o

See also Appendix:Variations of "o", and O

Translingual

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER O
Codepoint	U+006F
n ← Basic Latin → p

Wikipedia

Letter

o lower case (upper case O)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/, X-SAMPA: /o/

• IPA

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Symbol

Wikipedia

o

1. (IPA) close-mid back rounded vowel

See also

• (Latin script):  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
• (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  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:

NATO phonetic: Oscar Morse code: ––– Braille: ⠕ ASL Manual: O

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of O, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase O in Fraktur

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əʊ/, X-SAMPA: /@U/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA: /oʊ/, X-SAMPA: /oU/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: oh, owe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Letter

o lowercase (uppercase O)

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

See also

• (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

Number

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.

Noun

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 American settlement was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).

See also

• (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

Derived terms

• okay
• kayo

Translations

name of the letter O, o

• Arabic: أوه (ar) ('uuh, 'oh) m
• Catalan: o (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: o (eo)
• Finnish: oo (fi)
• Hawaiian: ʻō
• Hindi: ओ (hi) (o)

• Japanese: オウ (ja) (ou)
• Korean: 오 (ko) (o)
• Latin: ō (la)
• Malay: o (ms)
• Marathi: ओ (mr) (o)
• Portuguese: ó (pt) m
• Russian: оу (ru) (óu) n (English), о (ru) (o) n
• Turkish: o (tr)
• Vietnamese: o (vi)

Etymology 2

Interjection

o

1. (archaic, always capitalized) The English vocative particle, used before a pronoun or the name of a person or persons to mark direct address.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Galatians 3:1:

     O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

2. Alternative form of oh.

Translations

vocative particle to mark direct address

• Arabic: يا (ar) (yaa), أيها (ar) ('ayyuhaa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噢 (cmn) (ō), 喔 (cmn) (ō)

• French: ô (fr)
• German: o (de)
• Irish: a (ga)

• Japanese: ああ (ja) (ā), ねえ (ja) (nē)
• Persian: ای (fa) (ey)
• Portuguese: ó (pt)
• Russian: о (ru) (o)
• Ukrainian: о (uk) (o)

Abbreviation

O

1. (IRC) Operator
2. Object, see SVO
3. Over

See also

• O

External links

• blood type on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:blood type

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin illō, ablative form of ille (“that”).

Article

o m (definite singular)

1. the

   O río Ebro – "The Ebro River"

Usage notes

• 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.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

o

1. or

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Azeri

Letter

o lower case (upper case O)

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

See also

• (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

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔ/

Noun

o

1. tooth

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

o f (plural os)

1. The Latin letter O (lowercase o).

Etymology 2

From Latin aut.

Conjunction

o

1. or

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Crimean Tatar

Pronoun

o (personal)

1. he, she, it

Pronoun

o (demonstrative)

1. that

Synonyms

• (in the northern dialect) anav

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Czech

Pronunciation

• audio

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Preposition

o

1. about
2. for

Usage notes

The meaning about is followed by locative case, while the second meaning, for, is followed by accusative case.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oː
• IPA: /oː/

• Audio

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Interjection

o

1. oh

Letter

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: n
• Next letter: p

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

o lower case (upper case O)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

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

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Fala

Etymology 1

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

Article

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

1. 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.

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

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.

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French

Letter

o

1. o (miniscule)

Abbreviation

o

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

Derived terms

• (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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Article

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

1. (definite) the

Usage notes

The definite article o (in all its forms) 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.

Derived terms

ao co do

no ó

Pronoun

o m accusative (nominative el, oblique el, dative lle)

1. him (masculine singular third-person personal pronoun)

Usage notes

The third-person direct object pronouns o, os, a, and as, have variant forms prefixed with l- or n-. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The l- forms (e.g. lo) are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The n- forms (e.g. no) are used when the preceding word ends in a -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

In all other situations, the standard forms of the pronouns are used (o, os, a, as) and are not suffixed to the preceding word.

These direct object pronouns also form contractions when they immediately follow an indirect object pronoun. For example, Dou che o ("I gave you it.") contracts to Dou cho.

Derived terms

cho llelo llo

mo nolo volo

Related terms

• a
• os

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• se
• seu

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German

Particle

o

1. O

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Gothic

Romanization

ō

1. See 𐍉

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Hawaiian

Conjunction

o

1. or, lest

Preposition

o

1. of, belonging to

Usage notes

• 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.

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Ido

Alternative forms

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

Conjunction

o

1. or

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin aut.

Alternative forms

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

Conjunction

o

1. or

Etymology 2

Verb

o

1. Common misspelling of ho.

References

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Japanese

Romanization

o

1. See お
2. See オ
3. See を
4. See ヲ

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Latin

Etymology 1

Letter

o

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /oː/, X-SAMPA: /o:/

Noun

ō (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter O.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• 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."

Etymology 3

Interjection

Ō!

1. o! (vocative particle)
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     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!

2. oh!

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [uə̯], IPA: [o], IPA: [oː]

Letter

O

o lower case (upper case O)

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

Usage notes

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]).

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛ]

Noun

o m, invariable

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē}, ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

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Lithuanian

Conjunction

o

1. and

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Malay

Letter

o

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

See also

• (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

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Mandarin

Romanization

o

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

Usage notes

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

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Maori

Particle

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.

Usage notes

Used instead of a when the possessed has control over the relationship

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Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /øː/

Noun

o

1. island

Usage notes

Since this is actually an Umlaut, some Middle Low German authors will have written this word as io, ø, ö etc. depending on the system of marking the Umlaut. The semi-standard used in the prime of Middle Low German did not mark the Umlaut.

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Navajo

Letter

O 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˥˥/

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin aut

Pronunciation

• IPA: /oː/

Particle

o

1. or

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

o

1. The 15th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Preposition

o + locative

1. 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. at (telling the time)

   Spotkajmy się o piątej po południu.

   Let's meet at five o'clock p.m.

3. (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

o + accusative

1. against

   Nie opierajcie się o te drzwi.

   Don't lean against this door.

   Dziewczynka uderzyła głową o stół.

   The little girl hit her head against the table.

2. 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.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter

• IPA: /ˈɔ/

Article, pronoun

• IPA: /u/, /ʊ/

Etymology 1

Letter

o lower case (upper case O)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called ô or ó and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From Latin illum, from ille (with an initial l having disappeared; compare Spanish lo).

Article

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

1. the
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 75:

     Não o perdoou por abandonar o serviço em vez de seguir você.

     She didn't forgive him for abandoning his service instead of following you.

   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 361:

     [...] disse o professor com um sorrisinho [...]

     [...] the teacher said with a little smile [...]

See also

Portuguese articles (edit)
	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Definite articles (the)	o	a	os	as
Indefinite articles (a, an; some)	um	uma	uns	umas

Pronoun

o m (personal)

1. him, it (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhe; after prepositions, see ele).
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 75:

     Não o perdoou por abandonar o serviço em vez de seguir você.

     She didn't forgive him for abandoning his service instead of following you.

   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 287:

     Por que, então, ela o conduzira àquele lugar?

     Why, then, did she lead him to that place?

Usage notes

• Becomes -lo after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.

  After ver: Posso vê-lo? = "May I see him/it?"

  After pôs: Quero pô-lo ali. = "I want to put him/it there."

  After fiz: Fi-lo ficar contente. = "I made him/it become happy."

  After nos: Deu-no-lo relutantemente. = "He gave him/it to us reluctantly."

  After eis: Ei-lo! = "Behold him/it!"

• Becomes -no after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].

  Detêm-no como prisioneiro. = "They detain him/it as a prisoner."

• In the colloquial speech of Brazil, it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form ele.

  Eu o vi. → Eu vi ele. = "I saw him/it."

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Objective (direct object)		Objective (indirect object)	Reflexive	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me				mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te				ti		contigo		você
												o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	se	ele	ela	com ele	com ela
								si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Plural	First	nós		nos				nós		conosco		a gente
	Second	vós		vos				vós		convosco		vocês
												os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	se	eles	elas	com eles	com elas
								si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Impersonal							se	si		consigo

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Rapa Nui

FWOTD - 27 December 2012

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *o.

Particle

o

1. possessive particle marking an inalienable possession; of

   2008, Sharon Chester, A wildlife guide to Chile, page 15:

   Polynesians are thought to have arrived at Easter Island around AD 800. They called the island Rapa Nui, or more familiarly Te Pito o Te Henua, the Navel of the World.

Usage notes

Inserted before the relevant pronoun. Only for possessions like hands or parents that do not have the ability to no longer be yours; otherwise, use a.

Etymology 2

From Spanish o (“or”).

Conjunction

o

1. or

Usage notes

Generally used in favor of complex native grammatical structures used to achieve the same ends.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [o]

Letter

o (lowercase, capital O)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /o/. Preceded by n and followed by p.

Usage notes

See O.

Etymology 1

From Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.

Article

o f (indefinite article) (masculine un)

1. a/an

   O clădire mare

   A big building

See also

indefinite article forms	singular		plural
	m / n	f
nom/acc	un	o	niște
gen/dat	unui	unei	unor

Etymology 2

Interjection

o!

1. oh!

Etymology 3

From a root *eaua, from Latin illam, accusative feminine singular of ille.

Pronoun

o (unstresed accusative form of ea)

1. her

   O cunoști?

   Do you know her?

   O cunoști pe Iulia?

   Do you know Iulia?

Related terms

• un
• una

Verb

(el/ea) o (modal auxiliary; third-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (he/she) might

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Samoan

Preposition

o

1. of

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Scots

Preposition

o

1. of

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• bho

Preposition

o

1. from

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	uam	uamsa
tu	uat	uatsa
e	uaithe	uaithesan
i	uaipe	uaipese
sinn	uainn	uainne
sibh	uaibh	uaibhse
iad	uapa	uapasan

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): O

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /o/

Letter

o (Cyrillic spelling о)

1. The 21st letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by nj and followed by p.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/

Preposition

o (Cyrillic spelling о)

1. (with accusative) on, against

   ob(j)esiti nešto o kuku — to hang something on a hook

   udariti glavom o zid — to hit one's head against the wall

   ogr(ij)ešiti se o zakon — to violate a law

2. (with locative) about, concerning

   brinuti se o nekome — to take care of somebody

   v(ij)est o katastrofi — news about the catastrophe

   r(ij)eč je o..., radi se o.... — it's about..., this refers to...

Synonyms

• (Croatia) ob

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *o(b).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔ/

Preposition

o

1. (with locative) about, concerning

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Letter

o (lower case, upper case O)

1. The 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Noun

o f (plural oes)

1. Name of the letter O.

Etymology 2

From Latin aut.

Alternative forms

• ó (used near numbers to avoid confusion with a zero: 2 ó 3)
• u (used before words beginning with an ‘o’ sound: u otros, u hombre)

Conjunction

o

1. or

o ... o

1. either ... or

Antonyms

• ni ... ni

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

• IPA: /uː/

Phoneme

• IPA: /uː/, /ʊ/, /oː/, /ɔ/

Letter

o lower case (upper case O)

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

Interjection

o

1. O (particle)

   Så låt nu, o konung, härom utfärda ett förbud och sätta upp en skrivelse

   Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing (Daniel 6:8)

Noun

o n

1. the letter o
2. the Greek letter omega, being the last letter of the Greek alphabet

   Jag är A och O, den förste och den siste, begynnelsen och änden.

   I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelations 22:13)

Declension

Declension of o

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	o	ot	on	ona
genitive	os	ots	ons	onas

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔː/

Conjunction

o

1. Or.

   Sasama ka ba o dito ka lang?

   Are you coming along or will you just be here?

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English or

Conjunction

o

1. or

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic ol, an, from Proto-Turkic.

Pronoun

o

1. he, she, it

See also

Turkish personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ben	biz
2nd person	familiar	sen	siz
	polite	siz
3rd person		o	onlar

Pronoun

o (demonstrative)

1. that

See also

• -i
• -ı
• -ü
• -u

Letter

o lower case (upper case O)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

See also

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

Noun

o

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

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Welsh

Pronoun

o

1. he, him.

Usage notes

O is used predominantly in the north of Wales, while e is used in the south. Fe and fo are variants of e and o respectively.

Preposition

o (stem ohon-)

1. of
2. from

Inflection

	Singular	Plural
First person	ohonof	ohonom
Second person	ohonot	ohonoch
Third person	ohono m ohoni f	ohonynt