Ó

Ó U+00D3, Ó LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE Composition: O [U+004F] + ◌́ [U+0301] ← Ò [U+00D2] Latin-1 Supplement Ô → [U+00D4]

Central Franconian

Etymology

• See O.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o/

Letter

Ó

1. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

• In the German-based alphabet, this vowel is represented by O (see there). The spelling is thus defective and does not reflect the difference between /ɔ/ and /o/.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Ó	Ó-k
accusative	Ó-t	Ó-kat
dative	Ó-nak	Ó-knak
instrumental	Ó-val	Ó-kkal
causal-final	Ó-ért	Ó-kért
translative	Ó-vá	Ó-kká
terminative	Ó-ig	Ó-kig
essive-formal	Ó-ként	Ó-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Ó-ban	Ó-kban
superessive	Ó-n	Ó-kon
adessive	Ó-nál	Ó-knál
illative	Ó-ba	Ó-kba
sublative	Ó-ra	Ó-kra
allative	Ó-hoz	Ó-khoz
elative	Ó-ból	Ó-kból
delative	Ó-ról	Ó-król
ablative	Ó-tól	Ó-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	Ó-é	Ó-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Ó-éi	Ó-kéi

Possessive forms of Ó
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Ó-m	Ó-im
2nd person sing.	Ó-d	Ó-id
3rd person sing.	Ó-ja	Ó-i
1st person plural	Ó-nk	Ó-ink
2nd person plural	Ó-tok	Ó-itok
3rd person plural	Ó-juk	Ó-ik

See also

• (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, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ouː/

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Irish

Etymology 1

See ó.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /oː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔː/, (unstressed) /a/

Noun

Ó m (genitive singular Uí, nominative plural Uí)

1. Alternative letter-case form of ó (“grandson, grandchild”) used in surnames.

Usage notes

• Forms with the definite article are not found.
• The form Ó triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel.
• The form Uí triggers lenition of a following consonant.
• The form Uíbh triggers lenition of a following sound.

Declension

Declension of Ó

Irregular

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Ó Uí Vocative Uí Uí Genitive Uí Uí Dative Ó Uí (obsolete except in sept names) Uíbh

Coordinate terms

• Ní

Derived terms

• Ó Brádaigh
• Ó Briain
• Ó Cathain
• Ó Cathaláin
• Ó Cathasaigh
• Ó Ceallaigh
• Ó Deághaidh
• Ó Dochartaigh
• Ó hOdhráin
• Ó Maoldúin
• Ó Súilleabháin
• Uíbh Fhailí

 

Descendants

• English: O'

Etymology 2

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

1. The capital form of the letter ó.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ó	nÓ	hÓ	tÓ
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “O'”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and Ó for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/, /ɛ/, (dated) /ʊ/

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

1. The letter ⟨O⟩ with an acute accent, not considered a separate letter for collation purposes.

Usage notes

As the letter ⟨ó⟩ is never the first letter of a word, the upper case form appears only when a word is written in ALL CAPS.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

Noon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o̘/

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

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

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and Ó for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Polish alphabet, called ó, o z kreską, u kreskowane, or u zamknięte and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (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 (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

• The syllable with this letter is always stressed.

Letter

Ó (upper case, lower case ó)

1. the letter O with an acute accent

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈɔ/

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

1. The letter O, marked for its short pronunciation when in a stressed final syllable of a polysyllabic word.