rex et ille imperavit silentium egressisque omnibus qui circa eum erant (Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, he said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,)

2. oh!

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

• IPA^(key): [uə̯], IPA^(key): [o], IPA^(key): [oː]

O

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

In native Latvian words (and in some older borrowings), o represents the sound of IPA [uə̯] (e.g., otrs [uə̯tɾs]). In more recent borrowings, it represents the original sound of the word, i.e. [o] or [oː] (e.g., opera [oːpeɾa]).

• (Latvian letters) latviešu burti; Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

• IPA^(key): [o]

o m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

• (Latvian letter names) latviešu burtu vārdi; a, garais ā, bē, cē, čē, dē, e, garais ē, ef, gā, ģē, hā, i, garais ī, jē, kā, ķē, el, eļ, em, en, eņ, o, pē, er, es, eš, tē, u, garais ū, vē, zē, žē

From earlier ro ← lo, from Latin illum, form of ille (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /u/

o m sg (plural i)

1. the

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō. Cognate with Latgalian a and Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₁od; compare Sanskrit आत् (āt, “afterwards, then, so”), Avestan 𐬁𐬀𐬝 (āat̰, “afterward, then”), perhaps the ablative singular of *h₁e- (“demonstrative pronoun”).

IPA^(key): /oː/

õ

1. (coordinating, adversative) and, but (used to express binary contrasts)

   Taĩ ne kažkàs, ką̃ víenas gãli darýti, õ kìtas – nè. ― It's not something that some people can do and others can't.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /o/

o (upper case O)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

o

1. The fifteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/ (short phoneme)
• IPA^(key): /ɔː/ (long phoneme)
• In inherited words, long o occurs only next to vowelised għ or h. In Romance words, it can be long on its own.

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

o

1. Nonstandard spelling of ō.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ó.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ǒ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ò.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

o

1. of

   2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

   In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

Used instead of a when the possessor has no control over the relationship (inalienable possession).

o

1. to go

From Old French [Term?], from Latin [Term?].

• oo, oa

• IPA^(key): /ɔː/

o

1. oh, ah

• English: oh
• Yola: o

• “ō, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

o

1. (rare) Alternative form of an (preconsonantal)

o

1. Alternative form of oo (“one”)

o

1. Alternative form of oo (“first”)

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

o

1. Alternative spelling of ó

From Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognate with Old Norse ey (Swedish ö, Norwegian øy).

• Stem vowel: ȫ²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /œːj/

ö

1. island

o

1. The twenty-second letter of the Navajo alphabet:

   o = /o˨/

   ǫ = /õ˨/

   ó = /o˥/

   ǫ́ = /õ˥/

   oo = /oː˨˨/

   ǫǫ = /õː˨˨/

   óo = /oː˥˨/

   ǫ́ǫ = /õː˥˨/

   oó = /oː˨˥/

   ǫǫ́ = /õː˨˥/

   óó = /oː˥˥/

   ǫ́ǫ́ = /õː˥˥/

From Latin aut.

• IPA^(key): /oː/

o

1. or

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /uː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /uː/, /ʊ/, /ɔ/

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o

1. The fifteenth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

o (upper case O, definite singular o-en, indefinite plural o-ar, definite plural o-ane)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

o

1. (dated or humorous) oh

o

1. (eye dialect) pronunciation spelling of ho

• “o” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /o/

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

o

1. future tense marker: will; going to.

Not to be confused with ʼo, the third person copula.

• Zepeda, Ofelia (1983) A Tohono Oʼodham Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, pages 169

From Latin aut.

o

1. or

o f (plural os)

1. o (the letter o, O)

o

1. Alternative spelling of ó

o

1. Alternative spelling of ó

From earlier lo, la, from Latin illum, illam (the initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo and la).

• (article): IPA^(key): /o/

o

1. the (masculine singular definite article)
   • 13th Century - Cantiga de Santa Maria no. 23

     Esta é como Santa Maria acrecentou o vinho no tonel, por amor da bõa dona de Bretanha.

     This is how Holy Mary added the wine to the barrel, out of love for the good lady of Britain;

   • 13th Century - Cantiga de Santa Maria no. 48

     Esta é como Santa Maria tolheu a agua da fonte ao cavaleiro.

     This is how Holy Mary restricted the water of the fountain from the knight.

• O becomes -no and a becomes -na after nasal sounds:

  Non queria o meu coraçon nen-nos meus olhos. ― She wanted neither (the) my heart nor (the) my eyes.

  Ambas eran-nas melhores que (h)omen pode cousir. ― Both were the best that (a) man can contemplate.

• O becomes -lo and a becomes -la after other consonants, and the preceding consonant is elided:

  E vós faredes depoi-lo melhor! ― And later ye shall do the best!

  Sobre toda-las bondades que ela (h)avia era que muito fiava en Santa Maria; ― Above all the virtues she possessed was how much she trusted Holy Mary.

• O becomes el- in front of the noun rei:

  Deu ora el-rei seus dinheiros a Belpelho. ― The king, then, gave his money to Belpelho.

  Se fosse seu o tesouro que el-rei de França ten. ― Were it his the treasure that the king of France has.

• Galician: o
• Portuguese: o

From Latin ubi (“where”). Cognate with French où (“where”), Italian dove (“where”), Portuguese u (“where”) (archaic, replaced by onde).

o

1. where

• O has been displaced in Modern Spanish by donde.
• O can be encountered in some Modern Spanish words such as doquiera (do (contraction of de ("of") + o ("where")) + quiera ("it may want"), literally " where it may want") and its apocopic form, doquier.

Compare Lamet [Nkris] ʔɔːʔ, Riang [Sak] ʔoʔ¹.

• IPA^(key): /ʔɔ/

o

1. I

• It identifies A or S arguments and therefore "nominative". Its topic-position and accusative counterpart is nga.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: o

Borrowed from Latin o.

o (upper case O, lower case)

1. The twentieth letter of the Polish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

o

1. (+ locative) about (concerning)

   Opowiedz mi o twojej pracy. ― Tell me about your job.

   Ta książka jest o potędze miłości. ― This book is about the power of love.

2. (+ locative) at (telling the time)

   Spotkajmy się o piątej po południu. ― Let's meet at five PM.

3. (+ locative, used in descriptions) with

   Była piękną kobietą o długich jasnych włosach. ― She was a beautiful woman with long fair hair.

   chłopiec o zielonych oczach ― a boy with green eyes; a green-eyed boy

4. (+ accusative) on, against

   Nie opierajcie się o te drzwi. ― Don't lean on this door.

   Dziewczynka uderzyła głową o stół. ― The little girl hit her head on the table.

5. (+ accusative) for

   Weronika poprosiła mnie wczoraj o pomoc. ― Veronica asked me for help yesterday.

   Walczyliśmy dzielnie o naszą wolność. ― We were bravely fighting for our freedom.

6. (+ accusative) by (a difference)

   Spóźniła się o piętnaście minut. ― She was fifteen minutes late.

   Czuję się o wiele lepiej. ― I feel much better.

   Obniż podkład o dwa półtony. ― Lower the instrumental by two semitones.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o, from Proto-Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *ō, ultimately a natural expression.

o

1. oh! expression of surprise or outrage

   O mój boże... ― Oh my god...

• o in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• o in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (letter): IPA^(key): /ɔ/, /o/
• (article, pronoun): IPA^(key): /u/

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

From Old Portuguese o (compare Galician o), from Vulgar Latin lo, *illu, from Latin illum, from ille (with an initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo).

o m (feminine a, masculine plural os, feminine plural as)

1. the (masculine singular definite article)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

For the most part, usage of the definite article in Portuguese is the same as in English. Some differences include:

• it is optionally but commonly used with abstract mass nouns:

  O amor é melhor que a guerra. ― Love is better than war.

• in Brazil, it can be optionally used with adjectival possessive pronouns, and mandatorily with substantival possessive pronouns; both are mandatory in Portugal:

  (O) meu livro é melhor que o seu. ― My book is better than yours.

• it can be used with personal names; often this indicates familiarity with the person (due to personal connection with them or because they are famous); this is avoided in formal contexts:

  (O) João foi até a cidade. ― João went to the city.

  (O) Einstein foi um cientista famoso. ― Einstein was a famous scientist.

• it is sometimes used instead of a possessive pronoun when the possessor is obvious from the context; this is especially prevalent when referring to parts of the body or one’s own relatives:

  O pai está viajando. ― (My) dad is travelling.

  Você falou com a tia? ― Did you talk with my/our aunt?

  Quando você quebrou os braços? ― When did you break your arms?

• it is used in a construct that is uncommon in English but common in Portuguese whereby a singular is used as a representative or prototype of all instances of the thing:

  O carvalho é uma árvore grande. ― The oak is a big tree.

  A picape é responsável pela poluição. ― Pick-up trucks are responsible for the pollution.

• it is much more commonly used with placenames; most names of countries, states, provinces and continents take the definite article, but only a minority of cities:

  Eu moro no Luxemburgo. ― I live in Luxembourg.

  O Rio de Janeiro fica no Brasil. ― Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil.